Global Publications
‘Frankenstein’ Has Become a True Monster
Ed Finn and David H. Guston The Wall Street Journal
Space Is Not a Void
By Joey Eschrich and Ed Finn
Future Tense – Slate
Artificial Intelligence Is Around the Corner. Educators Should Take Note
Michael Bennett
Education Week
Art by Algorithm
Ed Finn
Aeon
Apocalypse Moon: Neal Stephenson on his new novel, Seveneves, and the future of humanity
An interview with Neal Stephenson about his new novel, Seveneves, humanity’s resilience, and more.
Take a picture. It’ll last longer
An experimental philosopher’s project to document 100 or even 1,000 years of change with a single photograph.
Joey Eschrich
Slate – Future Tense
An Interview With Margaret Atwood
Climate fiction, or “cli fi,” can be a dreary genre. Storytellers like to make a grim business of climate change, populating their narratives with a humorless onslaught of death, destruction, drowned monuments, and starving children. Margaret Atwood is the conspicuous exception, somehow managing to tackle the subject, including these familiar elements, with deadpan wit and an irreverent playfulness, making it both more interesting and believable. The flood is coming, her MaddAddam trilogy promises, but there is hope.
An Illuminated Manuscript About Space Exploration, Science Fiction, and Physics
You just don’t see many illuminated manuscripts these days. There’s a good reason why: They take a long time to make. I learned this recently when I set out to commission a thoroughly modern illuminated manuscript: not a religious text, but an interview with theoretical physicist and cosmologist Paul Davies, a professor at Arizona State University and the author of books like How to Build a Time Machine.
Innovation Starvation, the Next Generation
Humankind has lots of great ideas for the future. We need people to carry them out.
Neal Stephenson
Slate – Future Tense
Don’t Diss Dystopias
Sci-fi’s warning tales are as important as its optimistic stories.
Ramez Naam
Slate – Future Tense
The Dystopian City and Urban Policy
Science fiction has inspired scientists and political activists, but it should be an inspiration for municipal governments too.
Annalee Newitz
Slate – Future Tense
Meeting My Protagonist
When I wrote a novel about a Nigerian space program, I didn’t expect it to be so close to the truth.
Deji Bryce Olukotun
Slate – Future Tense
Project Hieroglyph Story: “The Day It All Ended”
A short story from Hieroglyph, a new science fiction anthology.
Charlie Jane Anders
Slate-Future Tense
Only Science Fiction Can Save Us!
What sci-fi gets wrong about income inequality.
Lee Konstantinou
Slate – Future Tense
Project Hieroglyph: Science fiction for better futures
Joey Eschrich
Robohub
The Inspiration Drought
Forget the Tricorder
Why gadgets aren’t the coolest part of science fiction.
Joey Eschrich
Slate – Future Tense