Future
A U.S. Department of the Future Is a Really Bad Idea
Unfortunately, there is no shortage of would-be Secretaries of the Future.
A U.S. Department of the Future Is a Really Bad Idea: New at Reason
Shooting down Kurt Vonnegut's proposal for a Secretary of the Future
Brain Games' Jason Silva Explains Why Robots Won't Destroy the Human Race
Sex, drugs, God, and a hit TV show. Are there any limits to the techno-optimism of television's favorite "wonder junkie"?
The Return of Decentralized, DIY Science
Cheaper technology is transforming scientific institutions-and it's making it easier to operate outside them too.
Will Climate Change Ruin Your Sex Life?
Global warming will cool sexual passion, says new study
Ronald Bailey Lunch Book Event at Cato Institute on July 23: Register Now!
Ronald Bailey Talks The End of Doom at Cato July 23, 2015
Stop Complaining About That Flying Car. You Have Amazon.
Getting stuff gets more awesome every day.
Good News: The Bad News Is Overhyped
Optimism isn't just an attitude-it's an accurate assessment of how well the human race has fared over the past several centuries.
Elon Musk's Latest Transportation Innovation a Literal Pipe Dream
Introducing the Hyperloop, which is not the name of a power-up in a kart-racing video game
Imagining the World in 2030: "Driven by new technologies, nonstate actors take the lead in confronting global challenges."
The National Intelligence Council presents possibilites for how the next 20 years might play out
A More Better Future
A review of Abundance: Why The Future Will Be Much Better Than You Think by X Prize guru Peter Diamandis and journalist Steven Kotler.
It's Hard to Make Predictions, Especially About the Future
The new book Future Babble explains why dart-throwing monkeys are better at predicting the future than most pundits.
Choosing Our Own Future
Will we greet new technologies with more regulation or more liberty?
Doomsday Criers & Technocrats
Optimism gives the technocrats no reason to plan for anything, while pessimism gives them sufficient reason to plan for everything.
