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The LA Metro is running PSAs that look like Japanese commercials. The spots are insane, and I love them. The three spots feature a girl who transforms into a superhero — Super Kind, or [...]

All of your favorite tech brands are pitching in to help rebuild Puerto Rico in the aftermath of hurricane Maria. It could make the island a model for everyone’s future. Realizing dreams for [...]

I wonder if the truly disruptive innovation might be to use VR and thereby skip traveling altogether. Cars that drive themselves and run on electricity would be a radical departure from the [...]

I’m at a conference where tech companies are showcasing their tools to make streetlights, buildings, and energy grids “smarter.” Where are the people? Don’t get me wrong, the show seems well [...]

When Facebook’s ad targeting algorithms were used by racists to target fellow haters,  Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg explained, “We never intended or anticipated this functionality being used this [...]

We are living through the first era after time. History has been defined in large part by the interaction of people, places, and ideas that were previously isolated. Wars were fought between [...]

I’m struggling to decide whether or not Bitcoin (and cryptocurrency in general) is a capitalist tool, or a conspiracy to exploit it. It doesn’t help that nobody can explain it plainly. [...]

Nicholas Carr wrote a great essay in the New York Times, in which he points out that we didn’t get the robots we were promised. It’s worth chewing on for a bit. He argues that the humanoid robots [...]

There’s a backlash against the Silicon Valley brand of capitalism, according to the Guardian newspaper. It’s deserved, and it isn’t enough. Evgeny Morzov’s thoughtful essay noted that the world’s [...]

I eat at McDonald’s now and then, and I like it. But last week’s news that it’s working on tech for “the restaurant of the future” tells me it’s doomed. [...]