A 15-part series exploring the convergence of infotech and biotech, the rise of artificial intelligence, and how these technologies could reshape human life, work, and expertise.
The Body as a Mystery For most of human history, the body remained largely a mystery. Doctors could observe symptoms. They could examine organs. They could infer causes from visible clues. However, much of the machinery underneath stayed completely invisible. Nobody could see a hormone shift. Nobody could watch a neuron fire. That’s changing now.
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The Obedient Machine Picture the old computer. It was extraordinarily obedient. Give it instructions, and it followed them precisely. Nothing more, nothing less. That obedience was its greatest strength. However, it was also its greatest limitation. The machine could only do exactly what humans told it to do. Nothing beyond that existed. So, how did
the twin revolution: what humans feared the most. Read More »
The Feeling We Can’t Explain A doctor senses something is wrong. She can’t say exactly why yet. An investor feels uneasy about a deal. The numbers look fine. Still, something nags at him. Someone meets a stranger and instantly distrusts them. No evidence exists. No reason gets stated. We call this intuition. Partly, though, we
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Before Breakfast You wake up. You reach for your phone. Already, algorithms have been busy. They selected your notifications, your inbox, and the predicted traffic on your route to work. Meanwhile, your wearable measured your sleep. It flagged anything unusual. Maybe it even nudged you toward a playlist that fits your mood. You haven’t eaten
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