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Airplanes, Zoos, and Infinite Chickens

An exploration of the power of play, from screen-based games like Pokémon Go or Minecraft, to the imaginative worlds of children...
Steven Johnson
Oct 5, 2016 11 min read

Identity: A Reading List

A crash course in how new technologies influence how we understand ourselves.
How We Get To Next
Oct 4, 2016 3 min read

Black Dandyism Is Back

It's both oppositional fashion and therapy at the same time.
Shantrelle P. Lewis
Sep 30, 2016 5 min read

Mass Fainting and Clothing Chemicals

The current state of regulation, as 1,000 new chemicals enter the U.S. market every year.
Rebecca Moss
Sep 29, 2016 12 min read

When Indigenous Fashion Hits the Runway, Details Matter

The traditional dress of Bolivia's indigenous Aymara has gone from an object of scorn and stigma, to one of fashion phenomenon.
Jean Friedman-Rudovsky
Sep 27, 2016 9 min read

The Age of the Instagram Eyebrow

We aspire to be a popular avatar–like a Kardashian–more than we aspire to a prior age's more conventional markers of achievement...
Leigh Alexander
Sep 26, 2016 5 min read

Strange Loops and Circuit Benders

A mysterious stranger in San Francisco's Union Square helps jumpstart a sonic revolution with a malfunctioning tape recorder.
Steven Johnson
Sep 23, 2016 14 min read

32 Dots Per Spaceship

A look back at the origins of Spacewar!, the first video game and one of the most influential pieces of software...
Steven Johnson
Sep 23, 2016 10 min read

The Gut and the Spreadsheet: How Fashion Forecasting Really Works

The science of fashion has become big business.
Simon Parkin
Sep 22, 2016 8 min read

Recovering the Fabrics Lost to History

Golden thread, blue dye, stolen muslin.
Ian Steadman
Sep 20, 2016 5 min read
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