I’m back at the keyboard after a challenging Summer that ended with an interesting opportunity to step up in front of a community in Sweden and start talking about the building blocks of a more generative society. For months, I have had this thought in my mind: What if
Approaching the world in the right order might be a key to rethinking our relationships and building a healthier society.
A statutory debt ceiling disconnected from the regular budget process is just a posturing opportunity for leaders who refuse to govern responsibly within the system they ostensibly lead.
Two major Supreme Court cases decided last week show where we need to focus our attention if we hope to create a framework for guiding and regulating our public sphere.
Some will see that declaration as a rubicon of achievement in the arrival of generative AI and be elated. But what might we be giving up?
Fox News's settlement might be getting in the way of an opportunity to get what we need from the Sullivan standard and our defense of the First Amendment in the Dominion lawsuit.
Our policies about people need attention before we completely dehumanize ourselves.
Two cases this week about Section 230 and social media liability for terrorism could affect the next generation of information and media systems and their influence on our public sphere.
A wonderful, posthumous gift from David Graeber invites us to think differently about the roots of democratic culture and the functioning of democratic communities.
What the last decade wrestling with the potential and effects of social media might teach us about how we greet ChatGPT.
Our estrangement from nature might just be both older and less permanent that we think
As much fun as was had last week watching the hammering Speaker McCarthy took on the way to the gavel, if it really is "The People's House", then it's our house that's on fire. So what do we do?