Future Perfect Archive
Archives for July 2024


Now isn’t the time to stop funding key public health programs.


How America’s ever-widening highways are built on a lie.


Buffett’s decision to put his money into a foundation controlled by his kids is a mistake.


We know how to build AI models, but not why they work. Neuroscience could be the key.


No, it isn’t a devious Democratic plan to destroy startups.

Americans are more socially isolated than ever. Here’s how we can reconnect.


A major study backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman shows unconditional cash has benefits that have nothing to do with AI.


A new report outlines policy options for who gets to sell psychedelics, and who gets to buy them.


You have the right to opt out of facial recognition tech. Here’s how.
Lawns aren’t natural, so why do so many Americans have one?


Too many Americans can’t find a doctor. Michael Bloomberg is donating $1 billion to Johns Hopkins to try to change that.


For Amazon workers, the bevy of sales reinforces the human toll of “same-day delivery, lifetime of injury.”


The world population could peak in your lifetime.


Giving people cash makes them less poor. It doesn’t fix everything.

