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What Will Artificial Intelligence Do To Us?
Computers are able to do terrifyingly impressive things, with more to come. What does this mean for work? For art? For the future of the species?
What are Our Phones Doing to Us?
Are smartphones destroying our focus, our relationships, and even our humanity?
Are Web3 and Crypto Just a “Grift Pouring Lighter Fluid on Our Already-Smoldering Planet”?
Molly White of “Web3 is Going Great” on the scams and lies of the crypto economy.
Unfortunately We Are Not Living in a “Simulation”
A dangerous new religious belief offers grounds for giving up on the physical world and living 100% online.
A World of Pictures
Susan Sontag was right: cameras define reality in ways essential to the workings of a capitalist society.
Are NFTs The Dumbest Thing To Happen In The History of Humanity?
People attach value to all kinds of nonsense. While “NFTs” are not uniquely ridiculous, their rise is an extreme illustration of status anxiety in our grossly unequal economy.
Obamacare Scams and the Need For a Public Search Engine
Google’s for-profit search monopoly has turned information access into a corrupt mess. Both healthcare and web searches should be public, not private.
The Dangerous Ideas of “Longtermism” and “Existential Risk”
So-called rationalists have created a disturbing secular religion that looks like it addresses humanity’s deepest problems, but actually justifies pursuing the social preferences of elites.
Software Licensing Is A Scam
Big Tech increasingly takes on the role of landlord rather than retailer, spawning an industry of bullshit that begs the question—what is it all for?
Putting the ‘Capitalism’ in ‘Surveillance Capitalism’
In the 21st century, every life experience is a monetizable data point.
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