G MansfieldUgh, Socials. A Siri Shortcut for a Pause.Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, pick your poison. Should you have an iThing and iOS 14, here is a simple Siri Shortcut that might create some…Oct 7, 2020Oct 7, 2020
G Mansfield△ Are Bitcoin, Crypto, and Blockchain New Words for Old Ideas, or Just Ugly Words for Selfish Ones?This is one in a series of five technology pieces I’ll put out across the week. I have a variety of interests, as do we all. We might not…May 7, 201814May 7, 201814
G MansfieldInteresting TimesWhere has the time gone now that Zuckerberg has wound the clocks to thirteen? If an annual circular comes every eighteen months, is it…Jun 21, 2017Jun 21, 2017
G MansfieldFeed Facebook.With Facebook’s newsfeed, the real problem isn’t fake news –– it’s how it makes us angry by design. There might be some way around this.Nov 15, 20165Nov 15, 20165
G MansfieldDecline and FallSomething unspeakable has happened. A dog has died. As I waited at the intersection near my house, I watched a black retriever leave its…Nov 10, 20163Nov 10, 20163
G MansfieldAn Absentee’s ChoiceIt’s not just some Frenchified lifting of indecision to a level it doesn’t deserve: there really is a something horrible about choice. Man…Oct 14, 20167Oct 14, 20167
G Mansfield10 Things Every American Should Know in the 21st CenturyThe Aspen Institute’s Citizenship & American Identity Program is focused in part on the idea that a shared project like nation should have…Dec 7, 2015Dec 7, 2015
G MansfieldFor All Your Wants and Worries, a FilmThere are a lot of modern illnesses for which we don’t have any cure and, often, for which we don’t even have a catchy name. Absent…Aug 19, 2015Aug 19, 2015
G MansfieldYes well what about the robot cars?In an earlier thingy, I unburdened myself of some thoughts on Über which include, amongst other things, a sense that it’s no improvement on…Aug 8, 2015Aug 8, 2015