Welcome to the Chinese century
The Asian superpower has already leapfrogged the US
Tech
Tuesday
In conversation with Nick Land, the ‘father of accelerationism’
‘We don’t control the current’
Tuesday
What folklore can teach us about our online lives
Like fairyland and the astral plane, the online world is navigable only if you learn its rules
Tuesday
Why tech leaders are obsessing over Heaven and Hell
Mavens argue that Silicon Valley’s engineers should see their work as part of a greater divine plan
Why we must pull the plug on superintelligence
‘My best guess is that someone born today has a better chance of dying by AI than of graduating high school’
Social media has automated the nation’s psyche
Where the bots lead, humans follow, becoming themselves one-sided, simplistic and fueled by outrage
Friday
A global MAGA crusade against web regulation?
We are often – wrongly – told that MAGA is simply a politics of expediency and national self-interest
Saturday
How AI will reignite woke
Woke politics are a way of signifying that you are high-status – and all of this status anxiety is about to be supercharged by AI
Tuesday
How China is out-innovating the West
The West, bloated on its own hype, now faces a leaner competitor
Inside the struggle for technological control in South Africa
The larger concern isn’t domestic equity – but China
How deepfake fraud is rewiring our minds
All Americans are going to learn what it’s like to live in central New York City – but worse
Tuesday
Is the AI boom already over?
Investors would be rash to bet against the US, and in particular its tech industry
A new map of the universe may turn gravity on its head
Einstein’s beautiful simplicity is under attack
Friday
Will science lead us back to God?
In his new book, Spencer A. Klavan takes his reader through a brief but brilliantly executed history of scientific discovery
Doomers looks at what AI means for the future
Someone — I forget who — suggested the idea of my play as a joke, and I thought it was a good one
Thursday
The battle of the oligarchs
The billionaires have chosen their sides. What does that mean for the rest of us?
Whither the whistleblower: leakers and leak-hunters get a boost from tech
‘We have to take care of each other’
Thursday
The return of CRT TVs
For enthusiasts of retro video games and other esoteric media hobbies, what others see as trash is their treasure
Wednesday
Mark Zuckerberg is really sorry for censoring you
Plus: Jack Smith hits Trump with another indictment
Monday
The Californication of the Democratic Party
Does the rest of America want to be like the Golden State?
