Logic Magazine, Issue 9: Nature

by Ben Tarnoff (Editor), Moira Weigel (Editor), Alex Blasdel (Editor)

We change our nature as we change our technologies, and our technologies change us. This is why every story about technology is also a story about nature. In any tool, the nature of the user entangles itself with the nature she shapes, and which in turn shapes her.

This issue explores these entanglements. Some are toxic, some are enriching, most are a bit of both or somewhere in between. Inevitably, the end of the world looms large. But there are also grounds for hope. At least, Donna Haraway thinks so.

Genres: Technology, Essays

238 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2019

About the author

Ben Tarnoff is a tech worker, writer, and co-founder of Logic Magazine. His most recent book is Voices from the Valley: Tech Workers Talk About What They Do—and How They Do It, co-authored with Moira Weigel. He has written for the New York Times, the Guardian, the New Republic, and Jacobin.

Reviews

[Wendy Liu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sublime issue. I devoured each and every page. If you’re not already subscribed to Logic Magazine, you are missing out.

[Rolin · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Even the rocks are not safe."

Great collection of essays and interviews on what is going to happen on "nature" in a world of tech. Tarnoff's essay stands out and is a work I'll be returning to.

[Alpha · Rating 4 out of 5]

As always, Logic is thought-provoking collection of work that's well worth reading. Let me know if you want to borrow it!

[Allison · Rating 5 out of 5]

shit... *rubs hands together* this was my first read of a Logic issue, and it may be the most all-around enjoyable publications I’ve read :) looking forward to digging into other old issues + receiving future ones
some things I learned
- Russell Brand is not to be trusted
- biosphere 2
- big tech is in bed with big oil
- Moore’s law and its relation to carbon emissions reduction
- lithium and Chilean salt flats
- IBM and massive pollution, cancer towns

shit....