Tag: opinion

All the articles with the tag "opinion".

• A Really Short History of Money

  Published:Mar 25, 2022 |  at 12:40 PM

  Money is a promise that your sacrifice will pay off in the future, because we build civilization on a set of promises we make to each other.

• Trust is Dead

  Published:Dec 27, 2017 |  at 12:40 PM

  Trust is breaking down in our societies — trust not just in big institutions but also in the natural good of the common man.

• It’s an All-You-Can-Imagine Future

  Published:Dec 7, 2017 |  at 01:03 PM

  Limits are a thing of the past. The only ones that matter now are those that you decide to enforce on yourself. We are entering a new era of our civilization where our imaginations reign supreme.

• Reality is the Story We Tell Ourselves

  Published:Nov 28, 2017 |  at 11:15 AM

  Some stories are scientifically true. Others tell truths of the heart. Some may actually fly in the face of all we can prove to be true, and yet give us the mindset we need to succeed.

• Everything is Ludicrous

  Published:Nov 14, 2017 |  at 02:49 PM

  Everything is ludicrous. Just the fact that we exist and can think and communicate is a cosmic prank. A wonderful one to be sure, but a gag nonetheless.

• We Can Do Better

  Published:Nov 9, 2017 |  at 11:11 AM

  How easy it was for a Russian company to manipulate Americans through social media during the last US presidential election. People are furious about it. For a $200 spend, they got opposing sides to protest each other in a small Texas town. Their ads reached 146 million people on Facebook. Twitter drooled to sell them a 15% reach of their users.

• This Wedding Sponsored By...

  Published:Oct 31, 2017 |  at 11:56 AM

  The future of work is cooking, cleaning and caring for the infirm. No more steel workers, no more retail clerks, no more autoworkers. It’s just nurse’s assistants, personal aides, wind turbine maintenance guys and software developers.

• Build the Future, You Say??

  Published:Oct 25, 2017 |  at 10:08 PM

  While you endure the North Korea nuclear tests, the rip-out-your-throat battles for political hegemony and the desperate unknown of whether Katy Perry wants her ex back or not, it’s good to remember one thing.

• In China, Credit Scores Hack You

  Published:Oct 3, 2017 |  at 04:51 PM

  Give us more positive news, goshdarnit, George! Like maybe that there was an alien invasion that had finally ended all our petty squabbling and united us against a common foe…

• Robots Rise, Humans Decline

  Published:Sep 28, 2017 |  at 11:24 AM

  We could soon have so much electricity from green power sources and other neat tricks that we’ll begin throwing it away like un-drunk bottled water or expired lettuce.