Water Supply and Demand Are Totally Out of Whack
Will we run out of water? No. Freshwater is a product; we can even make it. Like every other must-have product, it may become scarce, but it will always be….
Category: Tech and Us
Unbinding Potential: The Evolution of Cutting-Edge Human Augmentation
You’re in Thebes in 1,000 BCE, striding through a crowded plaza toward a temple. Passersby sneak glances at your new big toe. Gorgeously crafted from wood and leather, the faux….
I GPT-4’d With Abraham Lincoln. He Has a Solid Twitter Game
Steve Jobs offered a dream for computer-based learning in 1985 (here, at 5:00): “I can read what Aristotle wrote. But I can’t ask Aristotle a question… My hope is someday, when….
The Beginning of the End of Our Stone Age
In 1993, only thirty years ago, three innovations came to market that would entwine in our lives as extensions of our hands, eyes, and minds. Yet most people didn’t notice….
Voting in Twenty Years Will Blend Ink And Bits
November 2022 Update. We know how to design robust voting technology. But the right tech is not enough. In my final 2020 essay about voters needs and voting tech, reposted….
Ukraine-Russia Crisis: Exponential Capability Meets Global Responsibility
Major corporations don’t want to do business with Putin.
Get Past Global Warming: The Future Needs Global Cooling
25,000 people from 197 countries attended the just-concluded UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. A nasty problem was little discussed, partly because there is no clear….
Robotaxis Get Fares, And Administrative Guardrails, In California
Digital technologies change our world at a breakneck pace. They frequently leave government regulators in their dust as they race away. California is keeping pace with a technology that will….
Future Verdicts: What I Wanted To Ask Amy Coney Barrett
Amy Coney Barrett may serve on the Supreme Court of the United States for fifty years. In that time, she will rule on issues that seem like science fiction today…..
Hoping For Online Voting? Don’t Hold Your Breath
This essay is the third essay in a series on voting technology. You can find the first two installments here, and here, and the final installment here. March 3, 2019’s Parliamentary Elections….