Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

The US military’s greatest enemy worked in an institution saturated with military funding. How did it shape his thought?

Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence– but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans.

Two women programmers played a pivotal role in the birth of chaos theory. Their previously untold story illustrates the changing status of computation in science.

High-stakes testing has struggled with overt and implicit biases. Should it still have a place in modern education?

Markoff’s biography of Stewart Brand notes that Brand’s ability to recognize and cleave to power explains a great deal of his career.

How the commission that led to the creation of the U.S.’s public television and radio systems can serve as a model for countering disinformation today.

The game that launched today’s massive video game industry was not a roaring success. The oft-told story of why turns out to be off the mark.

A steadfast Republican committed to union-management cooperation, peace through treaties, competitive capitalism, and empowerment of African-Americans.

Donald Trump’s catastrophic tenure will be the nail in the coffin of the worst idea in politics: that the government can be run like a corporation.

“Start-ups: they need philosophers, political theorists, historians, poets. Critics.”

Paul Samuelson’s mathematical brilliance changed economics, but it was his popular touch that made him a household name.