Top 5 Things That Should Be Obsolete in the New Year
We’ve come a long way since the turn of the millennium, no doubt about it, and our technology is the niftiest it’s ever been. But there are some stubborn vestiges of the previous century that have...
View ArticleThe Future of English
courtesy Mary R Vogt / morguefile The English language has achieved something unique in human history: it has become a truly global language. It’s spoken by nearly a billion people spread across six...
View Article4 Ways the World Will Change When Language Barriers Fall
courtesy flickr/peanutlen Today, there are 7 billion people in the world speaking roughly 6,000 languages. One day, they’ll all be able to talk to each other naturally, without knowing any language...
View ArticleCurating the Universe
Have you ever posted an article or a video on a social network? If so, congratulations! I’m about to explain how you’re shaping the world to come. You are a curator of the universe, and a herald of...
View ArticleTribalism Returns as an Essential Tool of the Information Age
It’s no secret that the internet has given us new ways to communicate. But if you think the information revolution has come and gone, I’ve got news for you: it’s just getting started, and we’re...
View ArticlePhone Booth of the Future Arrives in NYC
When’s the last time you made a call by dropping a coin into a public phone? I know I haven’t done it since I was a teenager. And with the cell-phone era in full swing, there’s probably an entire...
View ArticleInventing a Language to Map Complexity
The world is a complicated place, as you can tell if you’ve ever tried to predict the weather or the stock market, or if you’ve taken a single glance at the Schroedinger equation governing all physical...
View ArticleSurvey Says: People Trust Social Media
Okay, so you’re a smart, responsible citizen of the world and you want to know what’s going on around you. Are you more likely to flip open a newspaper – or flip open the laptop? Well, a new survey...
View ArticleWhat’s Your NSA Exposure? Spy on Yourself and Find Out!
Image: Jacob Goldstein / NPR The word “metadata” has been popping up in the news a lot lately, thanks to the revelation that the U.S. National Security Agency has been collecting it from millions of...
View ArticlePeter Gabriel Jams With Bonobo; Facebook for Animals Not Far Behind
He wants to explain why quantum teleportation theory is internally inconsistent, but we don’t speak gorillaese. Yet. Ever wanted to text-chat with a bottlenose dolphin? Or collaborate with a bonobo on...
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