I recently read that dogs—through the imperatives of evolution—have developed expressions that invite positive interactions from their humans like “What a good boy” or a scratch behind the ears whenever, say, Wally looks me in the eye with a kind of … [Continue reading]
Some days it’s good to be reminded. I saw the aftermath of a terrible car and motorcycle accident a few days ago, and couldn’t help being caught in its blast radius because its impact reverberated almost to my doorstep. From the epicenter, … [Continue reading]
Emily was here for breakfast on Thursday and I had the morning’s news on public radio—the same stories staring at me from the front page of my newspaper—and she said with millennial weariness: Why are you listening to that? It was a good … [Continue reading]
The norms that dictate the acceptable use of artificial intelligence in technology are in flux. That's partly because the AI-enabled, personal data gathering by companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon has caused a spirited debate about the right … [Continue reading]
There is a difference between new technology we've already adopted without thinking it through and new technology that we still have the chance to tame before its harms start overwhelming its benefits. Think about Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon … [Continue reading]
