Anonymity, AI, and the Internet
Maintaining social discipline Over our species’ history, we have lived in small groups for roughly 290,000 years, with only the last 10,000 years in mass-scale […]
Technology
What to do about the past 50 years of American life – policy suggestions
A reader of my recent post, “Bernie Sanders got much right about our current situation….” commented: “Thank you Mark for validating what we know to […]
Google celebrates its 25th birthday. Should we light a candle too?
Google turns 25 today. It has a surprisingly benign public image. Google describes its mission as: “Our mission is to organize the world’s information and […]
Computer Chips, Taiwan, Biden & China
China spends more on importing computer chips – $260 billion in 2017 – than it does importing oil. President Biden’s recent bans on the export […]