My previous article, The Core, got me thinking: aren’t the fully-automated factories that make all these mass consumer goods we take for granted actually the robots of the future? All this time, we have been expecting robots in more or less humanoid form to arrive and take over all the tedious…

The “digital divide” is a theorized sort that will (or already has) elevate individuals who have technical (read: computer) skills with fabulous, fulfilling, and high-paying jobs while those who don’t will find it increasingly difficult to find anything but the proverbially…

Living in Europe, I often overhear stilted English conversations between people of different nationalities, even when their native tongues are closely related. Of course this intercultural exchange happens all over the globe. As native English speakers, we are lucky to speak…

For some time, I have been jealous of my European friends, who travel within the European Union (and even certain bordering countries) with just their national identity cards instead of the bulky, traditional — as they call it —…

As I sit here in my current home in Sofia, Bulgaria, I contemplate my wanderlust. You all…