Future Perfect Archive
Archives for December 2024
The 24 forecasts we made in 2024, revisited.
From strip mall conversions to adult dorms, here are our favorites from this year.
Without enough houses for its growing homeless population, the city is using machine learning to make its process fairer.
An intervention to reduce child mortality may accelerate drug resistance.
It wasn’t the easiest year, but 2024 was not without its bright spots.
Why young people are getting cancer, problems with OpenAI, and the little intelligence agency that could.
She’s an expert in funny, but her relationship with rabbits is very serious.
Coverage of the latest nutrition buzzword is overly broad, arbitrary, and wildly misleading. The problem goes deeper.
How being a doctor in America compares to other countries.
Thousands of people were convinced they were seeing drone swarms. Get used to it.
The Taiwan invasion everyone fears might never happen. Here’s what could take place instead.
You don’t have to shy away from argument and persuasion. Here’s how to do it right.
The stories that will endure from a wild year.
The New York Times painted a misleading picture. Less than 0.2 percent of US charity is ruthlessly optimized.
Everybody loves MAHA — because nobody knows what it really is.