Beats: Space Space is where we project our dreams–and our nightmares–of the future.

    How to Dress for Ultimate Privacy In the age of surveillance, achieving invisibility through fashion isn’t a futuristic idea–it’s already possible.

    The Power of Play: A Reading List A crash course on how fun and leisure can change the world

    The Most Subversive Way to Travel Perhaps the humble bicycle, a transportation mode that puts people in contact with one another and gives them back that control they seem to crave, offers a unique opportunity to remake those realities for the better.

    It’s Time For a New Kind of Power Fantasy Games can–and must–offer different definitions of fantasy, including fantasies of safety and peace.

    Sartorial: A Reading List A crash course in how science and technology is changing how we express ourselves through style.

    Breaking the Cycle

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    Hannah Harris Green
    Sep 26, 2018
    A vast stack of containers on a ship

    Postcards From a Supply Chain

    A series that traces consumer goods back through the global shipping system to their source.
    Dan Williams
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    The ID Question

    Who decides who you are? You, or the world around you?
    Anjali Ramachandran
    Nov 22, 2017

    Beats: Space

    Space is where we project our dreams–and our nightmares–of the future.

    Beats: Food

    Food structures our day, and food systems shape our world

    Beats: Disability

    “Disable” is an active verb, and disability describes the social and environmental barriers that prevent access just as much as an individual body’s physical reality.

    Beats: Health

    Access to health care is as much a matter of public policy as it is the size of a person’s pocketbook; within a doctor’s office, many factors affect the quality of treatment.

    Why Aren’t We Teaching Math for the Real World?

    Math is still important, but we have the priorities wrong in the current framework.
    Steven Johnson
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    Climate Change Will Bring Forest Fires into Europe’s Biggest Cities

    Major European cities like Madrid could soon be facing a new existential threat.
    Emily von Hoffmann
    Apr 28, 2016 5 min read

    Apps Are Helping Keep Indigenous Languages Alive Online

    Can smaller, culturally specific languages stay relevant in a modern age? Technology, in the form of language apps, may offer some form of a solution.
    Cal Flyn
    Sep 7, 2018 4 min read