The Planet Has Started Hiring — Should Digital Cognition Qualify for the The Earthshot Prize? Re: Planetary machine labour, environmental capacity, and the future of global stewardship Your Royal Highness,   For most of human history, saving the planet relied on three things: moral persuasion, behavioural change, and reusable shopping bags. Progress has been admirable — but limited.   Fortunately, the planet appears to have adopted a new strategy.   It has started hiring.   Not people, but...

When the Car Drives You A few months ago in Los Angeles, I stepped into a car with no driver — and it drove me.   I had travelled from London to LA with my friends, Tony and Phillip, for a helicopter safety course at the Robinson Helicopter Company. Three entrepreneurs, three helicopter pilots, and apparently three very different personalities encountering the future of transport. Tony, Jenni and Phillip getting ready for their first Waymo ride in West Hollywood Our first Waymo appeared on...

(Pick the answer that feels uncomfortably accurate. Take note of your answer.) 1. Your phone battery shows 5% and there is no charger in sight. What do you do? A. Freak Out! — I need to finish editing my Story. B. Announce to the room, “OMG, my life support is failing.” C. Nothing. I silently watch the decline ebb away, forlornly. D. Speedily send three memes before it dies and hope for the best. E. Take a screenshot of the power loss situation. F.  Swiftly like a few posts to say goodbye. G....