The Challenge of the Future

The Challenge of the FutureIn an era of instability, how do we build a better future? We live in a time of unprecedented technological change and uncertainty, from AI to transhumanism. Humankind is faced with the question of what the future will be like and more burningly should be like. We confront increasing dangers from geopolitical instability, war and the climate crisis that threaten to render these developments either irrelevant or deadly.

The sun shines fitfully under clouds of ash that float down endlessly from the constant eruption of volcanoes

a Kyoto coffee shop appears only where and when it's needed

one that lives through Vestal Virgins and sex workers

as if he’d led a Salvation Army band into a broken-down Hong Kong disco

in Tom Holland's compelling new translation

presidents who discovers that love can't be genetically modified

pianist Horace Silver made the album that would endure as the crown jewel of a catalog that boasts numerous hard bop classics

minimal sound isolation

prominent artists

jazz’s cutting edge

the excerpts gathered here offer a comprehensive overview of how history is created and recorded

Social Unrest