Sherry Turkle directs the MIT Initiative on Technology and the Self. She has published several books, including Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other. She was recently interviewed by Krista Tippett on American Public … Continue reading
“I always say to myself: What is the most important thing we can think about at this extraordinary moment?” – Buckminster Fuller Buckminster Fuller used the phrase “comprehensive anticipatory design science” to describe his work and research. … Continue reading
Wired Magazine executive editor Thomas Goetz wrote an article in April 2012 about how his magazine recognizes trends in technology and culture that have transformative potential. Following is an abridged version of Goetz’s article. How do we spot the … Continue reading
Steven Johnson says that great ideas rarely come in a single flash of insight. Instead, they usually take a long time to gestate. Most breakthroughs occur when two hunches collide — or in other words, when two half-baked ideas combine … Continue reading
Although Johannes Gutenberg is famous for inventing the printing press in 1439, it turns out that there were printed books in China and Korea hundreds of years earlier. Movable type was actually invented by a man named Bi Sheng between … Continue reading