technology

  • How Free Markets Destroy Their Ecosystems

    Imagine that most people only watched the Super Bowl Halftime Show to find something to nitpick and criticize on social media, and the producers knew this and intentionally created a halftime show to exploit this reality to increase revenue. Now…… Continue reading

  • Pattern Recognition

    I keep getting locked out of Twitter.“Suspicious Login Blocked.”I only ever log in from one place,and two step verification.No evidence of the account being hacked.A primitive way to manage social media?Not that I am at all influential. Trying to push… Continue reading

  • Children Have No Boundaries

    Sitting back and relaxing, watching a football game with a friend. I don’t care about the game, or the sport, much less either of the teams,.. but my friend is an ardent fan of one team playing. As a casual… Continue reading

  • Mission Creep

    I fully support the idea that we need to make changes to our society so we can move forward more efficiently and equitably, but it seems the billionaires have gummed up the works with their fantasies. Locked in an empty… Continue reading

  • How Tyranny Becomes Absurd

    Tyranny is based on the corruption of reason. In the past it was religious fanaticism that drove tyranny. The thought that we could live in a perfect world if people would just be perfect. Leaders had an idea of how… Continue reading

  • The Fog Of War

    Disposable vs Maintained The United States has been stuck in a wartime economy since the end of World War Two. A significant trait of a wartime economy is that it favors the disposable,.. as apposed to the maintained. The longer… Continue reading