Humanity is on the verge of another dramatic transformation. In the next twenty years, every aspect of our lives will be altered.
Author: Joshua Bangera Young
Author. Editor. Educator. Coffee lover. Bibliophile. Early riser.
Bibliosmia: The Smell of Old Books
We all knew old books had a distinctive odor, even if we never had a word for it.
Social Media: The Silent Addiction
Social media apps are designed to be attractive to everyone, but in many ways, they mimic the brain’s response to addictive behavior
The Signal: Speculative Fiction and First Contact
The plausibility of truth has become the antithesis of the alien trope.
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Hungry Masses
I have lost count of how many children I have taught, who struggled with food insecurity at home and wrestled with red tape at school.
One Last Glimpse of the Milky Way
Emerson and the other transcendentalists of the time had the last full, unobstructed view of the night sky—the celestial bodies, the shimmering constellations, even the Milky Way, a sight now impossible to behold for 8 out of 10 Americans.
Barbenheimer: The Cinematic Mirror
It’s fun to quip about the dichotomy of the two features released on the same day, but these films are more similar than one might think
Artificial Intelligence: or Why the Terminator Has Teeth
We as people design our fictitious worlds and the characters within them with our world and our bodies as templates
The Time Travel Conundrum
Writers and story-tellers have explored the idea of time travel for over a century. Here are a few paradoxes they have encountered.
And the Academy Award Goes to … Guns!
American cinema is more concerned with impolite speech than the portrayal of gun violence
Joshua Bangera Young 