wisdom

Four Touchdowns in a Single Game

We’re at Polk High School on a typical Thursday night in November of 1966.

Jul 3 •

What Should We Remember?

Remember memorizing things?

Jul 1 •

Suppose you want to protect an idea you’ve come up with.

Jun 24 •

AI fails are everywhere.

Jun 23 •

A Toe-Hold on a Dragon

In the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons world my friends and I inhabited, there were monsters you had to avoid if you were too inexperienced.

Jun 21 •

...and a Nikola Tesla collaboration with another author

Jun 20 •

The Banana King

The internet twenty years ago was a lot like the Wild West.

Jun 18 •

Is It Inspiring?

Where do you normally get your inspiration?

Jun 16 •

Public and Private

A century ago, Walter Lippmann wrote about the challenges of public opinion and how difficult it is for individuals to come together as a group.

Jun 15 •

Being alive since the 1970s has some advantages.

Jun 14 •

Chaos flies all around you.

Jun 10 •

I was just listening to Geoffrey Hinton talking about the future of AI.

Jun 8 •

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