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 Governance5 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 pessimists can’t let…

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 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 a foundational…

September 30, 2025

AI & SocietyA series of articles about the most significant technology shift of our lifetime 1 Overview2 The Case For Optimism3 The Case For Pessimism4 The Failure Of Federal Governance5 Governance Alternatives6 Messy, Complicated & Uneven Our world is all AI, all the time, sure, obviously. What does that mean? We have the vague idea that big…

July 22, 2025

[Click here for a NotebookLM audio discussion of this topic drawn from my source material.] Google and the FBI took down “Badbox 2.0” last month – ten million compromised TV streaming boxes being used by criminals. Malware on the devices connected them into a botnet for all kinds of badness: to conduct attacks on business…