Genius is a curious phenomenon: It seems to be narrow in focus. As far as we know, no human has ever been a genius in all things. This means there are many distinct areas of genius. There are degrees of genius as measured by IQ [...]
Fully-automated driving will kill the sports car as we know it. Beyond the structural elements (two seats, light construction, aerodynamic styling), the point of the sports car is that the driver interacts directly with the vehicle and the road it’s on. When the driver is [...]
A very wise person once told me, “The truth in people is not in what they say, it’s in what they do”. That would be my Auntie E, Canadian farm woman, first introduced here. Rural America clearly needed her homespun wisdom earlier this month, but [...]
In November of last year, Emily Hare wrote an interesting, far-ranging piece for contagious.com under the same title as this post (which I obviously borrowed from her). The relentless progression of artificial intelligence (AI) development is both fascinating and frightening. For me, fear isn't born [...]
