Machines Are Eating My Brain, and I Think I Like It
The real danger of AI is not that it gets things wrong, but that it tempts us to stop thinking for ourselves.
Intelligence, Consciousness and Language
The category errors we keep making about artificial intelligence
The Last Thin Man
In the land where cheeseburgers reign supreme, I fight a never-ending battle of the bulge.
Human, All Too Human
We’ve found the problem with artificial intelligence, and it is us.
The Worse-Is-Better Theory of History
No one ever went broke telling people that the world is going to hell.
Still Dancing at 100: Lessons from Dick Van Dyke
His secret isn’t denial of age or brute discipline, but a lifelong insistence on joy, play, and self-mockery.
Bad Guys in Disguise
When righteousness gets a taste for blood, morality’s heroes stare into the abyss and the abyss stares back.
The Long Goodbye to Sugar: Jack LaLanne’s Hardboiled Health Code
I grew up watching Jack LaLanne’s fitness-oriented television show. When I dug into the story of his life, I found some surprises.
Just Look at the Degree on that Chick
What an ant scientist can teach us about shame
When Wealth Becomes a Cage
Elon Musk reminds me of Howard Hughes — men whose wealth freed them from every limit but left them trapped in their own obsessions. When no one can say no, wealth can become a curse.
Beautiful Life in a Broken World
Her name was Ana Grace, and she deserved so much better.
Everybody Knows, Or Do They?
Of mice and men, devils, the war in heaven, and black seagulls.
The Smartest Ape in the Room
What chimpanzees, whales, and ChatGPT reveal about the nature of intelligence.
The Girl Who Played With Dynamite
A bomb ended her life, but dedication to a cause was what really killed her.