Archive - Adjacent Possible

Mulling Versus Making

In the latest installment of the Creative Workflow series: the virtues of letting your mind wander.

Apr 23 •

Why Is There No Oppenheimer For The Story Of Penicillin?

There's another thrilling narrative about a top secret military operation during World War II, but for some reason, that's not the one that makes it to…

Apr 2 •

March 2024

Snakes and Singularities

A new paper asks the provocative question: why were snakes so talented at exploring the adjacent possible?

Mar 13 •

February 2024

Writing With Your Second Brain

Two new videos about the research and writing process—and the ways AI might transform it.

Feb 23 •

January 2024

The Controlled Explosion

Alfred Nobel, unintended consequences, and the future of political violence.

Jan 25 •

December 2023

In the final installment of Immortality: A User's Guide, a look at World Questions and the hard problem of steering science and technology collectively.

Dec 20, 2023 •

Writing At The Speed Of Thought

Will language models deepen our understanding of the world, or simply let us bypass the hard work of thinking for ourselves?

Dec 11, 2023 •

November 2023

The uncanny charms of collaborating with an AI vocalist.

Nov 22, 2023 •

October 2023

Introducing NotebookLM

What happens when you can explore documents using the power of open-ended conversation?

Oct 19, 2023 •

September 2023

In part five of the Immortality: A User's Guide series—thinking through the societal consequences of radical life extension.

Sep 27, 2023 •

Return Of The “Progress City”

A group of tech titans are buying up farmland in California with the aim of building a new urban community from scratch. What can they learn from the…

Sep 7, 2023 •

August 2023

Introducing The Infernal Machine

A new book about dynamite, anarchism, and the birth of the surveillance state.

Aug 18, 2023 •

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