Matthew Battles

Writes and teaches about history, language, technology, and nature. Cofounded HiLobrow.com. Author of Library: An Unquiet History (W. W. Norton); working on a natural history of handwriting.

Matthew’s Conversations

Conversation Topic	Host	Date
In an era when food justice, food security, climate change, and obesity are such pressing issues, should there be public funding for food design R&D, and, if so, who should be receiving it?	Nicola Twilley	December 13, 2010
What are the opportunities and risks of these emerging geopolitical constellations, and how should we prepare for an urban, post-national future?	Geoff Manaugh	October 11, 2010

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Matthew Battles

Matthew’s Conversations

In an era when food justice, food security, climate change, and obesity are such pressing issues, should there be public funding for food design R&D, and, if so, who should be receiving it?

What are the opportunities and risks of these emerging geopolitical constellations, and how should we prepare for an urban, post-national future?