Marcelo Gleiser Marcelo Gleiser

Welcome to the Age of Digital Transcendence

Smartphones have become an extension of the owner; it is the closest we've ever become to being omnipresent and omniscient and — in a metaphorical sense, at least — divine.
January 30, 2018

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Marcelo Gleiser Marcelo Gleiser

Would You Trust A Self-Driving Car?

California's governor just signed a bill to allow testing of driverless cars. The future is here — but it's important to consider the consequences as development moves ahead.
October 18, 2016

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Marcelo Gleiser Marcelo Gleiser

As Science Advances, a Fear of the Future

Fearing science is not the same as fearing what we are capable of: In the end, it's all really about us, what we can create and what we do with what we create.
June 14, 2016

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Marcelo Gleiser Marcelo Gleiser

Does Technology Make You Freer?

Improvements in technology don't necessarily lead to more leisure time for people, but they allow us more freedom to choose what we spend our time doing.
November 3, 2015

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