Translation and Taste
Blake Smith
Taste became one of the central categories for aesthetic—and ethical—thinking.
Perplexity
Trevor Quirk
Why is the essential promise of technology—the alleviation of drudgery—not enough? Maybe, in the case of AI, because it remains unclear what drudgery it can realistically alleviate.
The Unknowable After
Akshay Pendyal
The enthusiasm for precision medicine actually reveals an uneasy tension: A particular patient’s disease combination is as unique as she is and may thus defy categorization.
Current Issue
Of Continuing Interest
A selection of articles from the archives
Beyond the Market
Gerald J. Russello
Rogan’s book is a welcome step toward uncovering and building up a tradition of alternative economics, one in which economics is not a value-free discipline, but, rather, is shaped by social customs, expectations, and values.
In Me We Trust
Donna Dickenson
What we are actually witnessing in the genetic enclosure movement is the tragedy of the anti-commons.