November 18, 2025

Everything is getting worse.  Cory Doctorow gave it a name three years ago: enshittification. Now he has written the best business book of the year, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It. It will help you understand many things, oh so many things, about how and why the massive platforms are breaking…

November 4, 2025

AI & SocietyA series of articles about the most significant technology shift of our lifetime1 Overview2 The Case For Optimism3 The Case For Pessimism4 The Failure Of Federal Governance5 Governance Alternatives6 Messy, Complicated & Uneven The good news: Ten years from now we might not quite be living in a utopia but AI will definitely…

October 14, 2025

AI & SocietyA series of articles about the most significant technology shift of our lifetime1 Overview2 The Case For Optimism3 The Case For Pessimism4 The Failure Of Federal Governance5 Governance Alternatives6 Messy, Complicated & Uneven Those darned pessimists. A glorious new era stretches before us, promising unprecedented productivity, economic growth, and improved standards of living. And the…

October 7, 2025

AI & SocietyA series of articles about the most significant technology shift of our lifetime1 Overview2 The Case For Optimism3 The Case For Pessimism4 The Failure Of Governance5 Governance Alternatives6 Messy, Complicated & Uneven Productivity! Streamlined workflows! New jobs that don’t exist yet! Enhanced quality of life! Massive increases in global GDP! The optimists believe AI is…