Time appears to have commissioned a graphic for the article (the animated gif with red background and yellow circuits forming a mushroom cloud, captioned “Illustration for TIME by Lon Tweeten”, with nothing suggesting it to be a stock photo), so there appears to be some level of editorial spotlighting. The article currently also appears on time.com in a section titled “Editor’s picks” in a list of 4 articles, where the other 3 are not “Ideas” articles.
Time appears to have commissioned a graphic for the article (the animated gif with red background and yellow circuits forming a mushroom cloud, captioned “Illustration for TIME by Lon Tweeten”, with nothing suggesting it to be a stock photo), so there appears to be some level of editorial spotlighting. The article currently also appears on time.com in a section titled “Editor’s picks” in a list of 4 articles, where the other 3 are not “Ideas” articles.