Inside Issue 57: The Reality Issue

Join our brightest thinkers as they tug at the very fabric of reality. [View in browser](| [Join Nautilus]( Did a friend forward this? [Subscribe here.]( INSIDE ISSUE 57 This issue of Nautilus brings you reality as you’ve never seen it before. Dear Nautilus reader, Issue 57 of Nautilus is here and in it we’re exploring the concept of reality, but first we’d like to share a glimpse of the stories inside Issue 57 and a brief note from Nautilus Editor Kevin Berger about the issue’s theme: “A goal of writing and science is to peel back illusion and reveal the world anew. This issue of Nautilus brings you reality as you’ve never seen it before. Reality means many things. We live with social, political, and economic realities. The reality of families and health. The focus in this issue is on the science and scientists whose aim is to illuminate the threads that make up the very fabric of physical reality—but not to the exclusion of the realities around us. Their interplay is always on view. “At every scale, life is an ecology,” writes Blaise Agüera y Arcas in his essay in this issue, “In the Beginning, There Was Computation.” Piercing the surface of “collective perception” unites the articles in The Reality Issue.” [Read More on Nautilus]( Now is the best time to subscribe to Nautilus. Nautilus rarely goes on sale, but we’re currently offering our lowest price of the year—25% off. If you join as a print member, you’ll also receive two free bonus magazines along with the Reality Issue—the Nautilus Rewilding Issue and the third annual Plantings journal from the World Sensorium Conservancy. Sign up today and save 25% on three magazines. [Join Now]( Inside Issue 57 of Nautilus [Confessions of a Theoretical Physicist]( PHYSICS [Confessions of a Theoretical Physicist]( My life among the elementary particles has made me question whether reality exists at all. BY VIJAY BALASUBRAMANIAN TECHNOLOGY [In the Beginning, There Was Computation]( Life is code, and code is life, in nature as it is in technology.BY BLAISE AGÜERA Y ARCAS PHILOSOPHY [The Hermit's Reality](In solitude, this modern priest is asking timeless questions. BY CAITLIN L. CHANDLER And this is just the start, over the next three weeks we’ll be rolling out more stories about reality. [Join Nautilus]( Copyright ©2024 NautilusNext, All rights reserved. You were subscribed to the newsletter from [nautil.us]( Our mailing address is: NautilusNext 360 W 36th Street, 7S, New York, NY 10018 Don't want to hear from us anymore? [Unsubscribe](