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The people who tend to get the most out of being social thinkers are the people who themselves are helpful. They're always talking or answering... →
We use paper documents to store knowledge so we can consult and reconsult it, giving us a type of recall impossible with our unaided minds; we use... →
We're dumber and less cognitively nimble if we're not around other people - and, now, other machines.
Why are online games so addictive? It's mostly the narcotic appeal of 'leveling.'
America has always had tinkerers, including just about any teenager who ever hot-rodded a Camaro.
Insurance firms have always carefully studied real-world data to figure out what, precisely, constitutes a risky activity.
Railing at scientists for massaging tree-ring statistics won't stop the globe from warming if the globe is actually, you know, warming.
The amount of writing that people do online is astonishing, and historically unprecedented.
The genius idea of industrialism was the concept of the Model T: In exchange for something cheap and well-made, we'd forgo unique, lovely design.
The Internet lets thousands of total strangers collaborate to produce a truly hivelike result.
There is something about the ability to externalize our thoughts and compare them with other people in a public way that is really transformative for... →
I don't think the Internet has replaced cities in any significant way, nor really could it. Cities are dynamic - and deeply seductive for the... →
I lust after iPods or Mini Coopers not because they're unique, but because they've been so artfully made that I couldn't imagine doing it... →
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