Wonder is a nice emotional supplement to education, perhaps, but from a strictly pedagogical perspective it hardly seems necessary. That is wrong. In fact, wonder epitomises what education is about: […]
Researchers store computer operating system and short movie on DNA
Domesticating DNA has many affordances. “DNA won’t degrade over time like cassette tapes and CDs, and it won’t become obsolete—if it does, we have bigger problems,” Humanity may soon generate […]
Sorry, Y’All—Humanity’s Nearing an Upgrade to Irrelevance
A short interview with the author of Homo Deus: a Brief History of Tomorrow. HUMANITY HAS HAD astonishing success alleviating famine, disease, and war. (It might not always seem […]