The Trans Cult Who Believes AI Will Either Save Us—or Kill Us All The Trans Cult Who Believes AI Will Either Save Us—or Kill Us All
What the Zizians, a trans vegan cult allegedly behind multiple murders, can teach us about radicalization and our tech-addled politics.
Mar 13, 2025 / Grace Byron
How I Didn’t Die: My Day at Bryan Johnson’s Immortality Summit How I Didn’t Die: My Day at Bryan Johnson’s Immortality Summit
It turns out that optimizing yourself like artificial intelligence not only won’t ensure that you live forever. It is also very expensive.
Feb 24, 2025 / Maya Vinokour
Copper Colonialism Is Wrecking Zambia’s Farmlands and Waterways Copper Colonialism Is Wrecking Zambia’s Farmlands and Waterways
Zambia is just one of several nations experiencing a new type of colonialism, this time with a green capitalist veneer.
Oct 17, 2024 / Joshua Frank
Venture Capitalists Are Gunning for New Frontiers in Techno-War Venture Capitalists Are Gunning for New Frontiers in Techno-War
These corporate promoters of a new way of war view themselves as a new breed of patriots, ready and able to successfully confront the military challenges of the future.
Jun 26, 2024 / William D. Hartung
Social Media Companies Are Having a Bad Moment Social Media Companies Are Having a Bad Moment
What if it were the start of a movement?
Apr 11, 2024 / Nick H. Penniman
Loath as I Am to Agree With Marjorie Taylor Greene… Loath as I Am to Agree With Marjorie Taylor Greene…
How the effort to bank TikTok is a fascinating case study in transpartisan politics.
Mar 28, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Much of Our Humanity Are We Willing to Outsource to AI? How Much of Our Humanity Are We Willing to Outsource to AI?
Tech companies claim artificial general intelligence systems will propel our society forward. But the cost to our humanity may not be worth the risk.
Mar 27, 2024 / Sage Cammers-Goodwin and Rosalie Waelen
I Saw the Future of Climate Technology—and Its Big-Oil Investors I Saw the Future of Climate Technology—and Its Big-Oil Investors
At the Cleantech North America conference, the fates of climate-tech start-ups are tangled into the balance sheets of companies who caused the crisis in the first place.
Feb 15, 2024 / Molly Taft
When AI and Robotics Combine When AI and Robotics Combine
The coming advent of “killer robots.”
Aug 9, 2023 / Michael T. Klare
Silicon Valley’s Quest to Build God and Control Humanity Silicon Valley’s Quest to Build God and Control Humanity
The world we have is ugly enough, but tech capitalists desire an even uglier one.
Jul 13, 2023 / Edward Ongweso Jr.