Looming Crisis

Zoe Kooyman is now running the Free Software Foundation. People I know and trust say she’s a good choice. She had...

Arguments about Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) have become almost religious in nature. They shouldn’t be. It’s not a question of...

It’s as difficult to maintain control over technology as it is to maintain control of the polity. It’s the one...

It’s wrong to say Americans are urban people. It’s right to say city folk are a minority that Red America...

What I find most frustrating among liberals today is the belief that Donald Trump is an aberration, that he represents...

American democracy operates by the Golden Rule. He who has the money makes the rules. Every so often my old...

There are dark times ahead. The ignorance of the American people, our willingness to throw progress on the fire in...

Big Tech companies switched political sides in 2024 because they’re scared. They’re deeply involved in the Great Game of AI...

My wife fell into programming. She was offered some training after applying for a job as an accountant. (Illustration from...

An American suburb is a one-story affair. It grows into a city that way. People will “drive until they qualify,”...