Matt Locke



15 Stories by Matt Locke

The Schedule and the Stream

Despite the utopian promises of early pioneers, public spaces do not organically emerge from new technologies.
January 27, 2017 0 9 min read

Young Inventors Need Role Models, Not Tax Breaks

A conversation with MIT's John Van Reenen.
December 16, 2016 0 6 min read

Games Can Help Us Understand Power

Blast Theory designs games that play with our moral boundaries.
November 28, 2016 0 5 min read

Why Bots Should Be More Like Plants and Less Like People

Our bot ecosystems might be intelligent, but that doesn't mean we have to be able to talk with them.
May 12, 2016 0 8 min read

Five Pioneering Music Videos That You Need To Check Out

A look at some of the most inventive ways artists have combined sound and vision.
December 4, 2015 0 4 min read

Would You Eat a Cloned Cow?

I'm a clone, but they still freak me out
November 26, 2015 0 3 min read

Making the “Cold” Episode of How We Got To Now

Steven Johnson explains how the show was put together.
November 5, 2015 0 2 min read

Making the “Glass” Episode of How We Got To Now

Steven Johnson explains how the show was put together.
October 22, 2015 0 2 min read

The Nearly-Webs

Five weird ways we've tried to connect.
March 12, 2015 3 min read

Making the “Sound” Episode of How We Got To Now

The sixth episode of How We Got To Now is all about sound. We asked Steven Johnson for some behind-the-scenes stories. What was the...
November 12, 2014 0 2 min read
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