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21 JANUARY, 2011

13 Years of Futurism by Cultural Luminaries

Every year since 1998, EDGE, the quintessential arbiter of meaningfulness across science and technology, has been asking leading thinkers to answer one big question about the future.

12 JANUARY, 2011

Future Shock: Alvin Toffler’s Vintage Techno-Paranoia, Narrated by Orson Welles

A little-known 1972 documentary narrated by Orson Welles explores consumerism and coins the term “information overload.”

31 DECEMBER, 2010

Brain Pickings Redux 2010

A year’s worth of interestingness from culture’s collective brain.

27 DECEMBER, 2010

The Best Apps of 2010

The 10 most interesting, innovative and plain useful apps launched in 2010.