Thor Benson

Thor Benson is a traveling writer who is currently located in Portland, Oregon. He writes for Fast Company, VICE Magazine, Vortex Music Magazine, and others. His writing covers internet privacy, drug policy, LGBT issues, new technology, design and more.

What We Learn From Living In The Harsh Conditions Of Mars Will Help Us If We Fully Destroy Earth

We may not ship the entire population off to the red planet, but as our environment gets more and more dangerous, the technologies we develop to live on the Martian surface will help us here, too.

What We Learn From Living In The Harsh Conditions Of Mars Will Help Us If We Fully Destroy Earth

Can America’s Desert Cities Adapt Before They Dry Out And Die?

Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas, and many other western cities are all growing fast–and are all running out of water.

Can America’s Desert Cities Adapt Before They Dry Out And Die?

What Will The Economy Look Like When The Robots Take Your Job?

A future of automation could play out in many different ways–from a leisurely society where machines do the hard work for us, to a dystopia where the robots make us all bankrupt.

What Will The Economy Look Like When The Robots Take Your Job?

How Much Will A Pack Of Joints Cost? The Future Of Mass Market Marijuana

As the weed business becomes legal in more and more states, don’t be surprised to see big tobacco turn into big marijuana. But how much will they charge you?

How Much Will A Pack Of Joints Cost? The Future Of Mass Market Marijuana

Impact

The hops in this new craft beer were grown in an indoor farm

Loop’s revolutionary reusable packaging system is coming to a bunch of big stores

This new Shanghai Starbucks has only reusable cups—and reusable everything else

News

EV company Workhorse Group feels more pain on recall news, worries of van safety

A plea to Facebook: Everyone knows you’re villains. Just embrace it

Universal Music Group’s smash-hit IPO is another victory for streaming

Co.Design

These Microsoft stickers make computers easier to use for people with disabilities

These tiles may look like marble, but they’re made entirely of fish scales

This $1.6 billion hospital redesign dramatically reduces ER wait times

Work Life

3 ways leaders can hold engaging presentations in a hybrid setting

Why our perception of risk-taking is all wrong

We’re helping employees relocate in response to the Texas abortion ban