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An argument that operational urban planning can be improved by the application of the tools of urban economics to the design of regulations and infrastructure.Urban planning is a …
The gap between theoretical ideas and messy reality, as seen in Neal Stephenson, Adam Smith, and Star Trek.We depend on-we believe in-algorithms to help us get a ride, choose which …
How computer games can be designed to create ethically relevant experiences for players.Today's blockbuster video games-and their never-ending sequels, sagas, and reboots-provide …
How product design criticism has rescued some products from the trash and consigned others to the landfill.Product design criticism operates at the very brink of the landfill site, …
Cold War-era FBI files on famous scientists, including Neil Armstrong, Isaac Asimov, Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, Alfred Kinsey, and Timothy Leary.Armed with ignorance, …
What it means for global sustainability when environmentalism is dominated by the concerns of the affluent-eco-business, eco-consumption, wilderness preservation.Over the last …
How the immigration battle plays out in America, from curriculum disputes to federal raids to the civil rights activism of young "Dreamers."Illegal immigration continues to roil …
An examination of "digital coping" involving the use of communication technologies, particularly social media, in responding to illness.Communication technologies have become a …
Doubts about the ability of industrialized countries to continue to provide a sufficient level of retirement benefits to a growing number of retirees has fueled much recent debate …
An argument that pleasure is a fundamental part of why we use technology, and a framework for understanding the relationship between pleasure and technology.The dominant feature of …