How Technology is Hindering (and can save) Creativity
Analyzing how software solutions for the high-fashion industry can put creativity back in style. A few weeks back, the fashion industry obsessed over Prada’s announcement that Raf Simons, previously creative director at Dior and Calvin Klein, would be joining the brand
Curricle Aims to Reinvent Harvard’s Course Search
This article was drawn from an interview with Matthew Battles, an associate director of metaLAB, and has been edited for clarity. What motivated Curricle? The motivation for Curricle came out of a conversation we had with the previous Dean of Arts and
Assessing the Field of Computational Psychiatry
When I think about the field of computational psychiatry, I imagine a robot sitting opposite a highly emotional teen, cross-legged with a pen and notebook in arm. The robot tries to console the kid with its mechanic voice while scanning
What the World’s Biggest Brands Aren’t Doing for Sustainability
Inside LVMH’s annual sustainability report, & how it is and isn’t leveraging technology. Last month, I had the absolute pleasure of attending LVMH’s annual sustainability conference in New York City, “Future Life”. As one of the biggest presences in an industry
Urban Planning for Cyberspace
The home screen on my iphone is grayscale with white light reduced. Almost like a kindle. When I look at the screen, no app stands out. Each is an identically shaped, boring gray blob. They are so indistinguishable that I
Night and Day
Tibby zaps awake from her evening nap at seven o’clock, just like any other day. She stretches her joints and takes eleven steps forward. On the tenth, she stumbles into a chair. Madam must have moved the chair there this morning.
Where Software Meets Bio: A Tale of Caution
In this piece, I will be sharing my thoughts on where software has a role in designing and manufacturing biologic drug candidates. More precisely, I want to argue for why it is really, really hard for today’s computational approaches to
Exploring Human Agency in the Age of AI
Sarah Newman aims to highlight the complexity of human-AI interaction through her innovative new art installations. At Harvard’s MetaLab, an innovative group approaching the digital arts and humanities through research and creative projects, Sarah Newman is exploring the intersection of Artificial
An Insidious Murder
The 21st century has been one of many births and many deaths — of great people, inventions, ideas. In the midst of all this hearty celebration and deep mourning, however, our world has turned a blind eye to an incredibly
Show Me the Money: Scaling Social Tech Ventures
Non-profit technology ventures today function very differently from their for-profit counterparts, but have produced some incredible solutions to really challenging social issues. There are important structural challenges in building a nonprofit tech venture, many of which call into question the