It's time to talk about what we're done with
What stories should we tell about scientific progress now?
In search of the mysterious fruits of basic science
Rebuilding the Architecture of Science
Science built the modern world. It’s time to rebuild the world of science.
"Wandering towards dystopia": CSIRO scientists want open discussion of climate impacts before it's too late
Senior CSIRO scientists discussed how to have an "open conversation" about the rising threats from a warming world before "it's too late".
The Current Crisis: What's Happening to Science in America
The one science reform we can all agree on, but we're too cowardly to do
OR: the long overdue forest fire
100 years of whatever this will be
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...
After the Deluge: What Future for Climate Fiction? - Public Books
Even in a world remade, the past defines the present.
Silicon Valley has a science fiction problem | Aeon Essays
Tech titans claim the genre inspired them. But all they’ve done is graft their politics onto stories of a better future
Guest post: If you’re going to critique science, be scientific about it
Loren K. Mell Editor’s note: This post responds to a Feb. 13 article in The Atlantic, “The Scientific Literature Can’t Save Us Now,” written by Retraction Watch cofounders Adam Marcus and Ivan Oran…
Speculations on the Future of the Scientific Method
The following essay was published 20 years ago (January, 2006) on my blog The Technium. I edited the intro here, but the speculations are basically unchanged.
What I Learned About the Future by Reading 100 Science Fiction Books, Part II
This is Part 2 of an experiment in science-fiction prototyping, in which I try to visualize the future by pulling together ideas from 100…
Why Science Fiction Is the Most Important Genre
Historian Yuval Noah Harari believes sci-fi has the power to shape public opinion.
A People’s History of Tech
A collective storytelling project to build a more representative history that reflects the human impacts of technology.
What happened to Science Goodreads and how do we rebuild it? A 65 million dollar question (at least) - Cosmik Labs
The story of the rise and fall of Mendeley
The present no longer lasts long enough to be a setting. All fiction is either science fiction or historical fiction. I've been saying this for long enough that even this statement itself is no longer true. The future doesn't last long enough either. All science fiction is now retrofuturism.
