The Long View
Historical perspectives on technology adoption, patterns of innovation, and lessons from past technological transitions
Snake Oil Versus Vision: Dystopian Fears and Protopian Progress
Lessons from 90s tech predictions on navigating AI's future optimistically, examining how dystopian predictions consistently fail while protopian thinking accurately maps our future.
The Hawking Paradox: When Physics' Greatest Mind Became Our First Cyborg Oracle
How Stephen Hawking's life as a technologically-mediated consciousness mirrors modern AI systems and challenges our understanding of what makes us human
The Soul of a New Machine: From Microcode to Machine Consciousness
Exploring the parallels between Data General's microcode heroics and today's AI revolution, questioning what defines consciousness in both humans and machines.
What a Time to Be Alive!
Watching AI follow the same pattern as electricity and the internet—transforming from amazing discovery to taken-for-granted infrastructure that powers everything else.
The HVAC Paradox: When Star Trek's Most Maligned Episode Predicted Modern AI
How a stolen brain running alien air conditioning mirrors today's language models and our eternal fascination with disembodied consciousness