We like to
make the hive personal. While we undermine the hive in stories, we build ever-better
versions of it in reality. As our neighborhoods grow denser, public
conversations move to social media, and blockchain decentralizes authority, we
move closer to discovering whether the personal hive is really a contradiction
in term.

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Space Colonization and the Meaning of Life
Colonizing the galaxy is the highest good humanity could achieve.
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The Surprising Importance of Stratospheric Life
The science of bacteria in the atmosphere is getting its moment in the sun.