https://abc24times.com/ABC 24 Times: an independent, continuous digital dispatch on tech and innovation, the green economy, markets, biotech, culture and ideas, with a constructive, curious voice.en-ushttps://abc24times.com/stories/column-amara-mendez-15-minute-city.htmlhttps://abc24times.com/stories/column-amara-mendez-15-minute-city.htmlFri, 02 Oct 2026 07:48:00 -0400Opinion & VoicesOpinion: Urban Systems columnist Amara Mendez argues that the 15-minute city is not a traffic policy but a time policy, and does the back-of-envelope arithmetic to show why.https://abc24times.com/stories/column-david-lin-code-water-rights.htmlhttps://abc24times.com/stories/column-david-lin-code-water-rights.htmlFri, 02 Oct 2026 06:11:00 -0400Opinion & VoicesOpinion: Computational Law columnist David Lin argues that when software allocates scarce water, democratic oversight cannot be bolted on later. It has to be designed into the system itself.https://abc24times.com/stories/column-zara-khemir-topsoil-collateral.htmlhttps://abc24times.com/stories/column-zara-khemir-topsoil-collateral.htmlFri, 02 Oct 2026 04:34:00 -0400Opinion & VoicesOpinion: Bio-Economics columnist Zara Khemir predicts that if soil health counted on sovereign balance sheets, borrowing costs would eventually reflect it. This is argument, not advice.https://abc24times.com/stories/editorial-why-we-label-every-number.htmlhttps://abc24times.com/stories/editorial-why-we-label-every-number.htmlFri, 02 Oct 2026 02:57:00 -0400Opinion & VoicesA note from the Editorial Board: this launch edition is built from illustrative scenarios, so every figure we print is labeled by its source or marked as illustrative. Here is how to read them.https://abc24times.com/stories/policy-perspectives-grid-permitting-reform.htmlhttps://abc24times.com/stories/policy-perspectives-grid-permitting-reform.htmlThu, 01 Oct 2026 17:15:00 -0400Opinion & VoicesPolicy Perspectives opinion: we build solar panels faster than we can connect them. The binding constraint on clean power may be the permit for the wire, not the panel.https://abc24times.com/stories/sunday-review-the-year-of-slow-technology.htmlhttps://abc24times.com/stories/sunday-review-the-year-of-slow-technology.htmlThu, 01 Oct 2026 15:38:00 -0400Opinion & VoicesA weekend essay on devices, attention and the quiet pleasure of tools that do one thing, do it well and then leave you alone to get on with your whole day.