The New Atlantis

The aim of The New Atlantis is a culture in which science and technology work for, not on, human beings.

This is a culture that:

• Understands the core anxiety about tech as the threat of dehumanization.
• Fosters a richer discourse about science and technology, one that is not limited to categories like autonomy, privacy, rights, corporate misbehavior, and disparate impact, but that also addresses perennial yet pressing concerns about dignity, degradation, the obligations between generations, the nature of the good life, and meaning and purpose.
• Places wiser limits in both our values and our policies on dehumanizing technologies, research practices, and applications of science.
• Resists the temptation to use medicine and biotechnology to conquer human nature or to regard our bodies as raw material, and instead sees their purpose as caring for the sick while protecting the dignity of every person.

We are not an academic journal but a public journal of ideas. We aim to provide an alternative to the models of experts and academics whose writing is aimed mainly at each other, and of short-form or “explainer” journalism that often fails to engage the deeper questions at stake.

Instead, we publish long-form essays, articles, and reports that — we hope — are written with insight, accessibility, literary virtuosity, and factual reliability for lay audiences and scholars alike. Our editors and authors are scientists, medical doctors, engineers, policy analysts, academics, writers, and scholars.

The New Atlantis is a nonpartisan publication. Indeed, the subjects addressed in our pages often cut across existing political lines, forcing liberals and conservatives, progressives and libertarians, to revisit their guiding principles.

We are published by a nonprofit organization that is supported almost entirely by private foundations, individual donors, and revenue earned from subscriptions and licensing, and very occasionally by government grants and corporate donations.

Country of Publication

United States

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