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Technology and the childlike pursuit of esoteric power.
Why does it seem like every major problem that befalls the technology industry of late straddles a thin line between childlike idealism and power?
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Sam

February 2024

The Fiction Singularity.
A hypothesis on the increasing fusion of fiction and reality.
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November 2023

Cheap Intelligence.
Brief thoughts on the steady evisceration of digital knowledge work.
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Sam

March 2023

ChatGPT makes shit up occasionally, and that's perfect.
On heuristics, the stuff that separates the human from machines.
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Sam

February 2023

Are all hard technical problems AI problems now?
It may be all over...or just beginning depending on your point of view.
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Sam

January 2023

A civilization built on Silicon.
Book Review of Chip War by Chris Miller. (Light Spoilers)
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Sam

December 2021

Looking Ahead 2
Another year passes by. This is what I saw.
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Sam

September 2021

Future Gist 42
Woolly Mammoth Resurrection, SpaceX's First All-Private Mission, Reversing Alzheimer's, and mRNA Cancer therapy.
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Future Gist 41
New Information Tech, Martian Sample, Mini Crispr, and Immortality Tech.
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Sam
Future Gist 40
Elizabeth Holmes, China hates Video Games, and SpaceX does regular delivery.
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Sam

August 2021

Future Gist 39
Crypto Taxes, AI Avatars, HIV Vaccines, and The Freedoms We Take For Granted.
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Future Gist 38
AI does good and bad stuff, Apple controversy, and Climate Change.
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