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Rebecca J. Rosen is a senior associate editor at The Atlantic. She was previously an associate editor at The Wilson Quarterly, where she spearheaded the magazine's In Essence section.
DARPA turned to Twitter to crowdsource devilish little ideas for what the future should bring. A round-up of the responses. More »
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