Here's The Well's "State of the World 2021"

Every year Jon Lebkowsky and Bruce Sterling have an open discussion on the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link about the state of the world. This year they are joined by Malka Older, a 'writer, aid worker, and sociologist.'

Older: If a lot of Big Tech is starting to lose its conjuring power, thereis one technology that manages to be both hype and, to some, fakenews: the vaccine(s). — Read the rest