Dystopias
This DNA Printing Outfit Is Basically Promising an IRL Version of 'Bioshock'
Fortunately, it's just rhetoric.
An Artist Visualizes The Terrifying, Dystopian Metropolises Of Tomorrow
Let Michael Kerbow take you on a tour of our future cities (if everything goes wrong).
We Need Dystopias Now More Than Ever
Only a venture capitalist could argue, as militarized police descend on poor Americans with riot tech, that we should stop talking about dystopias.
Superintelligent AI Could Wipe Out Humanity, If We're Not Ready for It
As Stephen Hawking said, “Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last."
A New Look at Kowloon Walled City, the Internet's Favorite Cyberpunk Slum
The Walled City stands as proof that the dystopian futures we imagine have already been built.
Ai Weiwei Stars in a Dystopian Sci-Fi Flick Shot in Secret in Beijing
'The Sand Storm' is a short film starring Ai Weiwei, the Chinese architect and dissident who's currently fighting to get his passport back from Chinese authorities.
The Long Tail of Soylent Green
Between inspiring Silicon Valley startups and predicting climate change, Soylent Green is as influential now as it was 40 years ago.
A Tokyo Design Firm Made Artificial Human Organs for the Post-Apocalypse
Get your post-apocalyptic water-recycling gear while it lasts.
Dubai's First Sci-Fi Film Is a Reminder That Dubai Itself Is Not Actually Science Fiction
The Sons of Two Suns is the first science fiction film produced in the United Arab Emirates.
If You've Ever Been Accused of Stealing, Your Name Is Probably in a Database That Will Keep You From Getting Hired Again
After being fed highly arbitrary inputs, the database just produces a binary: Employable? Yes/No.