AI and Psychotherapy
Artificial intelligence is moving in on therapy
UKCP, June 2024
Nightwalks
In love with the hours when it's neither one day nor the next
Superstore Wilderness Vol 1, March 2023
Strangers are a good route to happiness
Little interchanges can significantly boost our well-being
Época Negócios Brazil, October 2022
(originally published in Portuguese)
Gen Z can teach us to think about our mental health
Their reluctance to take up jobs should be a wake-up call for all of us in work
Época Negócios Brazil, July 2022
(originally published in Portuguese)
Self-knowledge is good for companies too
The Johari Window can throw light on how organisations are seen and see themselves
Época Negócios Brazil, August 2022
(originally published in Portuguese)
How do we know what is “true”?
Technology is challenging our ideas about fact and fiction
Época Negócios Brazil, June 2022
(originally published in Portuguese)
Let’s think again about certainty
Ambivalence is making a comeback
Época Negócios Brazil, May 2022
(originally published in Portuguese)
A different way to have meetings
A long-awaited reunion prompts new thoughts about getting together at work
Época Negócios Brazil, April 2022
(originally published in Portuguese)
Should we be happy at work?
Why happiness is underrated in the workplace
Época Negócios Brazil, March 2022
(originally published in Portuguese)
The Wired World in 2022
Smart, informed predictions for the year ahead
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Published November 2021
The Wired World in 2021
Smart, informed predictions for the year ahead
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Published November 2020
The Wired World in 2020
Smart, informed predictions for the year ahead
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Published November 2019
The Wired World in 2019
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Published November 2018
The Illusionists
Conjurors and neuroscientists are helping us understand the human brain
Wired, March 2019
Time for some constructive pessimism
We need to rethink our attitude to stuff going wrong
Vida Simples Brazil, June 2018
(originally published in Portuguese)
Vertical farms are reinventing agriculture
From dressing-free salad to tasty peaches on demand, is this the future of food?
Wired, March 2018
Can we reinvent the internet?
Monopolies. Cybercrime. 'Fake news'. Even the internet's founders admit their utopian vision has failed. So, what if we could start again?
Wired, January 2018
Emotional intelligence and technology
Why tech is threatening our inner lives
Vida Simples Brazil, January 2018
(originally published in Portuguese)
The Wired World in 2018
Smart, informed predictions for the year ahead
Editor
Published November 2017
A wiser approach to work/life balance
Forget the time management, it's all about attitude
Vida Simples Brazil, October 2016
(originally published in Portuguese)
Can there be too much gentrification?
Rising prices mean neighbourhoods lose their vibe
BBC Online magazine, 11 October 2016
Torah and technology
Israel's ultraorthodox Jews are getting jobs as coders
BBC Online magazine, 9 September 2016
Snapping prices in real time
A Silicon Valley company is improving lives in the developing world
Wired, April 2016
Rediscovering the real us
OPINION: Our online life is damaging our identity
BBC Magazine, 1 April 2016
Bragi’s in-ear assistant
A Munich company takes on Google Glass
Wired, October 2015
My London
A personal take on the greatest city in the world
Viagem Brazil, June 2015
(originally published in Portuguese)
Dancing against prejudice
‘All those theories about Brazil being a country of mixing, that’s a lie’
Financial Times magazine, March 28 2014
Face to face: Cildo Meireles
The acclaimed Brazilian artist is still defying convention
Financial Times, 28 March 2014
Nearly, but not quite
David Baker set off to conquer the Atlas mountains. He almost succeeded
Four Seasons magazine, Spring 2014
Life unplugged
Twenty-one days without the internet
Info Exame Brazil, March 2014
(originally published in Portuguese)
Training to be a divemaster
Six years ago, an underwater panic attack ended David Baker’s love affair with diving. Could he really train to be a divemaster?
Financial Times magazine, February 28 2014
Pilotless planes
Why there’ll soon be no need for the man at the front
Wired, December 2013
Everything connected
The internet of things promises to transform the world. But are we risking our privacy, security and freedom?
Wired, July 2013
Post organic
Leontino Balbo Junior's green farming future
Wired, August 2013
The Euro supercar
Rimac’s $1m electric car is 50 per cent faster than Tesla’s Roadster. But can it overtake its rivals?
Wired, April 2013
Take my hand
The bebionic3 has 14 different grips and is delicate enough to hold an egg
Wired, March 2013
Meet the aural designer
Emar Vegt composes the click of a BMW’s door and tunes its engine as if it were a song
Wired, March 2013
The cab conductor: reading Hailo’s success story
Jay Bregman has launched his cab-hailing startup Hailo in nine cities — and the app is driving revenues
Wired, February 2013
Real needs, real people
Can Silicon Valley solve Africa’s water problem? Scott Harrison is on a mission to try
Wired, January 2013
Into the deep
We know more about space than we do about the ocean. That is about to change
Four Seasons Magazine, January 2013
Mathemusician brings dull lessons to life
‘Maths is cool,’ says Vi Hart, ‘but it’s taught all wrong’
Wired, October 2012
Financing a satellite by selling t-shirts
Korean artist Song Hojun is on a one-man mission to enter the space race
Wired, June 2012
AI wants nurses to earn more than bankers
The high-paying jobs will be the ones robots can’t do
Wired, March 2012
Children’s programming
Meet 12-year-old app developer Puck Meerburg
Wired, February 2012
Hackfest by the sea
Israel’s GeekCon is the irreverent tech meetup that emphasises fun and games. Wired went to join in
Wired, December 2011
Wired’s tech cities: Tel Aviv
Israel’s technology exports hit $28.5 billion in 2010. Here is the next wave of businesses to watch
Wired, September 2011
Mozilla vs King Corporate
Firefox’s open-source evangelists take up arms in a battle of the browsers
Wired, May 2010
The chocolate scientists
The founder of Wired and a former Space Shuttle coder are reverse-engineering chocolate to make the perfect bar
Wired, February 2010
Impatience, Grasshopper
The inventor of the Corpus Clock is in a hurry to get on with other projects
Wired, October 2009
Take me off the shelf
A new library lets readers borrow people for a chat. David Baker is a book for a day
The Times, 22 April 2008
The unkindest cut of all?
Critics say that male circumcision is unnecessary and barbaric. Advocates claim it has many benefits
The Times, 24 March 2008
Corporate communes
In the 1960s they shared Marxism, meals and love. Today’s communards are more likely to be sharing profits
Financial Times, 7 July 2007
Where hunger throws a harsh light on indulgence
David Baker is taught an unexpected lesson at the easternmost point of the Americas
Financial Times, 25 November 2006
‘I wouldn’t say I was a believer’
Despite a dispiriting experience as a nun, Karen Armstrong is happy to think deeply about God
Financial Times, 7 October 2006
When life keeps getting louder
Police sirens, thumping music, loud neighbours – noise is no longer ‘the forgotten pollutant’
Financial Times, 19 August 2006
Land of my fathers
It took David Baker 40 years to get to Israel, but there he finally found peace
Financial Times, 1 April 2006
Sins of immersion
Olympic Man, Floral Woman and unwashed bodies all help to fuel lane rage at the swimming pool
Financial Times, 17 September 2005
Full moon by the sea
For centuries, Hoi An has been a well-loved jewel of Vietnam
Financial Times, 17 September 2005
Two wheels good
Bicycles are cheap, healthy and good for the environment. So why do so many motorists hate them?
Financial Times, 20 November 2004
Scallops in the morning
After Enrica Rocca’s Borough Market Day, shopping, cooking and eating will never be the same
Financial Times, 4 September 2004
Wheel of fortune
The science of theme parks: forget end-of-the-pier distractions, the modern amusement ride is a hi-tech thrill laboratory
Hot Air, September 2001
The Russian ee! (and ow! and ouch! and arghh!) rooms
New Yorkers are finding Russian reinvigoration – with a brain-frying, muscle-twisting detox session on E 10th Street
High Life, September 2001
‘A pebble on the beach of history’
How Iranians see their part in Persia’s 2,500-year story
Financial Times, 30 September 2000
Riddle of the sands
No sex. No drugs. No flesh. No alcohol. Why would anyone want to holiday in Iran?
Arena, September 2000
Death on the road
How life can change in an instant
Arena, August 1999