Science and Technology

Charles T. Rubin is the Marie-Clement Rodier Endowed Chair Professor at Duquesne University. He earned his B.A. in philosophy and political science at Case-Western Reserve and a Ph.D. in political science at Boston College. A recipient of the Madison Visiting Fellowship in the James Madison Program for American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, Dr. Rubin is a contributing editor at The New Atlantis. His current research and publications focus on emerging technologies, such as nanotechnology and artificial intelligence, and the idea that they will allow the redesign of humanity. He is editor of Conservation Reconsidered: Nature, Virtue, and American Liberal Democracy, and he is author of The Green Crusade: Rethinking the Roots of Environmentalism and Eclipse of Man: Human Extinction and the Meaning of Progress. Hillsdale College is an independent institution of higher learning founded in 1844 by men and women “grateful to God for the inestimable blessings” resulting from

Robert H. Latiff is a research professor at George Mason University and an adjunct faculty member at the Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values at the University of Notre Dame. He earned a Ph.D. in materials science from the University of Notre Dame and is a graduate of the National Security Fellows Program at Harvard University. A former major general in the U.S. Air Force, General Latiff’s last active duty assignment was at the National Reconnaissance Office, where he was director of advanced systems and technology and deputy director for systems engineering. He also served in the U.S. Army, both in the infantry and as commander of an Army tactical nuclear weapons unit. A recipient of the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal and the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, he is the author of Future War: Preparing for the New Global Battlefield. Hillsdale College is an independent institution of higher learning founded in 1844 by men and women “grateful to God f

Matthew B. Crawford is a senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia and a motorcycle mechanic and custom parts fabricator. He earned his B.S. in physics at the University of California at Santa Barbara and a Ph.D. in political philosophy from the University of Chicago. A contributing editor at The New Atlantis, Dr. Crawford has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times Magazine, The American Interest, and The Hedgehog Review. He is the author of Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work—which was named Editor’s Choice by the Financial Times of London—and, most recently, The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction. Hillsdale College is an independent institution of higher learning founded in 1844 by men and women “grateful to God for the inestimable blessings” resulting from civil and religious liberty and “believing that the diffusion of learning is essential to t