May 8, 2025

From apps to gadgets, ‘Second Life’ considers how tech is changing having a baby

(NPR) – In the new book, Second Life: Having A Child In The Digital Age, Hess writes about how technology shapes every aspect of parenting — from our online identities to the pressures of sharing our lives in real-time. “I … Read More



 
 

December 16, 2024

Sci-fi icon Kim Stanley Robinson: ‘there’s so much bad fiction about anthropomorphizing AI’

(Nature) – The influential writer talks about frighteningly accurate predictions, the creative act of reading, AI consciousness — and hope. My feeling is that ‘artificial intelligence’ is a public-relations name that obscures what’s really going on. It’s artificial for sure. … Read More



 
 

October 28, 2024

You Are Going to Die

(The Atlantic) – Oliver Burkeman has become an unlikely self-help guru by reminding everyone of their mortality. But Burkeman’s enterprise—to free people from traditional, silver-bullet self-help while selling them his own carefully packaged counsel—is a tricky one. Burkeman himself doesn’t … Read More