Where is a meaningful epistemology and understanding of complexity of what AI can, and cannot do …What is the functional model of information complexity that the Media Lab is embracing? If the answer is 'crickets' -- then maybe you…Jan 1, 2024Jan 1, 2024
An excellent, concise analysis, supported with data, and presenting a (actually not so) novel…That means it is unsuitable for publication. Our academic systems are largely broken. I write about the Deep OS on my own blog, which I…Jun 1, 2021Jun 1, 2021
The Outlaw Ocean, Meatpacking Plants, and Modern-Day SlaveryI’ve recently finished listening to Ian Urbina’s excellent book, The Outlaw Ocean, on my summertime bike rides on the Palouse. He covers a…Aug 8, 2020Aug 8, 2020
Empathy in the Time of Coronavirus (II) — What Societies are Capable of in CrisisNote — for those new to my writing, here’s a couple of things to know.Mar 20, 2020Mar 20, 2020
Empathy in the Time of Coronavirus — Understanding the Grim Statistics, and Root Cause of Hospital…I’ve written about understanding the asymptomatic cases of coronavirus here, but since we can’t have any real data on actual infection…Mar 20, 2020Mar 20, 2020
Empathy in the Time of the Coronavirus (I)Note — for those new to my writing, here’s a couple of things to know.Mar 18, 2020Mar 18, 2020
More Societal Implications of the Obesity Epidemic — Insulin Resistance, Epigenetic Preloading and…A recent article in the Washington Post, by Joel Achenbach, came sliding across my feed, interesting (pathologically) because it is…Nov 27, 2019A response icon2Nov 27, 2019A response icon2
Why Must Academia Evolve?For those that aren’t familiar with who I am, I’ve been a professor at Washington State University for the last 31 years. I arrived in…Sep 13, 2019A response icon1Sep 13, 2019A response icon1
How Do We Prepare for the Time when Rapid Change Happens?In my experience the real change happens when there is no choice, and that moment is chaotic enough to scramble the previously perceived…Jun 22, 2019A response icon2Jun 22, 2019A response icon2
Linking the Four Pillars of Brain, Empathy, Social Structure and KnowledgeI’ve just returned from an awesome vacation with two of the best kayakers in the world — Benny Marr, and Tyler Bradt — who were running a…May 27, 2019May 27, 2019