IFF director Margaret Wertheim has started a Substack called Science Goddess. Its a place to rave about science. “Things I love about science, things I hate; passions, peeves, and surreal snippets,” Wertheim writes. The first post addresses the under-looked question: “Who is science writing for?” The latest post, May 8, is about AI dreams and nightmares.
Wertheim also has an essay in the May 2023, issue of the Brooklyn Rail, in a special section about Art and Technology edited by Charlotte Kent. For the section, Kent asked 10 writers to describe a word from discussions surrounding art+tech that they never want to see used again or hope will be used much more. Wertheim chose the term “the metaverse” describing why she thinks “cyberspace” is a more insightful neologism.