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So…in September there were quite a few articles out about an AI program winning first place in an art competition. Yes, first place. And artists are furious. It’s happening in the world of creativity, an arena that people have been saying was safe from AI because the software was not creative. The results of that…
So, we’ve had monster tornadoes ravish the Midwest; four or five 500-year flooding events wash over the same Midwest and mid-Atlantic region; serial heat waves, each one toppling old records; droughts reducing the water basins; and of course, the usual fires burning the Pacific west. Now, hurricane season has come alive. I think it began…
Is it for real? Ukraine is actually pushing back the Russian military? I don’t want to use the word “winning” because it’s too early to declare any kind of victory. But it is a remarkable progress Ukraine has made over the past year. I haven’t written on this topic in a while because when Russia…
A couple of weeks ago I did a blog post about some things appearing insane from a logical standpoint, and one of the insane things was a guy named Rusty Bowers who stuck by his convictions while undergoing intense pressure to do what he thought was illegal. He said he was pressured to do something…
I haven’t done a post on Ezra Klein’s podcast in a while, and he usually has some really good deep thought-provoking conversations with writers and thinkers. This particular conversation is centered around working from home and was probably done in August of 2022. I’m not going to go through a lot of what was discussed…
We now have approximately one more week of August left and the Atlantic is starting to come alive. Hurricane season is about upon us. There’s a system coming off the coast of Africa and one percolating in the Caribbean. I’m dreading this because the water is soooo warm: it’s around 86 or 87 degrees and…