Culture

Cory Doctorow’s novel “Walkaway” envisions a future in which the jobless masses co-opt automation technologies to ensure their freedom.

They’re avoiding many of the substances that got earlier generations high. But are they better off?

Berkeley researchers may have the perfect authentication device — assuming you’re okay with a computer analyzing your thoughts.

Lynn Hershman Leeson has spent 40 years grappling with cyborgs, genetically modified organisms, and AI.

Yuval Noah Harari’s book is right that humans have developed God-like powers, but it’s wrong about the reasons — and it underestimates what will come. by Juan Enriquez