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Contributing Editor, TCS

Glenn Harlan Reynolds is contributing editor of TCS where his special feature on technology and public policy called "Reynolds' Wrap" appears each week. He is a law professor at the University of Tennessee.

His special interests are law and technology and constitutional law issues, and his work has appeared in a wide variety of publications, including numerous law reviews, the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, Law and Policy in International Business, Jurimetrics, and the High Technology Law Journal. Professor Reynolds has also written in the New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times, and Wall Street Journal, among others. He is the co-author of Outer Space: Problems of Law and Policy. He created and writes for the influential Instapundit website.

Reynolds' most most recent book is called The Appearance of Impropriety: How the Ethics Wars Have Undermined American Government, Business and Society, (The Free Press, 1997) coauthored with Peter W. Morgan.
Articles by Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Keep It Quiet
06 Dec 2006
I've used this column in the past as a means of issuing impassioned pleas to product designers. Now it's time for another, at least as heartfelt as the ones in the past: Please, keep things quiet. Or at least give me the option of doing so.
A Second American Civil War?
29 Nov 2006
Is America in danger of civil war? Not immediately, perhaps, but famed science fiction writer Orson Scott Card thinks that we're in enough danger that he's authored a cautionary tale entitled Empire that's set in more-or-less present times.
Is Democracy Like Sex?
15 Nov 2006

By jumbling up genes every generation, sexual reproduction forces parasites to try to adapt to a moving target, giving the host organisms an advantage that justifies all the metabolic energy they put into this troublesome form of passing on one's genes. Elections play the same role for the body politic that sex plays for the body physical.
Why We Should Worry More About Vote Fraud
07 Nov 2006
Conspiracy theories and fear of fraud are more common among respectable members of both parties than they were a few years ago, and I think there's reason to fear it's getting worse.
Trust, But No Way to Verify?
31 Oct 2006
Trust in the government has been declining for years, but it's nothing compared to what we'll see if a majority, or even a sizable plurality, of Americans conclude that the entire voting process is rigged.
Frontiers in Germicidal Living
25 Oct 2006
There was nearly a political scandal last week, over hand sanitizer.
We're All Soldiers of Fortune Now
18 Oct 2006
The kind of survival-oriented disaster preparedness thinking that once flourished in subcultures like Soldier of Fortune seems to be going mainstream. And why is that?
Beam Me Up, Osama
11 Oct 2006
Teleportation of the Star Trek variety is a long way off. But even without spooky technology, natural borders are less and less secure. Glenn Reynolds on the implications for the future - and the present.
Jet You
04 Oct 2006
Nobody values flexible flying arrangements more than members of Congress, who are always commuting to and from their districts. This may be one of the rare circumstances where the politics favor innovators over existing industries.
A Pebble's Ripple Effect
27 Sep 2006
One of the most promising technologies is the pebble bed nuclear reactor.
Voting Early and Often
19 Sep 2006
The problem is real, even though it's often shouted about by nutty conspiracy-theorist types.
Keep Your Grubby Mitts Off My Hard Drive
13 Sep 2006
As much as people in the entertainment business go on about their intellectual property, they're pretty cavalier with other people's personal property.
The Indy Music Comeback
06 Sep 2006
What the MySpace move means for the future of independent music.
FX May Soon Be Short for Faux
30 Aug 2006
The accumulation of episodes of fakery in recent weeks, both sophisticated and crude, leads me to believe that we'll see faked video of professional quality becoming a commonplace political item in the pretty near future.
21st Century Politics as YouTube Politics
21 Aug 2006
The danger for political campaigns -- and the rest of us -- is that the Web, and digital photography and video, make phony or unfair charges easier. What's the solution? Glenn Reynolds explores.
Don't Trust If They Won't Verify
15 Aug 2006
I had hoped that increased scrutiny from bloggers would make the press more honest, but so far there's no sign of that. Can a free press survive if the public concludes that it's in the business of purveying politically motivated propaganda on behalf of civilization's enemies?
Systems Breakdown
02 Aug 2006
21st Century disaster response? We're not even close.
The Long Tail is Wagging the Dog
19 Jul 2006
Big businesses -- especially big media businesses -- seem to be sluggish, but the economy is booming. Why?
Rebooting Your Doctor
12 Jul 2006
Andy Kessler has worked in Silicon Valley for a long time. He's seen the way that improving technology can lower costs and increase capabilities. Now he says that it's time for silicon to do for medicine what it's done for so many other fields. Is it possible?
The Silver Bullet Fallacy
06 Jul 2006
Technologies don't have to provide a silver bullet to be worthwhile, or even revolutionary.
Will the Defense Rest?
28 Jun 2006
We're hearing more about avian flu these days, and there's some reason to think it's a threat.
Nanoops!
07 Jun 2006
Danger, Will Robinson -- toxic nanotechnology! Er, except without the nanotechnology part, as it turns out.
Got to Admit It's Getting Better?
31 May 2006
I've written about bad design and bad customer service. It's only fair to devote a little bit of space to things that don't suck.
Managing to Look Busy
22 May 2006
Measuring the work done, rather than just whether employees manage to look busy, is going to be the management trend of the future. Glenn Reynolds discusses the assault on the workplace Web.
The Parent Trap
17 May 2006
Has raising children become more costly and less rewarding?
Trouble Not the Blogger in his Lair
08 May 2006
The lesson is clear: bully bloggers at your own risk. They have rights, they are networked, and the big media pay attention to them.
Silencing a Hornet's Nest
03 May 2006
As bloggers get more powerful, lots of people are likely to be tempted to try to silence them. This, however, is likely to turn out badly -- like trying to stop hornets' buzzing by smacking their nest with a stick.
The Medium Isn't the Message
25 Apr 2006
Newspapers are losing readers while dissing bloggers. Or, more accurately, newspapers are losing readers while dissing readers.
The Six Million Dollar Mankind
19 Apr 2006
Move over Steve Austin, bionic humanity is coming.
Nanotech's Toxic Shock
12 Apr 2006
Nanotechnology's public-relations strategy has been dangerously shortsighted. But is the industry catching on?
A Rapture for the Rest of Us
05 Apr 2006
So is the Singularity just a new religion? Or is religion just the pre-marketing department for the Singularity?
Self-Made Media
29 Mar 2006
Ordinary people continue doing things that used to be beyond the reach of ordinary people, thanks to technology.
Newspapers in Trouble?
22 Mar 2006
It's not too late for imaginative newspapers to save themselves. What would a new-era newspaper look like? Glenn Reynolds explains.
Biowarfare and Bioterror: The Future Is Now
13 Mar 2006
Recent developments suggest that relaxed attitudes toward bioterror threats are unwarranted. Indeed, there's considerable evidence that we should be much more afraid than we are, or have been.
Is Aging Getting Old?
01 Mar 2006
Will this manage to become an election issue this time around?
Blogger Buzz-Kill?
21 Feb 2006
Are blogs too commercial, or not enough? Just taking off, or doomed? The answer to these questions is probably "yes." Which suggests that they're the wrong questions.
Blogging: for Love or Money?
16 Feb 2006
As more and more bloggers hit the big time, they'll have to ask themselves why they do it.
No Nukes Is Good Nukes?
08 Feb 2006
Will the environmental movement as a whole be willing to abandon knee-jerk opposition to nuclear plants?
Judging Google
31 Jan 2006
Glenn Reynolds on the firestorm over Google.
Alternative Media Taking Off ... Again!
25 Jan 2006
The end result is likely to involve people getting more of what they want. That's how technology and markets are supposed to work.
Open Sesame!
19 Jan 2006
Glenn Reynolds on new media entrepreneurs and how the role of the Internet has been to open up things that were once closed.
Ready? Or Not?
09 Jan 2006
Given that everyone agrees that whether or not avian flu becomes a menace, we're pretty sure to face some sort of major pandemic in the coming decades, it makes sense to get ready. Here's what we can do.
Grey's Anatomy
03 Jan 2006
Are people beginning to take the idea of healthy life extension seriously? Glenn Reynolds explores.
2005: A Space Odyssey
28 Dec 2005
Spaceflight seems to be entering a phase much like aviation in the 1920s: Rapid technological development, with support for breakthroughs becoming a prestige activity on the part of rich guys who want to see the technology develop.
Throwing the Book At Video Games
20 Dec 2005
Congress is making dumb moves constitutionally, substantively, and politically.
Shopping as a Lifestyle
14 Dec 2005
According to a new book by Daniel Nissanoff, online auctions are going to help us recycle stuff and get what we really want.
Learning to Love Sprawl
08 Dec 2005
Everybody knows some things about sprawl. It's almost all wrong.
It's Flex Time
30 Nov 2005
The demands for more regulation in order to save energy seem backward. Perhaps instead we should start looking for things to deregulate, to make shopping, shipping, and otherwise doing business more flexible, and more efficient.
You Want to Keep This Revolution? Be Ready to Fight For It.
22 Nov 2005
You want to keep this media revolution going? Glenn Reynolds on threats at home and abroad.
How Big Can Small Get?
16 Nov 2005
Pro-Growth Progressives and 2008
09 Nov 2005
Rooting for Gene Sperling.
The Depression of the Elites
02 Nov 2005
Members and hangers-on of yesterday's power structures are mulling their reduced prospects, but ordinary people seem to be doing pretty well.
The Video Future Approacheth
26 Oct 2005
Technology is passing Congress by.
eBay Nation and the Golden Goose
19 Oct 2005
Congress could do a lot to help here, by exempting Internet businesses from intrusive state and local regulation.
The Singularity Approacheth?
12 Oct 2005
In a robot-driven car.
Some 21st Century Ideas on Energy and Employment
05 Oct 2005
These are tools, and policies, that we didn't have in the 1970s, and they're likely to do considerable good today.
Where the Boys Aren't
27 Sep 2005
What is going on with the higher education gender imbalance? Glenn Reynolds on an issue of national import, and deserving of more attention.
Is This the Right Way to Return to the Moon?
21 Sep 2005
NASA has come out with a more detailed presentation of what they have in mind.
Hey, Maybe the Singularity Really Is Near
14 Sep 2005
We're living in a future that not long ago would have looked science fictional.
Disasters and Responses
06 Sep 2005
Do our political classes possess the requisite maturity and self-discipline to take constructive action?
Space Elevator: Stuck Between Floors
31 Aug 2005
Space elevators raise some potentially knotty legal questions
Space Program: Looking Up
24 Aug 2005
There are some signs of real progress on a number of fronts.
Podcasting and the New Media
17 Aug 2005
Our best hope is that the number of podcasters, and podcast listeners, will become large enough that Congress will pay attention.
Cottage Industry and Science Fiction
10 Aug 2005
'Our ancestors had virtues and qualities we are deficient in.' An interview with S.M. Stirling.
Is Small the New Big?
03 Aug 2005
eBay, Amazon promote self-employment, but with brand recognition.
"Everything Here Is First-Person"
27 Jul 2005
An interview with independent journalist Michael Yon, a Special Forces alumnus who's now traveling around Iraq far more independently than most journalists, and reporting on things we're not hearing from The New York Times.
Guerrilla Media Troubling Guerrillas
20 Jul 2005
'I did it because I knew no one else would. A lot of others could, but no one else would.' Glenn Reynolds looks at another encouraging trend in journalism, and another challenge to the MSM - and to terrorists.
Panopticons, Old and New
12 Jul 2005
Orwell's Big Brother had a network of security cameras; he would have been horrified at a network of cellphones.
Aging Is Getting Old
06 Jul 2005
Aubrey de Grey thinks there should be a lot more talk, as well as a lot more action.
Nobody's Perfect
29 Jun 2005
The history of success in all sorts of endeavors is a history of repeated failures.
New Minds in Old Bottles
22 Jun 2005
As we move from the information age to the conceptual age, the more things stay the same.
How We're Heading Back to the Future
15 Jun 2005
We may be witnessing a dramatic reversal of recent history, toward more cottage industry, more small enterprises and ventures, and more empowerment for individuals willing to take advantage of the tools that become available. In some ways, the future may look more like the distant past than the recent past. It's not surprising that it may also seem to operate on a more human scale.
Do it Make it Yourself
08 Jun 2005
Technology is empowering the little guy. That seems to be the theme of the 21st Century.
...When I'm (One Hundred and) Sixty-Four
01 Jun 2005
Why improving education matters to the young and the old... and the really really old.
Product Designers with a Clue
25 May 2005
And as gadgets proliferate, simplicity and low mental overhead are becoming more important all the time.
Tipped!
18 May 2005
The media Goliaths have learned to respect the "army of Davids"
Are Blogs Busting Loose?
09 May 2005
Now blogs aren't quite as new and people are now talking about making money.
The Unbearable Rightness of Nick Denton
03 May 2005
The smarter managers will read blogs, looking for real problems that need to be fixed, and they'll respond (perhaps on their own blogs?) to the critics; the smartest ones will even realize that employees know the difference between the chronic bellyachers and the people who have serious complaints, and will respond accordingly. How many managers are this smart? I guess, thanks to the Internet, we'll find out.
A Media Tipping Point?
27 Apr 2005
We may have crossed a threshold in which the game changes.
Top Down and Bottom Up
20 Apr 2005
Glenn Reynolds asks: when it comes to wi-fi, can't we all just get along?
Religioso, Ma Non Troppo
13 Apr 2005
There's a lot of sentiment in favor of people being able to practice their religion, and talk about their religion, without discrimination or ridicule. But Americans really don't like busybodies telling them what to do. The decline of the Left as a political force in America coincided precisely with its shift from a politics of individual freedom to that of tut-tutting politically-correct nanny-statism. I suspect that if the religious Right decides to emulate the Left in this regard, its influence will evaporate in similar fashion.
Living and Dying In These Modern Times
05 Apr 2005
Amid all the ethical concerns raised by new technology, it's easy to miss the most important thing.
Looking Forward to Prize Fights
30 Mar 2005
You don't need a lot of money to accomplish a lot if you spend it well.
A New Captain for the Titanic?
23 Mar 2005
Budgetary problems may be the new NASA chief's best friend.
Felonious Funk
16 Mar 2005
Are we Felony Nation? Or have we become a Nation of Felons? Glenn Reynolds on what was once a fairly rare class of crime.
Washed Away By the Preference Cascade?
07 Mar 2005
A look at what happens when people who have been obliged to conceal their true beliefs by social pressure or sheer force suddenly discover that a lot of other people feel the same way. Glenn Reynolds explains the implications for communication technology and Americanforeign policy.
Just What the Doctor Ordered?
02 Mar 2005
If hospitals ran more along market lines, there would be a lot more emphasis on making patients and visitors happy.
Cyborgization, Revisited
23 Feb 2005
I never expected to have a bionic wife, childhood fantasies involving Jamie Sommers notwithstanding. But I'd much rather have a bionic wife than one who's at risk for fatal heart problems. Glenn Reynolds on our cyborg future.
Real Social Security Reform
16 Feb 2005
We've already decided to think decades ahead. Why not think about what we can do to make Social Security a lot less necessary, while we're at it?
Toxic Botsuits
09 Feb 2005
Tales of litigation gone awry.
Why the Press Got It Wrong
01 Feb 2005
The blogosphere evolves: It's the end of the old media world as we knew it. And I feel fine.
China Targets Space
26 Jan 2005
Should the US be paranoid?
Wi-Fi Side-By-Side
20 Jan 2005
Verizon shouldn't try to 'bury' Wi-Fi under EVDO when they can coexist.
Trust -- But Verify
10 Jan 2005
As somebody who knew a lot about politics and the media once said, 'trust -- but verify.' It's true no matter what medium is involved.
Disasters and Distributed Responses
03 Jan 2005
This decentralized, self-organizing response to disaster coverage and relief may point the way to a less centralized approach in the future.
Catastrophes and Their Cures
27 Dec 2004
This weekend's deaths were as much a result of poverty and inattention as of earth movement.
A Good Year for Free Speech?
22 Dec 2004
Free speech made great strides in 2004
The Engineers Who Saved Christmas
14 Dec 2004
Now Another Hollywood storyline died this week. And good riddance. Its death was brought to you not by elves, but by the people responsible for most of the miracles in our lives: Engineers!
Bringing the Public Back to Public Spaces
08 Dec 2004
The next iteration of the comfy-chair revolution is on the horizon.
Talking to Robots
01 Dec 2004
We're crossing some sort of a divide in terms of the returns on investments in information technology, and that we're likely to see the benefits (and detriments) of these things appearing in a much more significant way.
The Human-Digital Touch
23 Nov 2004
Glenn Reynolds looks at the future of music, books and the web.
Weaponizing Space and the Legacy of the Cold War
17 Nov 2004
This means that the big question isn't whether to have a military presence in space, but rather what kind we should have.
Politics and the Web
08 Nov 2004
With the election over, some people are starting to question whether the Web had an impact. Did it? Ask Tom Daschle.
Elections and the New Media
05 Nov 2004
This election probably marked a turning point in media power. Glenn Reynolds explains.
The Future of Blogs and the Blogosphere
27 Oct 2004
You want to keep this media revolution going? Be ready to fight for it.
The Blogosphere Grows Up
20 Oct 2004
Glenn Reynolds says: we've come a long way, baby.
Good News and Bad News for Commercial Space
12 Oct 2004
We ought to let people consent to the risks.
Space Warfare: On the Way?
06 Oct 2004
The United States is the world's biggest user of satellite services, both civilian and military -- but especially military. This puts us in a unique position. We have the strongest incentive to protect this sort of thing, and to maintain our lead, but we're also the most vulnerable.
'X' Marks the Spot
29 Sep 2004
We make faster progress when we have lots of parallel efforts, with freedom to experiment, and to fail. Glenn Reynolds explains the importance of the X-Prize.
Book 'Em
22 Sep 2004
The Internet makes it harder for players to indulge their own preferences at the expense of customers.
Another Postrel Moment
15 Sep 2004
In the retail world, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Sims Rules for a Complex World
08 Sep 2004
What more could a father want, than a game that will teach his daughter that if you marry a loser, he'll likely stay a loser, and your kids have a good chance of being losers, too? Glenn Reynolds on videogames and the future of education and culture.
A Media Meltdown?
31 Aug 2004
Whoever winds up in the White House next year, the position "legacy media" continues to decline.
Serious Disaster Preparedness
25 Aug 2004
It's worth noting that we are, in fact, better prepared in some ways for disaster than we may realize. Here's why.
Preparing for the Worst
17 Aug 2004
As we look at a 21st Century in which it has been made quite clear that disaster can strike the American mainland without warning, it may be worth thinking about what else we should be doing.
Registration Still Required
11 Aug 2004
The Web isn't new anymore, and newspaper people have far less excuse to be getting this stuff wrong than they had three or four years ago.
NanoDynamism vs. NanoTimidity
04 Aug 2004
It is as hard for American and European mandarins to imagine being conquered by Chinese troops equipped with superior weaponry as it was for Chinese Mandarins to imagine the reverse, two hundred years ago. Will our mandarins be smart enough to learn from that experience? Thats the question, isn't it?
Porn and Violence: Good for America's Children?
28 Jul 2004
The answer to what's making American teens healthier.
Why Are the Kids Alright?
21 Jul 2004
Projections of catastrophic future ills are usually wrong, as people learn from experience.
Neglecting Public Health
14 Jul 2004
Escaping from hunger and premature death - and what it means today.
Political Games
07 Jul 2004
The move against violent videogames strikes me as a bad idea for several reasons.
Expiration Date
30 Jun 2004
How will we pay for retirement? The answer, it seems to me, is obvious: We won't.
Death Be Not Proud
23 Jun 2004
Recently I interviewed the influential Cambridge University biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey.
Live Long -- and Prosper?
16 Jun 2004
Perhaps progress and death don't really go together at all.
How Long Should People Live?
09 Jun 2004
I'd rather see my tax dollars spent on longevity research than, well, most of the other things they're spent on.
Would You Mind?
02 Jun 2004
Lots of people are worried about where neuroscience might be taking us. The kinds of technologies we're likely to worry about differ substantially, and so do the rules that might be applied to them.
A Nanotechnology Turnaround?
26 May 2004
There's considerable evidence that the new approach will be more sensible.
Overmatching the Gods
19 May 2004
Where's the accountability for the people whose bogus claims and hysterical coverage led to this situation?
Ready or Not?
12 May 2004
I had a worrisome conversation the other day with a former administration official about homeland security.
How to Create a Lunar Klondike
05 May 2004
Though our attention is focused on earthbound events these days, it's likely that the long-term future of humanity will be far more influenced by our progress toward space.
Beyond the Nano-Hype
28 Apr 2004
Looking at the very large risks ahead.
Bypassing - or Becoming - the Media?
21 Apr 2004
No longer getting mad. Getting even.
Private Space: Blazing a Trail?
14 Apr 2004
I suspect that many of the 21st Century's problems will benefit from this sort of approach, and I hope that the X-Prize example will break new ground, not only in terms of spaceflight, but in terms of all sorts of other problems.
Nanotechnology and Damage
06 Apr 2004
I don't think that it's too late for them to change their approach -- yet -- but I think that the damage is continuing to accumulate. And that's too bad. It's bad for the industry, it's bad for America, and it's bad for humanity. I hope they catch on soon.
Good Drugs
31 Mar 2004
I hear a lot of complaint from people who object to the pharmaceutical industry's work on what are often described as frivolous products, like drugs for treating acid reflux disease.
The Greatest Picture Show on Earth
24 Mar 2004
But there's more to photography than photojournalism, and one thing that I've found interesting is the way in which the Web may be affecting photography.
Flash Media
17 Mar 2004
I think the benefits of a system that could aggregate flash media in a useful way would be enormous. It might even make someone some money.
Preparing for the Worst
10 Mar 2004
Reasons enough for space settlement? Probably so.
Carmen Electra of the Executive Branch
01 Mar 2004
The Council seems to be getting more stacked all the time.
The Knead for New Jobs
26 Feb 2004
There's a case to be made for the ongoing economic transition that isn't being made.
Blogging: The Next Wave
18 Feb 2004
Universal publishing is a reality now. If the idea interests you, give it a try.
Keeping Up "The Weird Fight"
11 Feb 2004
Why I'm worried about the future of the nanotech industry.
The Nano-Ostrich Approach Doesn't Work
05 Feb 2004
I'd hate to see the future of the nanotechnology industry suffer because of a combination of political shortsightedness and uncontrolled personal pique.
A Tale of Two Nanotechs
28 Jan 2004
It's the best of times for nanotechnology. Or is it the worst of times? There's evidence in both directions.
Unforgettable, That's What You Are...
21 Jan 2004
'Library science is the foundation of all sciences... and we will survive or founder, depending on how well the librarians do their jobs.'
Cowboys on Mars?
13 Jan 2004
Could our "cowboy" President get behind a Wild West approach to space settlement?
What's Wrong With Income Inequality?
07 Jan 2004
If Bush is defeated, I'll take it as proof that rich people have too much influence on the political process...
Almost Free
30 Dec 2003
I've been wondering if we're seeing the early stages of an economic transformation.
Entering the Nano-Age?
23 Dec 2003
The pace of nanotechnology research is blistering.
From Nemo to Nano
17 Dec 2003
What happens when the EPA's Science Advisory Board gets together?
Is the Empire Striking Back?
10 Dec 2003
It's a "fight for control of the net," in which governments - threatened by their steady loss of control over what their citizens read, say, and buy - are trying to claw back some of the power that they've lost.
Robot Nation?
03 Dec 2003
The political problem of technological change.
Give Thanks for Small Victories
26 Nov 2003
Keep an eye on bureaucrats, as they keep an eye on nanotechnology.
Death of a Friend
19 Nov 2003
The original idea was a great one.
Kent Brockman on Unemployment
12 Nov 2003
I, for one, welcome our new robot employees.
Loving Monsters
05 Nov 2003
So many were so invested in the notion that by thinking peaceful thoughts they could will into existence a state of peaceful affairs that they ignored the evidence right in front of them.
Robot Rights
29 Oct 2003
"Robots are people, too! Or at least they will be, someday."
Convoy!
22 Oct 2003
Blogs are the CB radios of today. No, really.
China's New Frontier
14 Oct 2003
The answer to the old "is the glass half-full, or half-empty?" question is "it depends on whether you're drinking, or pouring." The Chinese, clearly, are pouring. Are we?
The Source of the Modern World
07 Oct 2003
Neal Stephenson on the Seventeenth Century, and today.
Living in the Seventeenth Century
01 Oct 2003
Getting in touch with intellectuals who got it right.
More Scenes From a Mall
24 Sep 2003
Public-sector rules are always subject to private-sector competition.
Build-a-Bear Basics
17 Sep 2003
But then, complaining is an aesthetic style too, of a sort.
Cottage Industry and Societal Change
10 Sep 2003
The Industrial Revolution remade our society. Now the pendulum may be swinging back.
Cottage Industry
03 Sep 2003
The Industrial Revolution comes full circle.
Working With the System
27 Aug 2003
Hardening our systems against disaster.
Look and Feel
20 Aug 2003
'The twenty-first century isn't what the old movies imagined.'
Terrorism and Disease
13 Aug 2003
The slower we progress, the longer we'll stay in that window of vulnerability.
More Than Human?
06 Aug 2003
In a way, who wouldn't want to be a superhero of some sort?
Greenpeace and Nanotechnology
30 Jul 2003
The question then becomes one of how, not whether, to develop nanotechnology.
Opening Up the Airwaves
22 Jul 2003
What the freedom to create really means.
Terror War? What Terror War?
15 Jul 2003
The bureaucrat's nose in the tent.
A Lunar Klondike?
09 Jul 2003
Bring it on!
Reality and the Code
02 Jul 2003
A full download on uploading.
Outsourcing and Elections
25 Jun 2003
Could technology outsourcing produce a major political backlash?
The Good, The Bad, and the Blogly
18 Jun 2003
Instapundit rushes in where angels fear to tread.
More Horizontal Knowledge
09 Jun 2003
The threat of 'organizational terrorism' and how the Times can emerge stronger.
Horizontal Knowledge
04 Jun 2003
The next ten years will see revolutions that make Wi-Fi and Google look tame.
The Stronger Horse
28 May 2003
Out with the old, in with the new?
Open and Shut
20 May 2003
Standing up for New Media.
A Religious Experience
14 May 2003
Try to use that power for good and not, as Obi Wan would say, for Ee-vill.
Visions of the Nanofuture
07 May 2003
The larger world is taking notice. PLUS: Exclusive video interviews.
Ethics Must Play Catch Up
30 Apr 2003
Small wisdom from Prince Charles.
Truth Will Set You Free
23 Apr 2003
One of the hardest things for a lot of people who live in free societies to appreciate.
Killer Lies
16 Apr 2003
To practice a winning style of warfare, information has to circulate freely, and be put to rapid use.
New Class Crackup
09 Apr 2003
People just don't take it, or its ideas, seriously anymore.
Losing the War on the Air
31 Mar 2003
A thousand points of disorganized light
New Class Challenged
26 Mar 2003
Liberalizing the global media, one website at a time.
Fly High with Wi-Fi?
19 Mar 2003
Why aren't U.S. airlines jumping on this?
Got to Admit,
It's Getting Better
12 Mar 2003
'The chief characteristic of the religion of science is that it works.'
Faux-rilla Media
04 Mar 2003
On the spread of Raging Cow disease.
Guerrilla Media
26 Feb 2003
Keep one eye on the competition. Because there's about to be a lot more of it.
Ignorance or Bliss?
19 Feb 2003
Getting around the 'early diagnosis' trap.
A Pack, Not a Herd (Again)
12 Feb 2003
Who will be smart enough to follow NASA's lead?
Securing the Future
03 Feb 2003
What space exploration is really about.
Registration Required
29 Jan 2003
Understanding what's part of the bottom line.
Destination: Mars
22 Jan 2003
This time, a reason for optimism.
Are You Paying Attention?
15 Jan 2003
The economics of an attentive audience.
The Cyberspace Commons?
08 Jan 2003
Routing around idiots.
Looking Ahead
31 Dec 2002
The bad guys have indeed gotten more powerful. But so have the rest of us.
Year of the Blog
24 Dec 2002
Becoming part of the mainstream while remaining outside it.
Smallpox Martyrs, American Style
18 Dec 2002
Not just protecting America; protecting the world.
Media Feudalism Under Siege
11 Dec 2002
If Big Media let their position go without a fight they'll be the first privileged group that did so.
Gore Gets OutFOXed
04 Dec 2002
Al did - halfway - hit the nail on the head
Falling Prey to Science Fiction
25 Nov 2002
Only a fool expects a novel to answer questions about the wisdom of new technologies.
Tiny Troubles
21 Nov 2002
The future of nanotech, the debate starts here.
True National Defense
20 Nov 2002
What individual citizens can do to prepare for a role in responding to, and preventing, terrorism.
'American Dunkirk'
13 Nov 2002
Responding to terrorism: a citizen-based approach.
Paper Ballots
05 Nov 2002
A technology whose time has come.
A Pack, Not a Herd
30 Oct 2002
We need to be looking at ways of promoting fast-moving, dispersed responses.
Who Can't Handle the Truth?
23 Oct 2002
Terrorists suffer from some dramatic and exploitable disadvantages.
Symbiotic Media
16 Oct 2002
The Blogosphere and Big Media: both sides may be better off.
The Way Things (Don't) Work
09 Oct 2002
Do the people who design things ever actually use them?
Fraudulent Witch-Hunts
02 Oct 2002
Let's avoid cures that are worse than the disease.
Moonstruck
25 Sep 2002
On Congress, helmets and tinfoil hats.
The New Space Race?
18 Sep 2002
A rising China could lift a nuclear boat.
The Road Not Taken (Yet)
11 Sep 2002
Will Orion come to pass? How about Saturn by 2020?
Healing the Two-Cultures Split
04 Sep 2002
Perhaps science and the arts are in conflict no longer.
Sustainability with Style
28 Aug 2002
Summit tests whether environmentalists have any sense.
The King of Anti-Fascism
21 Aug 2002
Elvis's greatest achievement? He was a cultural antibody.
British History Lessons
19 Aug 2002
You might be surprised at what we learn from England's experience with gun control.
Privatizing the Cyberwar
14 Aug 2002
Terrorism is a decentralized, fast-moving threat; we need a decentralized, fast-moving response.
Tipping Their Hand
07 Aug 2002
Biden joins those hoping to hamper the competition new technology makes possible.
Research and Risks
31 Jul 2002
Critics of biotechnology don't have a great track record.
Unfogging the Future
24 Jul 2002
Sometimes the federal government does something right. And I have proof.
Private Parts
17 Jul 2002
For those worried about privacy concerns, eternal vigilance is your only hope.
Cyborgization
Improves Lives
10 Jul 2002
Send a silent prayer of thanks to the engineers who make everyday miracles possible.
E.T., Phone Glenn
03 Jul 2002
The likelihood that someone will detect us also continues to grow. So what will we do?
Tech in a Dangerous World
26 Jun 2002
One man's problem is another man's opportunity. Just ask Jack Valenti.
'Version Fatigue'
19 Jun 2002
The author speaks for a lot of techies: He's tired of learning how to do new things.
We the People of Mars...
12 Jun 2002
Interest in space societies will reveal important truths about our own.
Brains: Good, Bad, and Modified
05 Jun 2002
If you can control people's brains, you can control pretty much everything about them.
Creating a Martian Chronicle
29 May 2002
Why the fourth rock from the sun is - or at least should be - our destiny.
Environmental Impact
22 May 2002
Pay attention to who denounces proposals for Martian terraforming; it will say a lot about their other positions.
The Mars Bug
15 May 2002
Mars colonization fans need to address questions long before any humans set out for Mars.
A Republican Moment?
08 May 2002
The chief beneficiaries of the intellectual property explosion are entertainment industries that support Democrats.
Phony Kass Council
01 May 2002
Why did Bush waste others' time investigating cloning issue?
No Nano Secrecy, Please
24 Apr 2002
Nanotechnology potentially offers not only military advantages, but also cures for everything ranging from cancer to old age.
Open-Source Legislation
17 Apr 2002
Transparency is the key to beating corruption. And the Web makes transparency easy and powerful.
All Tomorrow's Media
10 Apr 2002
The backlash grows, but here's just another thing for the Old Media guys to worry about.
Green or Gray?
03 Apr 2002
As biology and engineering mesh, do we face a choice between a 'biofuture' and a 'machine future?'
Democrats vs. New Media
27 Mar 2002
Terry McAuliffe and his Big Brothers sell out to Hollywood.
Withdrawal Symptoms
20 Mar 2002
The ABM Treaty isn't the only treaty that needs to be rethought.
Patriotism and Preferences
13 Mar 2002
Have Americans suddenly become more patriotic? Probably not. It's just OK to show it.
Free Speech Under Attack
06 Mar 2002
Scientific American, Bjorn Lomborg and the open exchange of ideas.
Cracking the Shell
27 Feb 2002
Like a chick that has grown too big for its egg, we must emerge, or die. I prefer the former.
Little Things
20 Feb 2002
Because of the power of technology, even little things can produce substantial changes.
Changing the World, Below the Radar
13 Feb 2002
When people tell you that the whole Internet thing was just a bubble, tell them this story.
Rights and Wrongs
06 Feb 2002
How the intellectual property system is stifling creativity.
Learning Faster
30 Jan 2002
Why bureaucracy is often our own worst enemy.
The Kass Council: Some Advice
23 Jan 2002
Sensitivity, humility, and thoughtfulness, will make it a force for good.
The Comfy-Chair Revolution
16 Jan 2002
Personal technology is changing public spaces -- and retailer priorities.
A Technological Reformation
09 Jan 2002
The king of the 'bloggers' describes how an internet phenomenon is stealing power away from Big Media.
Rocket to Nowhere
03 Jan 2002
The aerospace industry is in trouble. Glenn Reynolds says it's time to get our act together.
Preventing Nanoterror Now
27 Dec 2001
2001 was the year that people started to get serious about the promises and dangers of nanotechnology.
Don't Be Afraid. Don't Be Very Afraid: Nanotechnology Worries Are Overblown.
06 Dec 2001
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