From the Internet to Skynet
David Yerle read recently that Big Data is becoming a global nervous system. The constant stream of information is gathered into billions of nodes which process it in a matter not unlike our brain....
View ArticleWhy the Future Will Almost Certainly Be Better than the Present
We live in dark times. As Warren Buffet puts it, there is a class struggle, but it’s not the poor against the rich, but the rich who are unilaterally trying to crush the poor and succeeding, by the...
View ArticleYou Are Not as Poor as You Think
Today I’d like to speak about a new kind of wealth that the Internet has brought us. It is something we take for granted, maybe because it’s so ingrained in our lives that we barely even notice it....
View ArticleThe Phone Zombies
I have heard many people complain about the phone zombies. I’m sure you’ve seen them too: they populate subway wagons and cafeterias, staring dumbly at their screens instead of focusing on the world...
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