The Time to Act is NOW — “Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.” — Werner Heisenberg, in ‘Across the Frontiers’ The Current Landscape This episode is an update to Episode #82 of my newsletter, a free episode for any/all of my Medium readers. In that episode, I reviewed two popular…

Why Now Is the Time to Scrub Your Data — Important notes: I’ll be using the term PII quite a bit in this article. PII stands for “personally identifiable information”. Think of it, simply, as any private information that you wouldn’t want to be shared publically. Also, this is a longer piece because it’s a crucial topic to explore and…

On Isaac Asimov, Bodily Autonomy, and What We Should All Be Discussing The Great Merge I haven’t posted on Medium for a while. Thank you for your patience. …

Tools to Reclaim Time in Our Digital Lives — What The New Year Brings Is… I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about how much time I spend online and on all of my devices. As it’s many, many hours each day, I’ve been seeking ways — for years now — to help reduce the time I need to be on any of my devices. …

How new social media platforms are changing the game — The Background For most of us, social media is a daily part of our lives. We use it to connect with friends, share our experiences & cat photos, and debate strangers about Star Wars trivia. That’s the upside. But the downside is pretty awful… Traditional social media platforms offer little or no…

The Future of Art & Humanity Lie in the Balance — The Personal Behold, humans! My new AI-generated headshots have arrived! It’s exciting and a little creepy to see how mathematical algorithms that were created from my real face were then used to create more images of “me”. I paid $49 to a company called Secta Labs (affiliate link here) for those who…

The magic and dangers of Apple’s Vision Pro headset — The Bait On June 5th, Apple announced a long-expected, hugely-hyped, insanely-slick new computer. No, seriously. You might have missed the announcement because it got buried under other an avalanche of other announcements from Apple. I’ll share what I know. This new computer is packed with remarkable, state-of-the-art tech that we’ve never seen…

I'm not sure I'm willing to take a history lesson from a writer who suggests that "China has a stable government capable of planning..." https://indi.ca/how-china-is-leading-on-climate-while-america-drags-us-down-in-two-charts/ But, sure: let's chat about US history, friend. Releasing classified data to those without proper access is illegal under the law and has been for…

Love your work, but no. And no for the reasons that you've outlined. Having read the company's ToS and Privacy Policy pages (which EVERYONE should do), there is NO way - none - that I'd ever recommend this to any consumer. I'd buy one - it looks like a fucking SWEET piece of hardware! - but only if my purchase meant it came with none of the ads, tracking, or creepy sale of data shit. I actually just wrote about Telly myself here: