As social and environmental issues grow increasingly dire, let us ask ourselves, if it's possible to modify Minecraft's code, in what ways can we hack our real socio-economic systems and create pockets of alternate realities in which everyone can thrive?

I never paid much attention to the table setting during Sunday lunches at my grandma’s until she asked me if I liked her new bell. A little buttress for the status quo, I thought about how the object in fact reinforces social hierarchy in old Filipino households.

From security and streamlined services to racial bias and mass surveillance, what does it mean for smart cities to be better? Whose better?

Saving our planet requires a revolution within ourselves – a paradigm shift in thinking – from separateness to connectedness.