AI Isn’t Evil, Humans Just Have a New Tool: Why You Should Ignore the Latest Tech Panic
Just when I thought the latest round of “the sky is falling” had begun to wind down, somebody found a fresh box of matches. Artificial intelligence is evil, they tell me. To demonstrate this, they have thoughtfully supplied an…
Outrage Travels Fast, Context Takes Time: Why the Internet’s Scariest Claims Are Half-True
There are certain words on the internet that can make a man sit upright before he has even finished his coffee: Congress, corporations, eminent domain, profit. Put all four in the same sentence and you hardly need punctuation. The blood pressure will…
“Big Salad” Scares and Glowing Rectangles: Why Our Convenient World Is Making Us Anxious
The recent scare from “Big Salad” had, or still has, depending on when you read this piece, the world clutching its pearls. If the scare is still current, exhale. We will make it through this. It is going to be all right. Perhaps this is less a warning…
Pick Up More Than the Fork
There are days when I look at what passes for news and wonder if the whole world needs to pull over, shut the engine off, and let the smoke clear. Not real news. I can handle real news, but this? No. I shut whatever this is off. Tell me where war is…