The culture of AI and the end of slavery
As I’ve gotten older I’ve come to recognize my interest in computers comes from a place similar to a person who enjoys model trains or … Read More
The doctrine of labor saving and “efficiency”
Or how AI is like a tractor. We could have made other choices.
A brief reminder that AI will, in fact, create more work
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan, or, as most would write it: ZOOM CEO Eric Yuan, told Techcrunch AI’s going to shorten our work week and whatever: … Read More
Tyranny over the mind
Around the interior of the Jefferson Memorial is a quote, originally attributed from a September 23, 1800 letter Jefferson wrote to Dr. Benjamin Rush. He … Read More
Neil Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death” should be updated for the Internet age
I recently read Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death. A few parts caught my attention: As Father John Culkin of Fordham University likes to say, a … Read More