To the generations raised in a digital era, exchanging personal information online might feel as natural as breathing. But no matter how consciously one acknowledges the intrusion of cyberspace into our lives, doing so involves accepting another fact: the internet is...
For good or ill, cyberspace has evolved into a prime medium for activity and interaction. Shopping, socializing, work, recreation-so many actions that once required physical travel can now be done with the touch on a keyboard or the swipe of a finger. But like...
Winds that shred houses to splinters, floods that destroy a city, clouds of crop-choking dust that circulate for years, tremors that topple skyscrapers and split the earth miles deep: these events-and the thousands of lives torn apart in their wake—have been...