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Students, activists, and otherwise enthusiastic citizens want to inform policy or improve how government works. The good news for these people is that social media is driving the cost of organizing to zero. In some cases, that’s bad news for government.
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Giving Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars Another Chance

Obama slashed Bush-era funding for the clean-energy vehicle. Now he may reverse course.
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Forget About the Mythical Lone Inventor in the Garage

Real innovations happen in big, well-funded labs.
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How Space-Age Nostalgia Hobbles Our Future

Contrary to popular belief, public support for space exploration in the 1960s was far from universal.
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Why Translation Still Hasn't Been Automated

We need to teach machines to understand the meaning of words. That’s really hard.
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What is Future Tense?

Future Tense is a partnership between the New America Foundation, Arizona State University and Slate magazine to explore emerging technologies and their transformative effects on society and public policy. Central to the partnership is a series of events in Washington, D.C., that take in-depth, provocative looks at issues that, while little-understood today, will dramatically reshape the policy debates of the coming decade.

Articles and Op-Eds

The Natural Gas Myth
November 16
Jamie Holmes
In Hurricane’s Wake, Decisions Not to Evacuate Hospitals Raise Questions
November 02 | Pro Publica
Sheri Fink
There's Nothing Foreign About Foreign Policy
October 25 | BusinessWeek
Romesh Ratnesar
Meet Mitt Romney, Mellow Internationalist
October 23 | Bloomberg News
Romesh Ratnesar
Will Neurolaw Change the Judicial System—and Does Free Will Exist?
October 22 | Slate
Torie Bosch
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Conversations with Slate and Future Tense: Why Vegetarians Should Consider Eating Meat

Events

Who Should Govern the Internet?
Thursday, November 29, 2012 - 9:00am | Washington
Makers: The New Industrial Revolution
Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 6:00pm | Washington
New America NYC: Can Megacities be Resilient?
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 6:30pm | New York
My Brain Made Me Do It
Monday, October 22, 2012 - 12:00pm | Washington
Arms Race vs. Relay Race: What Does Innovation Hold for China?
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 9:00am | Washington
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In the News

Große Firewall : Totschweigen Ist Gold | Tagesspiegel
Rebecca MacKinnon
November 14, 2012
Privacy and Freedom of Expression Can't Always Coexist | FierceGovernmentIT
Tim Wu
November 13, 2012
Nach der Us-Wahl: "Die Regierung Versteht Netzwerk-Effekte Nicht" | Heise Newsticker
Sascha Meinrath
November 13, 2012
彭博社就封网发表社论:习近平先生,推倒防火墙 | 加拿大家园网
Rebecca MacKinnon
November 11, 2012
What Sandy Has Taught Us About Technology, Relief and Resilience | Forbes
Sascha Meinrath
November 10, 2012
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Future Tense on Slate

  • Let’s Face It, We’re Never Getting Our Hoverboards
    11/16/2012 - 6:47pm
  • How Robots Saved an Artist’s Sanity
    11/15/2012 - 12:32pm
  • Who Will Be Accountable for Military Technology?
    11/15/2012 - 7:27am
  • The Man With the Personalized Gun
    11/14/2012 - 4:41pm
  • The Paradox of Nonlethal Weapons
    11/13/2012 - 2:50pm
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