A carefully curated weekly newsletter finding signals of change and imagining better futures in technology, society, and culture.
No.386 —AI is changing the physics of collective intelligence ⊗ When the future isn’t somewhere else ⊗ Claude in healthcare and the life sciences ⊗ An enzyme that can break down polyurethane ⊗ 7,000-year-old underwater wall
No.385 — BASAAP + hyperstition ⊗ Ancient everyday weirdness ⊗ The future isn’t fixed ⊗ Science, promise and peril in the age of AI ⊗ A year of clean energy milestones
No.384 —America’s post-apocalyptic maps ⊗ Trying to end the power suck ⊗ Africa’s largest off-grid solar-plus-storage project ⊗ Nerdy joy in 2025
No.383 —The future of rules-based international order ⊗ The Agentic AI Foundation ⊗ Protecting the Ecuadorian Amazon ⊗ Iceland’s flowing textures
No.382 — Collapse ⊗ Designing responsible futures ⊗ The medical case for self-driving cars ⊗ Mushrooms in recycled egg carton towers ⊗ 100 notable small press books
No.381 — Large language mistake ⊗ The world lost the climate gamble ⊗ 2026 Trend File ⊗ Imaginaries of Artificial Intelligence ⊗ A dam removal and a river’s rebirth ⊗ Lo—TEK Water
No.380 — Decelerationism ⊗ Seeing the unseen ⊗ AI eats the world (again) ⊗ A black fungus healing Chernobyl ⊗ Hidden antibiotic 100x stronger
No.379 — Future of Trust ⊗ VibeThinker outperforms DeepSeek-R1 ⊗ Silos for Sunshine ⊗ Fleshy underbellies of fungi
No.378 — Reimagining the way the world works ⊗ Refusing generative AI in writing studies ⊗ World’s largest Indigenous-led conservation project ⊗ The Mighty Nein
No.377 — The abundance movement’s blind spot ⊗ New Horizons, Common Ground ⊗ We’re doing AI all wrong ⊗ Peatlands as climate regulator ⊗ Narrative String Theory
No.376 — Fungi as your Futurist ⊗ Offshoring automation ⊗ Solid state batteries for electric vehicles ⊗ Fast and tiny probes for interstellar travel
No.375 — Future Risks Report ⊗ AI for scientific discovery is a social problem ⊗ Mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution ⊗ Codex Atlanticus
No.374 — Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble ⊗ Invest in your expeditionary teams ⊗ Young people in China are embracing AI therapy ⊗ The Evolving Doughnut
