For a brief period in the 1940s and 1950s, mass market paperback books had covers with sultry women, shadowy detectives, and thrilling action, sold for a quarter at newsstands and drug stores across the country. Let me tell you the story about how lurid pulp covers democratized literacy, sparked a federal moral panic, and permanently…
Three wildly different types of smart glasses are arriving in the next three months. I had Gemini display them side by side in the above picture so you can see how different they are. Wait, you can’t tell them apart? Ha ha I’m a kidder! They all look just like sunglasses. You understand that’s the…
As of mid-2026, there are roughly 70,000 AI companies. About half of all global venture capital funding is pouring into pure-play AI startups. The indications are good. Remember that phrase. It does not mean what you think it means. We’ll come back to that. Right now I want to tell you a Mark Twain story. That…
You’ve boarded a plane. The airline CEO walks down the aisle with a microphone. “Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve done extensive testing on this aircraft. We believe there’s a very good chance you’ll arrive safely. There are some risks because we don’t fully understand aerospace science and there’s a chance that any plane in flight, or…