Ágnes Geréb

Natural Birth: The Long Struggle of Dr. Ágnes Geréb

In the final piece in a series on birth and technology, David Reynolds shares the history of Hungary’s tireless natural childbirth advocate.

Broken watches

The Informed Preference for Permanence (Principles of Technoskepticism, Part Three)

Our technological mindset leads to an “enforced impermanence” as the new is always prioritized over the old. The resultant rootlessness and churn contributes to a sense of disequilibrium while keeping us apart from the steadying forces of tradition and wisdom.

From the Sublime to the Ridiculous, part two

European communist states were, perhaps, the ultimate manifestation of the modern conflation of technological development with progress. But with such [...]

Utopia: New and Improved

The most legendary public clash between the Cold War’s competing sides did not delve into philosophical or economic theory; it [...]