The culture of immediacy that we have created with our digital social communication tools, has convinced our brains that problems of all kinds should be solvable immediately, to our specifications, and with little effort (or friction) on our part. Here are a few examples. Your mileage (and examples) may vary: Read more…
We lose a little of ourselves when we outsource our memory to Google. But not in the obvious way that we think of. What we lose in the privacy (some would say inaccuracy) of memory is the ability to forget. And to be forgotten. The privacy of memory and the Read more…
The leap from here to there has never been closer. Sure, leaping is naturally hard. That’s why people caution other people, before they embark on a path they can’t see, into a future they can’t understand, with outcomes that are unimaginable, to “look before you leap.” It’s been written before that, Read more…
When analyzing a problem to move forward towards a solution, there is a lot of emphasis placed on the fundamentals of the problem. We place a lot of importance in understanding, revisiting, and honoring the fundamentals of a problem, because they come, not from conceived wisdom, or even perceived wisdom, Read more…
The government (and the corporations that consort with it through lobbying efforts) can’t provide every service, fulfill every need, and relieve every want for every individual. The government (and the corporations that consort with it through lobbying efforts) can be hampered from taking away rights and encouraging responsibility, from individuals. Read more…
We like the prediction business because as human beings, we dislike uncertainty. If we can know what’s going to happen next, we feel a sense of control. If we know what’s going to happen next, then we put trust in our own ability and efficacy in order to “fix” whatever Read more…
You are probably going to read this post by clicking on a link from Facebook, if you read this at all. More likely than not, you won’t read this if you see it posted on LinkedIn (it seems too arduous to click on an article, thus the increase of click-bait Read more…
Some of the things that I am about to express today may offend you. Some of the things that I am about to express may not apply to you. But either way, they are statements, ideas, and conclusions, that have not been discussed enough lately in the discourse that has been permeating our Read more…
Access to the means of production in an increasingly computerized global economy is THE social justice issue of our time if indeed the computers ate—and will continue to eat—all of our jobs. There is an issue with the fact that rural areas in the United States (and worldwide) have limited Read more…
Human beings have multiple problems with other human beings. This is neither a revolutionary statement, nor is it particularly interesting, unless you consider that in the next ten to fifteen years or so, robotic, reactive, automation will be cold-calling your house at six in the morning. Unlike the human being Read more…