The Prescience of E. M. Forster

Compared to 1984 or Brave New World, E. M. Forster’s 1909 futuristic novella The Machine Stops was, in some ways, the most eerily accurate prediction of our current technological milieu.

By Geoffrey Dutton | January 2, 2020 | Automation, Culture, Environment, Philosophy, Relationships, Society | Addiction, Atrophy, Class, Computers, Decadence, Dependence, Dystopia, E. M. Forster, Eugenics, Fiction, Internet, Nature, Pollution, Progress, Social Commentary, Synthetic Food

Undoing Dystopia: a Review of Douglas Rushkoff’s Team Human

A review of tech and social critic Douglas Rushkoff’s latest book, Team Human.

By Geoffrey Dutton | April 25, 2019 | Automation, Community, Culture, Economics, Philosophy, Relationships, Society | Algorithms, Amazon, Boston, Capitalism, Civilization, Convenience, Corporations, Douglas Rushkoff, Economics, Efficiency, Enrico Moretti, Environment, Ethics, Evolution, Extraction, Human Nature, Mechanomorphism, Neutrality, New York, Silicon Valley, Socialism, Team Human, Technologists, Venture Capital, Wages

Talking Trash: Recycling Inches Up, But Problems Remain

With the changes in consumed materials, recycling is running into problems; meanwhile, plastic and overall waste climb.

By Geoffrey Dutton | March 20, 2019 | Economics, Environment, Government | Automation, Bioplastics, Black Plastic, BPA, Bubble Wrap, Clamshell Packaging, Compost, Corrugated Cardboard, EPA, Foil, Garbage, Glass, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Grocery Bags, Metal, Newspapers, Newsprint, NOAA, Packaging, PET, Plastic, Plastic Bags, Pollution, Produce Bags, Recycling, Recycling Rates, Resin, Straws, Styrofoam, Trash, Waste, Water Bottles

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