Science & Tech Anthro-Technological Decision-Making: A Lesson from the Cold War Posted on July 19, 2018July 19, 2018No commentsbyKenneth Houston Humanityâs capacity for critical thinking is of paramount importance to our survival. This remains true, even in our hyper real information age, in which Artificial Intelligence (AI) is playing an… View Post
View Post 7 min Science & Tech Reflecting on a World Where Robots Control Your Thoughts on Social Media Posted on June 25, 2017September 12, 2017No commentsbyPeter Allebone We have found ourselves living in a befuddling time. We are told it is an age of human progress and peace. Yet also a time of Trump, suicide bombings, Russian… View Post
View Post 8 min Science & Tech The Trolley Problem, Reimagined: Self-Driving Cars Posted on March 31, 2017September 27, 20174 commentsbyChris Rampolla Suppose that youâre driving your car in the right hand lane of a one-way street on a winter evening. As you approach a red light at an intersection, you tap… View Post
View Post 6 min Science & Tech The Age of Automation Posted on November 21, 2016August 25, 2017No commentsbyCian O'Connor For most of mankindâs time on Earth we have lived a simple life. There were only 2 jobs: hunter or farmer. Over the course of many thousands of years tribes… View Post
View Post 8 min Science & Tech How the World Will End; Nuclear Armageddon, A.I., Climate Change Posted on November 21, 2016August 26, 2017One commentbyMalhar Mali As a species we’ve had a strange obsession with the end of the world — from the hype around the Mayans speculating destruction to the Christians who currently live and… View Post