Cyberweapons: A Real WorryThere is not too much about technology that I worry about. But one technological area I do worry a lot about is cyber war, cyber security…Jul 3, 2019A response icon2Jul 3, 2019A response icon2
Arrival of the Babel FishIn the very near future, maybe in ten years, we’ll have earpods that will do real time language translation. Someone speaks Greek to you…Jul 3, 2019Jul 3, 2019
DumbsmartWe need a better word than smart. Or dumb. I’m trying to come up with the word that we’ll use to describe artificial intelligences that…Jun 21, 2019A response icon1Jun 21, 2019A response icon1
IngenicIngenic: Content created in the same media that it is consumed in. As an example, if one uses VR tools within VR to create a VR world…Jun 20, 2019Jun 20, 2019
Progress and the Randomized Time MachineHere is a thought experiment. I give you a ride in a time machine. It has only one lever. You can choose to go forward in time, or…May 28, 2019A response icon1May 28, 2019A response icon1
Asian InnovationWhile there are many ways Asian cultures differ from the West, the truth is that they have much more in common that they do have in…May 21, 2019May 21, 2019
The Super-Power of ReadingI wrote this small essay for Maria Popova’s anthology The Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader. This book is a collection of…May 10, 2019May 10, 2019
The Underpopulation BombFor many years overpopulation was the Ur-worry. The prospect of too many people on a finite planet stood behind common environmental…May 9, 2019A response icon7May 9, 2019A response icon7
Virtual Live-Action in a Virtually Real FilmThe new Disney movie Lion King marks a threshold for a new way of making a film, another step erasing the line between artifice and…May 8, 2019May 8, 2019
