Hacking is more than just a term for rogue programmers breaking into computer systems. Bruce Schneier thinks hacking goes well beyond the digital realm. His latest book explores the ways that society is manipulated by those seeking and exploiting loopholes.
How to galvanize leaders and policymakers to action on the world’s most pressing problems? It’s not with a list of numbers. Instead, it depends on telling compelling stories about real people.
Should science define what life is and what it’s for? It certainly has the capacity to, with far-reaching advances in molecular technology. Sheila Jasanoff examines flashpoints in law, politics, ethics, and culture to argue that science’s promises of perfectibility have gone too far.
Stephen Goldsmith outlines a variety of operational reforms that he argues will produce better public services and more citizen trust through analytics, social engagement, and big data.
Separating science into ‘basic’ and ‘applied’ categories limits research and hinders policy. Venkatesh Narayanamurti explains the false distinction and provides a blueprint for change in U.S. science and technology.
Stephen Goldsmith offers a guide to civic engagement and governance in the digital age, helping leaders to leverage important breakthroughs in technology and data analytics with age-old lessons of small-group community input to create more agile, competitive, and economically resilient cities.