wisdom

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 •

Cognitive Atrophy 2025

Quick—get out a pencil and paper, and tell me what 21,272,032 divided by 4 is?

Jun 7 •

Fun and Fulfilling

What makes you happy?

Jun 5 •

Equity and Efficiency

Is capitalism a good system?

Jun 4 •

I’ve been wrong about a lot of things.

Jun 3 •

On the Internet

Are you going to be on the internet for much longer?

Jun 1 •

Useful Confabulation

The word confabulation comes from Latin, but you can probably figure out a lot of its etymology without knowing a single Latin word.

May 31 •

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