The future is going to be extremely strange. I find this comforting. People often talk about the future with dread. Artificial intelligence. Automation. Longevity. Spaceflight. Robotics. Climate technology. Genetic medicine. Virtual worlds. Pick your anxiety. There are real risks in all of these. Of course. Every major technology creates problems along with benefits. Fire was [...]

I like agreement. It is comfortable. Someone says something. I say, "Exactly." Everyone feels intelligent. Very pleasant. But agreement is not always interesting. Some of my favorite conversations have been with people who see the world differently. Not cruelly. Not combatively. Just differently. There is a distinction. I have no desire to turn dinner into [...]