This past December, writer, entrepreneur, and former Wired editor Peter Leyden published The Transformation, a six-part speculative fiction series that imagines a journalist named Stuart Rand in the year 2100, looking back at a century of radical innovation. The fictional interviews with Rand, which touch on politics, climate change, and…

Physical books, writes author Susan Orlean, have a sort of aura — a weight that goes beyond the paper and bindings. “That’s part of what makes them so appealing,” Orlean…

Last spring, on the first nice day of the year and at the height of the pandemic in New York City, my partner and I made a serious mistake: We picnicked with friends in close contact at a nearby park. Worse yet, I posted evidence of the transgression to Instagram. …

Dear OneZero reader, Where do you turn in times of need? For many, the answer is Facebook groups. Close on the heels of practically every natural disaster — and certainly the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — Facebook groups emerge as a central hub for survivors to mourn, reconnect, and assist each…

The U.S. and Chinese tech sectors are on a collision path — The United States-China relationship is at a stunning low: A trade war has enveloped both countries, knocking the legs out from an already shaky global economy; Chinese researchers, accused of spycraft, are under suspicion at United States research facilities; and after three decades of manufacturing codependency, both countries are disentangling…