What if all these weird tech trends actually add up to something? Last time, we explored why various bits of trendy technology are, in my o...
We used to get excited about technology. What happened?
Innovation that truly serves us all is in scarce supply. That’s a problem.
Wrap to 2025, Proem to 2026
Technological Paradigm Shifts are fundamental changes in technology that reshape industries and society.
People Loved the Dot-Com Boom. The A.I. Boom, Not So Much.
Tech leaders are beginning to worry about the public’s underwhelming enthusiasm for their plans to remake the world with artificial intelligence. Will that burst the bubble?
What’s the best technology that doesn’t exist yet?
We analyzed 100+ conversations and essays on positive futures to find out
12 Things Everyone Should Understand About Tech
Tech is more important than ever, deeply affecting culture, politics and society. Given all the time we spend with our gadgets and apps…
After Forty Years, Still No Silver Bullet
As always, technology can help with production. What’s scarce is orientation.
Godot Isn't Making it
Before we get going — please enjoy my speech from Web Summit, Why Are All Tech Products Now Shit? I didn’t write the title. What if what we're seeing today isn't a glimpse of the future, but the new terms of the present? What if artificial intelligence isn'
other futures: tech, resistance & imagining otherwise
big tech wants to control our future, but there are other paths we can choose instead. on "other futures" we bring together leading tech researchers, organizers, critics, and storytellers to help us imagine what more liberatory and human-centered tech futures could look like—and how we can build them together. brought to you by DAIR and the All Tomorrows Institute.
Women in Tech Stats 2026
The Tech industry has long been a male-dominated world but as we entered a new decade it is time to look at the position of women in tech.
Debt is Coming
Ten years from now, what seismic change will we reflect back on and think, “well that was pretty obvious, in retrospect”? Debt is going to finally come to the tech industry. We can hat…
Calm Technology
The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it.
tech isn’t the future it’s just capitalism faster
responding with slowness in relations
The idea of a "tech industry" has always relied on "computer" being a special kind of medium, akin to alchemy. And if tech demands to be king, AI hype has now elevated LLMs to a king of kings. But the solipsism has hit a dead end. The only way forward is to recognize that computers are not special.
LLMs are just normal technology. But tech is just a normal medium.
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