Archive | The Future, Now and Then

On "Trusting the Data" and the specter of AI-induced decision paralysis

Oct 18, 2024

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12 min read

On "Trusting the Data" and the specter of AI-induced decision paralysis

A cautionary tale from the age of Big Data.

Bullet Points: Techbros-telling-stories edition

Oct 4, 2024

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9 min read

Bullet Points: Techbros-telling-stories edition

Sam Altman, geoengineering, and AI obscuring decision-making, oh my!

JD Vance couldn't *quite* gaslight the audience for the full 90 minutes.

Oct 2, 2024

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7 min read

JD Vance couldn't quite gaslight the audience for the full 90 minutes.

The format favored Vance, but he couldn't make it the whole way without being creepy and weird.

The climate movement really does not need Yascha Mounk's advice

Oct 1, 2024

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12 min read

The climate movement really does not need Yascha Mounk's advice

A response to Mounk's latest nonsense-essay

What Nate Silver gets wrong about risk

Sep 21, 2024

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3 min read

What Nate Silver gets wrong about risk

A book review of On the Edge, in Foreign Policy