Why write here about the massacre at the offices of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo? Because most of what I have been writing on Continuations is about developing a coherent view of what comes next for humanity. It is about finding a way forward in a world of extraordinary new technological capabilities and dislocations. The attack on Charlie Hebdo stands for and is part of a fundamental rejection of not just the type of future I envision but also of the modernity we currently live in. This...

Why write here about the massacre at the offices of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo? Because most of what I have been writing on Continuations is about developing a coherent view of what comes next for humanity. It is about finding a way forward in a world of extraordinary new technological capabilities and dislocations. The attack on Charlie Hebdo stands for and is part of a fundamental rejection of not just the type of future I envision but also of the modernity we currently live in. This...