It’s not so hard to imagine an idealized political system, almost regardless of whether it’s capitalist or socialist or even communist in nature—on paper. Adam Smith, Karl Marx and others have all done amazing, impressive work justifying the various aspects of socio-economic systems in writing. In a way, the very…

Sorry, Conservatives you just don’t have the pedigree and the history of The Enlightenment behind you. That’s not so say there is no place for conservative thinking. Of course there is and it’s perfectly natural and necessary to society. However, it’s not the engine that propels humanity forward. …

So much whining and handwringing goes into debating the Minimum Wage, the least hourly pay we can legally give in a given locale. The points made are inevitably to do with the harm to small businesses and the costs being passed along to customers and “this is just a starter…

Issac Asimov proposed a famous set of Three Laws for the ethical operation of robots in society. First Law A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. Second Law A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where…

There are many things I love about my country, many things I tolerate and many things I disdain and I’m pretty sure this is true of almost everyone, except for totally different reasons tailored to the individual. Individualism is one of the things I like a lot. In the following…

First, I don’t really blanket hate any group of people, even the misguided MAGA cult. They are who they are for reasons that make sense to them. I get it. I reserve most of my judgement for individuals who make terrible choices and do things to intentionally hurt others. …

I’m not sure most of the hordes out there typing in clever prompts into Midjourney and all the other amazing Text-to-Art generators know how AI and Machine Learning work. Even the creators of machine learning software don’t always know how it does what it does. It’s a whole is greater…

“With great power comes great responsibility.” — Ancient adage (not just Spiderman’s uncle) Humans are so into their many powers these days that they are oblivious to the consequences of irresponsibly wielding said powers. In many ways it reminds me of the viral video clip where the guerrilla fighters hand…

delusional: [adj] Believing something to be true that is clearly not. Someone who is not thinking clearly. Used to describe someone attached to an idea which is obviously false. Delusional is not a compliment. Deplorable is not a compliment. Criminal is not a compliment. Dishonest is not a compliment. Sure…