Chakaia Booker, Acid Rain, 2001, rubber tires and wood, overall: 120 x 240 x 36 inches; each armature (3 total): 80 x 48 x 1 inches; tire pallet (12 total): 22 x 48 x 40 inches. National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC. Museum purchase: Members’ Acquisition Fund © Chakaia Booker. Photo by Lee Stalsworth.

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Socrates Untenured

Scratch the surface of nearly any science and technology issue and you find questions that humans have been grappling with for millennia. From ethics to epistemology, the philosophical dimensions of science and technology are often overlooked. The articles in this section, formerly known as "Philosopher's Corner," rectify that oversight by exploring the philosophical dilemmas of censorship, algorithms, gene editing, and much more.