The complexities of getting off in the age of technological pleasure
Access to sexual pleasure has never been greater than in the present—but has that increased satisfaction?
Information overload: When everything is everywhere, how do we understand what’s important?
Political scientist Brendan Nyhan explores where the democratization of information and freedom of choice turn sour for Document's Spring/Summer 2017 issue.
In the laboratory where the future of flight is being born
One photographer's close look at Imperial College London's Aerial Robotics department where the future of drone flight is being hatched.
Global broadband inequality is making it impossible for some nations to log on
The internet is getting faster for a select global few, leaving developing nations at an extreme disadvantage.
Dockless bikes, the latest tech disruption, are ending up in volcanoes and trees
One was found at the bottom of New Zealand’s Mt. Eden volcano this past week.
After dropping ‘don’t be evil,’ Google looks for new words to justify its military projects
As reports of the company's participation in a military drone project set off an internal and public image scandal, Google is hoping that new ethical...
Europe’s new data protection laws are a confusing mess that might change the world for better
The European Union's new data privacy rule, which went into effect last week, is the reason your inbox has been a mess for the last...
The Document Agenda: Lost in translation
Every week Document has an agenda: digging up dispatches from the creases of global culture. With this information, go forth.
Making sense of YouTube’s creepy relationship with kids
The platform is increasingly targeting pre-teens with a total disregard for privacy.
“What is an artist’s responsibility?” Introducing Document S/S 2018
With the release of Document No. 12, our Editor-in-Chief & Creative Director Nick Vogelson looks at how the changing of the artist's role in culture...
The existential paranoia fueling Elon Musk’s fear of AI
The scaremongering by Musk and other 'tech-bros' says more about the exploitative business model of Silicon Valley than Artificial Intelligence's capacity to do actual harm.
How Grindr and Facebook are networking shame
The dangers of innocuous data have never been more visible until now.
Aggregators of anxiety
Artist Jon Rafman captures the anxiety unleashed by the aggregations of Russian trolls and Cambridge Analytica.
The Uber fatality highlights the plight of the American pedestrian
The tragedy in Arizona took place at the intersection of economic inequality and urban planning's long-standing apathy for pedestrians.
Imagining the end of Facebook, for the first time
As the Cambridge Analytica revelations widen, the company's demise no longer seems like a fantastical possibility.
The cryptocurrency revolution begins to fray
Is one of the most-hyped advancements in technology beginning to wreak havoc?
Algorithms could aid in the successful integration of refugees
Researchers have produced an algorithm that processes multiple factors to formalize the perfect match between a migrant and a location
The latest health trend for affluent Americans is tracking sleep
And no one can say why they're doing it
South Korea Wants to Ban Bitcoin Trading Because It’s a Lot Like Gambling
The regulatory move would be among the first of its kind
Job Automation Might Cut Wages For a Lot of New Yorkers
A report estimates that $92 billion could be cut
