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magazine ∣ December/January 2021 · WIRED
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The Wired mission is to tell the world something they've never heard before in a way they've never seen before. It's about turning new ideas into everyday reality. It's about seeding our community of influencers with the ideas that will shape and transform our collective future. Wired readers want to know how technology is changing the world, and they're interested in big, relevant ideas, even if those ideas challenge their assumptions—or blow their minds.
TOTALLY WIRED • NOTES FROM OUR STAFF
RANTS AND RAVES
WHAT DID WE MISS? • In all the noise, the screenwriters and playwrights were setting the stage.
CHARTGEIST
ALL HAIL INFRASTRUCTURE • Institutions may be invisible, but they still need tending. And honoring.
OVERCLOCKED • The open source movement runs on the heroic efforts of not enough coders doing too much work. They need help.
ANGRY NERD
IS THE INTERNET CONSCIOUS? • And if it were, how would we know?
Introducing the Get WIRED Podcast
WISH LIST 2020 • CONTRIBUTORS: BOONE ASHWORTH, MICHAEL CALORE, JULIAN CHOKKATTU, SCOTT GILBERTSON, MEDEA GIORDANO, LAUREN GOODE, JESS GREY, PARKER HALL, MATT JANCER, TAKA MARK KASUYA, ADRIENNE SO, LOURYN STRAMPE, JEFFREY VAN CAMP
FEATURES
Who Gets the First Shot • It could be a long time before there are enough Covid-19 vaccines to go around. But network theorists may have found a shortcut out of the pandemic:
“DON’T WORRY. THEY’LL NEVER CATCH ME. • Last fall, a mysterious source approached Glenn Greenwald offering a mother lode of documents that would “save Brazil.” The source had hacked the Telegram accounts of President Jair Bolsonaro and dozens of other officials. Authorities implied it might be the Russians. The truth was far less boring.
THE MESSENGER • To keep my community safe, I started a Substack newsletter called Coronavirus News for Black Folks. It gave me a kind of second sight. To trace the arc of racial health disparities week after week, it turns out, is to see in advance where America is headed—and to understand how blind it’s been.
THEY CALL IT THE FATAL FUNNEL. • WHEN TRAINING FOR URBAN COMBAT, THEY TEACH YOU IT’S ANY DOORWAY YOU HAVE TO CROSS NOT KNOWING WHAT’S ON THE OTHER SIDE.
PRESCRIPTION for DISASTER • The story of hydroxychloroquine is a strange and twisted tale pitting power against knowledge. Let’s not repeat it.
The MAN Who CO NQUERED NOISE • How an obscure Turkish information scientist’s obscure theoretical breakthrough helped the Chinese tech giant Huawei gain control of the future of 5G. US telecoms never had a chance.
THE MOTH FLEW INTO THE SUN.