Singularity

“The accelerating progress of technology and changes in the mode of human life, give the appearance of approaching some essential singularity in the history of the race beyond which human…

Secrets

It has been said that the First World War was the chemists’ war, because mustard gas and…

Biology

“Life, uh…finds a way” — Malcolm, Jurassic Park

Collaboration

Before the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel, humanity spoke one language. They aspired to reach the level of God and began…

Trust

“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers“— Blanche DuBois, A Streetcar Named Desire

Physics

“It was becoming increasingly difficult to separate the atomic age from the information age”

Perception

“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is…

Economics

“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it” — Thomas Sowell

Uncertainty

The further we get with computing — algorithms, perception, data collection - the harder the problems we are trying to solve and the less…