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March 6, 2023
The Federal AI Shambles
…an activist federal government excessively slowing or limiting development. At the same time, if regulation lags too much, that can be problematic as well. A recent study by the Stanford Human-Centered AI…
March 2, 2023
The Lost World of Ecumenical Republicanism
…campaign that foundered on the then-unthinkable idea that a man might divorce, remarry, and begin a new family with his new wife. Times, as they say, have changed. Before the…
February 23, 2023
Distance to 100: An Alternative to Racial Achievement Gaps
…administration, cowrote a book titled The Black-White Achievement Gap: Why Closing It Is the Greatest Civil Rights Issue of Our Time. Nearly a decade later, former Secretary of Education John…
February 23, 2023
Heeding the Warning from the Future
…of conspiracy thinking. Most of the time, it appears, becoming a devout flat-earther entails the loss of friends and family. One pastor was summarily fired when the church elders got…
February 22, 2023
Unlocking the Future
…the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.” Teaching isn’t combat, though education is often discussed using military metaphors. Teachers are often said to be…
February 14, 2023
Brave New Technology
…ignorance on technology-related topics, and worth the investment of time and treasure. But it is only the beginning of the value his insights provide. The more important aspect of Magnani’s…
February 14, 2023
Microsoft Is Getting Ready to Eat Google’s Lunch
…over time, partly thanks to improvements in Wikipedia’s rules and partly because of the vast expansion of its crowdsourcing contributor base—and now Wikipedia is, for the most part, as good…
February 13, 2023
The Eerie Familiarity of California’s Boom-Bust Cycle
…Jersey who had taken up residence near Sutter’s Fort in northeast California, was attempting to establish a timber mill to feed burgeoning construction in nearby Sacramento and, farther afield, the…
February 8, 2023
Where the Tech Layoffs Are Hitting Hardest
…with HR. And, at the same time Zuckerberg was talking about “efficiency,” his chief technology officer, Andrew Bozworth, posted to his personal blog that Facebook’s charity-focused endeavors had become a distraction that…
February 2, 2023
Prioritizing Money Over Marriage, Today’s Parents Are Making a Big Mistake
…having kids as beneficial life goals when you haven’t witnessed many good marriages yourself. Men and women are spending less time in marriage over the course of their life than…