I gave this talk at The Object, Connected, the 10th salon in an R&D series organized by MoMA’s Paola Antonelli (@curiousoctopus). The Object, Connected delved into the Internet of Things, exploring its impact on the world and taking into consideration how the ability to connect objects among themselves and within networks of usage and knowledge...

I first gave this talk at The Story 2013, a one-day conference about stories and storytelling organised by Matt Locke. I revisited it recently when Aaron Straup Cope and Seb Chan invited me to give a guest lecture on their ‘Museums and the Network’ course at Pratt Institute. I’m finally writing it up in response...

On Wednesday night I had the privilege of speaking at BERG’s Tomorrow’s World, an evening of talks about the near-future of software, culture, networks and things. Here’s a longer, better referenced version of what I said then. It’s my contention that the near future of science is all about honing the division of labour between...