#longform
# longform
One virus, at just the right time, and with just the right virulence, managed to expose every weakness of our society.
# longform
A eulogy for the wild, free, messy, organic, human internet.
# longform
Americans are becoming less social and more isolated. And our technology keeps encouraging this trend.
# longform
However bizarre you think Silicon Valley's sudden obsession with AI, I assure you, its roots are way weirder than that, and so are the plans for an "AI-powered" future.
# longform
Science is giving us a better, more complete look at how extremists think, why they refuse to listen to reason, and how to prevent their self-radicalization.
# longform
We were promised a utopian future. What we got was tech bros reinventing a lot of things we already had, but worse, more exploitative, and less safe.
# longform
Unfortunately, despite what you're told in most movies and TV shows, the cops are not your friends, and they may not be there to help you.
# longform
A deep dive into the technology behind the horrors unleashed on humanity after Oppenheimer's gadget successfully exploded in New Mexico.
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Many of us are living in a dystopian future, but realizing that fact and making changes to fix it are much more difficult than it sounds.
# longform
Organized skepticism was once covered in every major publication around the world. Why did it seemingly vanish overnight? And what damage did its implosion leave behind?
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Today the world seems like it's suddenly unraveling. But experts have been warning us this day would come for many decades.
# education
Debunking scams and disinformation has become exponentially harder. We need to dig deep into why people believe what they do, and how social media exploits their fear and anger.
# education
We live in a world science fiction and dreams built. Then we let the worst among us turn it into a nightmare.
# longform
Today's conspiracy theorists are baffling to old school skeptics because their motives are completely different, much simpler, and much more disturbing.
# longform
Science fiction imagines humans subservient to rows of servers humming in a data centers after losing a world war. In reality, the machines didn't have to fire a single shot…
