We’re reaching a point in time where the warnings of a dystopia led by AI are starting to actually reflect the current times. It’s no longer just the Luddites and sci-fi writers that are shouting these worries. The pioneers of AI are realizing that the gravity of this situation is setting in now. Google’s pulled […]

We’re reaching a point in time where human-machine interactions are going far beyond us tapping on a screen or typing on a keyboard. Every keystroke and behavior is being used to teach machines to get better at predicting us and therefore better serving our needs. You may not realize it, but apps, websites, and our […]

Evolution hasn’t stopped now that we’re here. We’re entering an era where we may take evolution into our own hands and steer it the way we’d like it to go. This is the reality of the transhuman technologies being developed all around us. Brain-computer interfaces, implantable RFID chips, and exoskeletons are just a few transhuman […]

At our worst, we’re programmed to think only of ourselves. At our best, we consider the impact of our actions on others. Unfortunately, when we do consider others, it tends to be only of the people that look and think like us. The beauty of the Internet and our devices is that it has exposed […]

Being in Japan for three weeks with really no one to talk to led me to do a lot of introspection. One realization I had is the importance of being myself in the world, especially in 2019 and moving forward. I know this is a cliche’ that takes us back to our formative years. But, […]