Crime, Punishment, and Serial
I don’t care whether or not Adnan Syed is guilty anymore. For me, if he is guilty, the big question is how long he should be in jail.
Why Cities Need More than Big Data
by
Noah J. Toly
Posted on December 15, 2014
in THR Web Features
Image: Traffic vizualization diagram; Wikimedia Commons.
Can Big Data be harnessed for the pursuit of thriving urban communities and, if so, how?
The Arts and Humanities Save Lives!
Posted on December 12, 2014
in Infernal Machine
If saving lives is our metric, the biggest deficit we face is not an "innovation deficit" but a "wisdom deficit."
The New Class and The New Republic
The New Republic helped us to see through technological determinism’s crippling fatalism and techno-utopianism’s sonorous pretensions.
The Hedgehog's Array: December 12, 2014
Posted on December 12, 2014
in THR Web Features
Noteworthy reads from last week.
Color Commentary
Pantone's Marsala is no mauve, but it does reflect our present cultural mood.
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