Editor’s note: Economics correspondent Paul Solman recently traveled to Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute. And yes, there is an institute that studies only that — the future of the ...

Once again, here we are with another artificial intelligence news story. These stories are the dominating topic in the tech news cycle, and there is no sign of that stopping any time soon. Earlier, we ...

I read Nick Bostrom’s new book Deep Utopia shortly after turning 30. It made me question the meaning of my existence. Bostrom, an Oxford University philosopher, explores what he hopes will happen if ...

In medieval Europe, peasants had a vision of paradise that they called the Land of Cockaigne. It was a mythical place of plenty, where the walls were made of sausages and the sky rained cheese. Nearly ...

One of the world’s most celebrated philosophers has apologized for writing a racist email in which he used an appalling racial slur and said he believed it was “true” that “Blacks are more stupid than ...

The RSA information security conference this week in San Francisco has been a labyrinth filled with professionals who believe they know best when it comes to information and the Internet. But what if ...