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Are we becoming post-literate?

Tech

The post-literate society

Are we becoming post-literate?

Audio-driven content is rendering reading and writing obsolete

Katherine Dee

What the Amish can teach us about tech

Like them we should ask: ‘What is this tool for and what does it make us become?’

James Chiavarini

Has the AI jobs bloodbath finally arrived?

Amazon and UPS have each just replaced 14,000 jobs with AI

Ross Clark

Did the billionaire Binance bro pay for his pardon?

Changpeng Zhao, who was sentenced to four months in prison, was granted clemency by Donald Trump

Jake Donoghue

Sleeping giant

Welcome to the Chinese century

The Asian superpower has already leapfrogged the US

Steve Hsu

Technology
November 5, 2025
Live-translation AirPods are the future
The guide babbles away and I stand here beaming – I understand every word
Sean Thomas
Technology
November 5, 2025
What Islam can teach us about AI
With both the djinn and AI, we encounter answers that sound true, feel true, but lead us miles off the path
Katherine Dee
Politics
October 29, 2025
Has the AI jobs bloodbath finally arrived?
Amazon and UPS have each just replaced 14,000 jobs with AI
Ross Clark
Politics
October 24, 2025
Did the billionaire Binance bro pay for his pardon?
Changpeng Zhao, who was sentenced to four months in prison, was granted clemency by Donald Trump
Jake Donoghue
Tech
October 21, 2025
Welcome to the Chinese century
The Asian superpower has already leapfrogged the US
Steve Hsu
Technology
October 21, 2025
In conversation with Nick Land, the ‘father of accelerationism’
‘We don’t control the current’
Monica Sobchak
Technology
October 21, 2025
Can the US government escape the clutches of Microsoft?
While other tech giants were selling data, Microsoft has been building a monopoly on federal tech contracts
Jack Kieffaber
Internet
October 7, 2025
What folklore can teach us about our online lives
Like fairyland and the astral plane, the online world is navigable only if you learn its rules
Katherine Dee
Internet
October 7, 2025
Why people are falling in love with chatbots
The social media platform Reddit now features a community entitled MyBoyfriendIsAI, with around 20,000 members
Lara Brown
Economics
October 7, 2025
Can stablecoins make America the crypto capital of the world?
If the dollar dominates stablecoins, America could dominate global finance for centuries
Michael Simmons

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