"Seveneves," Neal Stephenson: This novel about how the human race responds to the end of life on Earth rekindled my love for sci-fi. Some readers will lose patience...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 20, 2016
The praise this week for Andy Grove, who died on Monday at age 79, has been wrapped up in praise for Silicon Valley, where he was a towering figure in the semiconductor...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 28, 2016
Let's say computers come for most of our jobs. This may not seem likely at the moment; computer scientists and economists offer wildly varying ideas for how deeply...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 3, 2016
This month marks the 100th anniversary of the General Theory of Relativity, the most beautiful theory in the history of science, and in its honor we should take...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | November 2, 2015
College students tell me they know how to look someone in the eye and type on their phones at the same time, their split attention undetected.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | September 29, 2015
Shortly after its founding, Google posted a document on its site called "Ten things we know to be true," an effort to distill its unusual corporate culture into...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | August 11, 2015
In the late 20th century, while the blue-collar working class gave way to the forces of globalization and automation, the educated elite looked on with benign condescension...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 12, 2015
For the past year or so genetic scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York have been collaborating with a specialist from another universe...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 27, 2015
The N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament started Thursday, but for most Americans the real action began days before, as they pored over brackets, competing to make...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 23, 2015
Few women and minorities are getting STEM degrees, although STEM jobs are multiplying and pay more than many other careers. Will our future be delineated by who...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 3, 2015
When massive open online courses first grabbed the spotlight in 2011, many saw in them promise of a revolutionary force that would disrupt traditional higher education...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 29, 2014
Just how bad a mother am I? I wondered, as I watched my 13-year-old son deep in conversation with Siri.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 20, 2014
When Steve Jobs was running Apple, he was known to call journalists to either pat them on the back for a recent article or, more often than not, explain how they...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | September 11, 2014
Re "Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Now Coding" (front page, May 11): Schools and parents are really off the mark in introducing coding (and technology in general)...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 16, 2014
Last June, in an interview with Adam Bryant of The Times, Laszlo Bock, the senior vice president of people operations for Google—i.e., the guy in charge of hiring...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 24, 2014