"The business plans of the next 10,000 startups are easy to forecast: Take X and add AI."

2014-11-23

Kevin Kelly thinks artificial intelligence is finally ready deliver on its promise: The AI on the horizon looks more like Amazon Web…

"A man will be able to carry one in his vest pocket"

2014-11-19

Nikola Tesla predicted the development internet-connected smartphones back in 1926: From the inception of the wireless system, I saw that…

"There's no way to tell where the border is between measurement and manipulation"

2014-11-15

Jaron Lanier discussing whether machine learning systems like Netflix recommendations, Facebook's newsfeed, Google search etc are…

The return of podcasting

2014-11-14

Kevin Roose recently wrote about the renaissance of podcasting: Sometime around 2009 or 2010, the podcast scene seemed to wither. The…

"The Future of Reading Depends on the Future of Learning Difficult to Learn Things"

2014-11-08

Socrates’ complaints about writing included “Writing removes the need to remember”. He meant that a prosthetic brace on a healthy limb will…