Jussie Smollett, Aaron Sorkin, And The Decline Of Grace
The racially entangled hoaxes involving Jussie Smollett, and Atticus Finch, show our cultural zeitgeist is choosing tribalism before tolerance.
What ‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’ Reveals About Being Human
At times, it can almost seem ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ is anti-human. Yet it really shows what is best, and worst, about humankind, and therefore defines it.
How Personalizing Machines Can Lead To Depersonalizing Humans
We should guard against a day when people who don’t provide practical use to society are deemed less important than our useful machines.
‘No Man’s Sky’ Disappointment Underscores Our Cosmic Questions
The video game ‘No Man’s Sky’ speaks to humanity’s eternal questions of how life is created and whether we are alone in this universe.
What Sexbots Teach Us About Happiness And Love
The more human we try to make sexbots, the less human the ‘relational’ ‘experience’ of sexbots will be.
American Exceptionalism Is Human Exceptionalism
At root, the most logical meaning of American exceptionalism is that America simply chose a a path exceptional among nations to codifying the exercise of political power.
5 Things Matt Yglesias Gets Wrong About Automation
The kind of artificial intelligence that could displace most human work is not right around the corner. What is? Severe economic disruption due to increasing automation.
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