This Wired interview – with the author of Nexus [2024] – explores the future of coexisting with AIs. I found this theme particularly interesting: the role of storytelling in human evolution. • Wired > The Big Interview (video) > "Yuval […]

Peddling AI faces a legacy of Hollywood dystopian dramas. Not something which favors AI companies facing regulation or litigation – when AI goes bad. So, the charm campaign has begun, as noted in this article (below) – to shift perceptions […]

One perspective on this fable is that the crow stayed rooted in trickle down moral obligation. The belief that moral attachment abates by ranked kinship circles. By increasing distance between neighborhoods. The fox learned that being a neighbor meant aligning […]

Two articles with a similar theme of "human agency in an age of synthetic fluency." What are the implications of blending our agency with AIs? Is this a negotiation in which there's mutuality? Some shared alignment. Or is it wishful […]

Re Figure-1's thread of "Hijacked Work Ethic + Techno Optimism" (sacralization of work & 'progress'), this article (below) describes: A high-profile network of investors and founders in Silicon Valley [who] are promoting a new moral vision for the tech industry, […]

Re Figure-1's thread of "Run gov't like a business" and Margaret O'Mara's book on Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America, this article (below) explores current efforts by the Executive Branch to privatize government functions and assets. Aside from the […]

The attention age is all about immediacy & accessibility. Something similar played out in 17th century Puritan life. Puritans (at least in doctrine) believed that God was always watching and judging them, weighing every action, perhaps even their thoughts. Once […]

Influencers are masters of monetizing attention. Appealing, relatable storytellers – "real" voices saying whatever is on their minds – who may have started sharing a personal passion. The Guitar Guy, the Football Guy, etc. Later, with a fan base & […]

Re Figure-1's thread of Techno Optimism and my references to Margaret O'Mara's book The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America, this article (below) explores the notion that: "If Elon Musk is America's CEO, DOGE is the Silicon Valley […]

Speaking of hard work … • CNBC > makeit > "'Captain America' star Anthony Mackie: 'We're lying to our kids' when we say success comes just from hard work – luck is key, too" by Ashton Jackson (Mar 17 2025) […]