Remembering the networks of giving and receiving
O. Carter Snead on the disabling assumptions of expressive individualism in public bioethics
Technology as magic
Richard Stivers describes how the hyperrationality of technological societies drives many people to lives guided by instinct, emotion, superstition, and fantasy. Also included in this Feature is an interview with David Gill, who summarizes some of the key ideas in the work of Jacques Ellul, a major influence in the writings of Stivers. (24 minutes)