The Promise of Rapture For the High-Tech Elite

Ray Kurzweil, the influential technologist, came to the Palace of Fine Arts theater in San Francisco a few days ago ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    4/23/11 2:00 p.m. PDT

Relics of Film and Paper Retain Their Grip Even in a Digital Era

I recently saw some of my family's home movies from the 1940s and 1950s for the first time. The scenes ......
By Jeanne Carstensen    11/27/10 2:00 p.m. PST

Digital Maps Don't Always Tell the Whole Story

Thanks to Google Earth and MapQuest and GPS and all the other digital mapping products, an image of where we ......
By Jeanne Carstensen    10/16/10 2:00 p.m. PDT

The Future of California, Ready for Discussion

It’s easy to be discouraged about the future of California, what with chronic political dysfunction, a depressed economy, deep social ......
By Jonathan Weber    9/25/10 2:00 p.m. PDT

Meeting the Man Who Made Him the (Mistaken) Messiah

Raj Patel has met his maker, so to speak. Patel, a San Francisco author and economist, woke up one day ......
By Scott James    8/19/10 9:00 p.m. PDT