Discussing how new technologies change how we see ourselves, and each other
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Apps Are Helping Keep Indigenous Languages Alive Online
Can smaller, culturally specific languages stay relevant in a modern age? Technology, in the form of language apps, may offer some form of a solution.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/7893e-17irj4ef7kojxxu0lx3nplq-1.jpeg)
Moving Beyond the “Radio Voice”
Humans can learn to understand a huge variety of accents and dialects. So why do we usually hear the same sorts of voices?![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1yVT_eJz3MD4U0rYe1Li9RQ.jpeg)
Losing the Lifeline Between Scent and Memory
Does losing your sense of smell mean losing a part of your identity?![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/9a2b6-1fsth3kmg27tj7mj-yugjvw-1.jpeg)
Why We Shouldn’t Teach Girls to Code
Women shouldn’t be fighting for existing work–they should be inventing, designing, prototyping, and coding a new ideal of what work can be.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/b0d4e-1ek7w4nk54dm5qksr8rrelw-1.jpeg)
Translating Identity Across the Language Barrier
Genderqueer vocabulary in English can be tricky enough–but talking across languages brings both freedoms and restrictions.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/8e3b5-1fcnxe6z-xikm9uqu9r6moq-1.gif)
Would You Like to Be Uploaded to a Computer When You Die?
Rattling around inside a hard drive doesn’t sound like an awful lot of fun–but then, neither does death.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1rL4jyBMWMBAzlTfm1IPzHg.jpeg)
Are You Being Misled by Your Quantified Self?
Are we letting the technology that records our lives shape what we see as important about them?![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/0d75d-16b2vre4-fk3v0stktvj-pa-1.png)
When Does an Artificial Intelligence Become a Person?
On artificial intelligence, animal rights, and the frontiers of legal personhood.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1vEad3Fq5_HXDMOWKIyQ4zg.png)
YouTube Has Made Asian-Americans Impossible for Hollywood to Ignore
Asian-American representation has always been an issue–but it’s YouTube that’s finally fueling the momentum now.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/a80a7-1w8eb1nkw_mp1q9llj1penw-1.png)
The Face That Looks Back
On transplants, disfigurements, and identity.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/db350-19cvld4zx23d-d33ma_qfdg-1.gif)