The Mundane Advice of Commencement Speeches
Our "unconventional wisdom" for college graduates has become all too conventional More »
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Edward Tenner is a historian of technology and culture. He was a founding advisor of Smithsonian's Lemelson Center and holds a Ph.D in European history. More
Our "unconventional wisdom" for college graduates has become all too conventional More »
High-end neighborhoods are becoming emptier, lonelier places as the world's super-rich buy up luxury residences across the globe. More »
Ernest "Chick" Callenbach's 1977 novel reminds us how the medium of print shaped the books and culture of an era. More »
Vogue is under fire for deleting its admiring portrait of Syria's first lady, having not absorbed the lesson of Watergate: Don't delete your mistakes. More »
To observe a human sweep a room would be less than stimulating, but watching a robot do the same thing is marvelous. More »
Didn't know Starbucks used bug juice in your drink? Fear not -- they're giving up the practice, anyway. More »
Grammatical rules are akin to dress codes: They were once dogma, but now are in a constant flux. More »
How important were the proper clothes in ensuring passengers a spot on a lifeboat? More »
What James Cameron got right and tragically wrong about the oceanic disaster More »
How one piece of misinformation sent some of the the ship's male passengers in the wrong direction, and to their probable deaths More »
The general-turned-president was one of the earliest victims of using technology impulsively More »
Will great free courses drive down applications to places like Stanford? That's doubtful; it's more likely that these offerings will help build a stronger university brand. More »
More and more housing developments are being targeted toward wealthy travelers instead of people who wish to put down roots. More »
A historical defense of architecture's most unfairly stereotyped form More »
Even a biased, occasionally error-committing writer can be more rewarding than the report of a pseudonymous committee. More »
If philosophers want to update their antiquated image, maybe other fields should consider doing the same. More »
Amazed by the speed of the telegraph, intrigued by the possibility of wind power, the 16th president was a techno-geek through and through. More »
An icon of greed undertakes a public-service campaign, but 'Wall Street' has already done its damage. More »
Just because technology can take the serendipity out of life doesn't mean that it should. More »
