Scientific American has the longest record of continuous publication of any U.S. magazine. For 170 years it has brought readers insights about developments in science…
Tech determinists imagine the future of mankind and the world doing “what technology wants.” The Computational Age series demonstrates the inevitability of an alternative, human-friendly…
Here are Some Changes to Watch For: Formulas TO Digital Maps and Models; Clockwork Universe TO Emergent Self-organizationl; End of History TO Path Dependence; Knowledge…
alden 3 the story of an emerging way out of what some consider dire planetary circumstances. Is spaceship earth headed for a crash landing, with throttle is stuck on “full speed ahead”?
Contents Part 1: A Parable of Networks, a Tale of the Global Corporation Part 2: Disconnecting Part 3: Regime…
Why is restoration important? Forest restoration is the place to show it is possible to turn back the tide of industrial age damage, to show…
Seventy years downstream from the first computers is enough time to take stock. Already, patterns emerge. Even though today’s tech marketers ask us to accept…
Embracing complexity is hard for many because it flies in the face of what they believe are the fixed Truths of Science. What true believer…
When Scientific American directed it’s younger readers to embrace complexity and place their bets on the future of emergent phenomena, it was doing so from…
Mechanical brains are here. They have staged a revolution. You may have missed it. But, the revolution hasn’t missed you. Quietly and completely, you have…