Blog – Page 29 – Technology vs Humanity: the coming clash of man and machine

Study: Global business travel will survive COVID-19

Global business travel has largely ground to a halt during the pandemic. Read full Article

Here’s my entire pre-recorded virtual keynote at Hacking Rio: Our Future with/post Corona.

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Elon Musk’s Neuralink is neuroscience theater – via MIT Technology Review (and 2 videos:)

Neuralace madness

Barry Schwartz #mustread on efficiency and why ‘too much of a good thing can be a very bad thing’

The term used to describe this approach to decision-making is satisficing. And satisficing with an eye toward a radically uncertain future might be called robust satisficing. Satisficing is a form of insurance – insurance against financial meltdowns, global pandemics, nasty bosses, boring teachers and crappy roommates. Insurance can seem stodgy – like the guy who wears a belt and suspenders. Perhaps we don’t need both, but what happens if we have neither?

The case for regulating Amazon just like a railroad

Looking at Big Tech as the next Big Oil. On Wednesday, the US House Judiciary Committee will hear testimony from four titans of tech: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google’s Sundar Pichai, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, and Apple’s Tim Cook. Read full Article