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The Last Thinker
There’s a human, crouched at the entrance to a cave, staring in awe at flashes of lightning. The human doesn’t understand what the flashes are, can’t even begin to comprehend things like electrons or particles. He doesn’t have the logic, the knowledge, to make sense…
Aiming for Signal, Slaying the Noise
Try, just for a moment, to remember the last image you looked at. Maybe it was an ad on a website, or maybe it was a meme you scrolled by on your phone. Can you recall it? Neither can I. And that’s why I’ve started to actively aim for signal and slay the noise….
The Speed of Tech Will Hit a Human Wall
If it feels like the tech giants are trying extra hard lately to become Marvel villains, you’re not alone. One look at the behaviour of the Elon Musks and Mark Zuckerbergs of the world shows alarming parallels. A single-minded pursuit of immense personal wealth and…
We Are Not Human Without Our Technology
Look into a chimp’s eyes and it’s almost like looking in a mirror. You can see the awareness, the almost-humanness, gazing right back at you. You might even get the uncanny feeling that, with a couple of evolutionary sidesteps, we’d be sitting in a very different spot…
Control Your Tech with Your Thoughts
When The Matrix hit theatres back in 1999, it seemed like pure science fiction. A world where human brains and computers could directly interact? Impossible. But fast forward to today and the idea is reality. In fact, you could soon be able to control your thermostat…
Here’s Why Multitasking Slows You Down
Watching someone juggle makes us apprehensive. Each time they add an orange or a bowling ball, the risk of failure goes up. We wait, wide-eyed, knowing that one small slip could make the whole thing fall apart. After all, they only have two hands, and there’s no way…
Sure, AI Might Destroy Us. But Not the Way You Expect
Everybody loves a rogue computer. From books to movies, we devour stories like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Ex Machina. It’s exciting to imagine those sci-fi futures, especially when we know that a computer doesn’t actually stand much chance of destroying humanity. But…
Brain Waves and Privacy
Data breaches are a lot like worms in a rainstorm. If you don’t see one now, just wait five minutes and another is bound to pop up. It makes perfect sense, then, that we try to protect personal data like birthdates and credit cards. But what doesn’t make sense is that…
Keeping Up With the Cavemen
We’ve got it pretty easy compared to the cavemen. Those prehistoric souls waged a constant battle for basic survival, and I’ll take central heating and modern medicine any day. Yet for all the innovations that have made life easier, we deal with a new kind of stress…
The Element of Surprise
Algorithms might not be sexy, but boy are they efficient. Search the web for new shoes, and an algorithm instantly shows you hundreds of similar ones. Look at some new furniture, and the same sofa suddenly appears in all your ads. From TikTok reels to fast-food, the…
Rock, Paper, Digital
There’s always a clear winner in the game rock paper scissors. Paper covers rock, rock breaks scissors, and so on. But what’s a winning strategy when it comes to preserving your precious files? Digital has lots of benefits, but a closer look reveals that,…
What Skills Did You Trade?
Making a good trade means giving up one thing to get something better. Life skills are no different, and for the most part we’ve made some solid trades. A lot of them have been thanks to new technology. Not as many of us can saddle a horse, do mental math, or hunt our…
