In his latest newsletter, the venerable Steven Levy unpacked the background for the kerfuffle surrounding Sarah Wynn-Williams’ book. While there…
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Under the rug The darkside of technology, particularly regarding social media and the AI stampede, continues to unfold, with whistle-blower testimonies and books. Even a movie now & then, like The Social Dilemma. We’re in a political climate where hypocrisy is no longer a disqualification. Yet again money muddies moral missteps. Ancient wisdom butts heads…
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Under the rug The darkside of technology, particularly regarding social media and the AI stampede, continues to unfold, with whistle-blower testimonies and books. Even a movie now & then, like The Social Dilemma. We’re in a political climate where hypocrisy is no longer a disqualification. Yet again money muddies moral missteps. Ancient wisdom butts heads with billionaires wielding power: “Powerful people try to make something disappear …” Can’t we fail…
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Epigraph “I just think that most of us are simply sick of the parts of digital life that once seemed miraculous but now feel exploitative.” – Backchannel, Steven Levy (2-13-2026) Boom and kaboom There’s a new factor about the AI boom – an arms race. From the pen to the sword, our Promethean moment carries us into uncharted territory. Wizards & witches, all claiming to be in the right, vie…
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My homage to two famous cartoons: As I’ve noted elsewhere, verbal (or literary) agility need not be a sign of intelligence. And such fluency can be glib, even annoying. Especially when, as with some people, responses are repetitive, follow predictable patterns – in autopilot mode. So, AI puts us in a similar place. Driven by hope & hype, it’s shoehorned into spaces where even tech fanboys may feel “how about…
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Taking time out from scrolling … touch the grass … the gods need not take our sight … we scale ourselves … in moving from low to high,we see our pathway as true,and that we are in the right.yet forever left nearby,as if they are out of view,still the shadows of the night whether heaven or havenwill ever erase our blight,our myths impel us evenfurther on a cosmic flight [refrain]contemplate…
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My holiday card this year in the cosmic greetings, Santa-in-Space series. when something grinchy comes this way lean banking balances go to naughtwhere e’re his pitchcraft slop is taught,and roiling boasts do sour in taste,when mister shady tweets in haste a playbook stark intones from old,writ by souls into darkness sold.Midas mists and scares rule the day,when actor bad faith comes this way but Santa cuts ‘cross the chatterto remind…