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May 24, 2016

Artificial Intelligence will be the end of humanity, but not for the reasons you think.

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Matt Chessen in Short Bytes

Sep 18, 2016

The greatest tragedy in life is…

The greatest tragedy in life isn’t death or impermanence or suffering. These are all ego-centric and…

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Matt Chessen in Short Bytes

May 25, 2017

How Russia hacks our democracy

I. Introduction

Matt Chessen in Short Bytes

Sep 18, 2016

The superintelligence we should be afraid of is us

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Matt Chessen in Short Bytes

Sep 1, 2015

Self-driving cars will kill the urban renaissance, and we’ll be happy about it.

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Matt Chessen in Short Bytes

May 26, 2017

Space-Based Solar Power: Fool’s Gold

The United States would be foolish to pursue development of space-based solar power (SBSP)…

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Matt Chessen in Short Bytes

Dec 26, 2019

A Civil Social Media Platform

How to Build a Civilizational Social Media Platform, Regain Trust, and Enable 21st Century Democracy

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Matt Chessen in Short Bytes

Jan 13, 2017

Peak Stuff

I have a theory that we are entering the era of ‘Peak Stuff,’ which I define as a local maximum in the amount of goods which are being…

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Matt Chessen in Short Bytes

Nov 6, 2015

Bring on the Spin Bus!

In my previous article (Self-driving cars will kill the urban renaissance, and we’ll be happy about it), I argued that…

Matt Chessen in Short Bytes

Oct 21, 2016

Should the United States government take a position on centralized vs. decentralized control systems for autonomous vehicle technology?

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