Flyover Country
Welcome to a future where undocumented migrants are penalized, prisons merge with labor camps, and iPhones are made in America. Continue reading Flyover Country
Category Archives: science fiction
Home Visit
So AI probably won’t arrive from malignant mainframes after all—perhaps the future of sentient machines is something closer to home. Continue reading Home Visit
Listen to Our ‘Black Mirror’ Podcast
Radio Motherboard analyzes the first three episodes of the new season of ‘Black Mirror.’ Continue reading Listen to Our ‘Black Mirror’ Podcast
Round the Bend
In a future both advanced and crumbling, the Highwayman meets a fellow tortured immortal. Continue reading Round the Bend
Round the Bend
In a future both advanced and crumbling, the Highwayman meets a fellow tortured immortal. Continue reading Round the Bend
The Way We’ve Been Imagining Aliens Is All Wrong
Philip Ball says both science and fiction about aliens are low on imagination and accuracy. Continue reading The Way We’ve Been Imagining Aliens Is All Wrong
Per Luxuria Ad Astra: The History and Future of Ritzy Fictional Spaceships
From Fhloston Paradise to Elysium, what fictional luxury spacecraft say about real world issues. Continue reading Per Luxuria Ad Astra: The History and Future of Ritzy Fictional Spaceships
Disruption
Hell comes to the future of Burning Man. Part 3 of the Highwayman. Continue reading Disruption
The Exemption Packet
What happens when the kids of the future want to opt out of human augmentation? Continue reading The Exemption Packet
The Jesus Singularity
The Transhumanist Party’s presidential candidate has a dark vision for an all-powerful religious AI. Continue reading The Jesus Singularity