Modern Sterility And Interstellar Space Trave

Is it Really So Much Better Now?

Chris Arnade | Chris Arnade Walks The World | 3rd February 2026

There is an "expanding sterility" to 21C life. Instead of ordering food from humans, we use a frustrating app. Getting a flight rebooked traps us in a maze of chatbots. The doctrine of hyper efficiency has both made us less efficient and sucked the soul out of day-to-day interactions. Machines are good at many tasks, but not at interacting with humans. It's a mistake to outsource that work to them (3,000 words)

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Interstellar Space Travel Will Never Happen

Jason Pargin | 18th November 2025

Science fiction is just that — fiction. The ships in Star Trek and Star Wars run on magic, not engineering. "Expecting science to develop real warp drives, hyperspace or wormhole travel is asking it to utterly break the fundamental laws of the universe, no different than expecting to someday have a time machine, or a portal to a parallel dimension." Yet the belief persists that we will one day colonise the stars (2,900 words)