In a nutshell (TL;DR)Scientists who built the atomic bomb later regretted the harm it caused; today, tech leaders feel similar remorse about digital tools like social media, AI, and data tracking. Deepfakes blur truth, “surveillance capitalism” trades our privacy for profit, biased algorithms repeat old prejudices, and screen addictive apps hurt mental health. Some experts even fear super intelligent AI...
In a nutshell (TL;DR)A 2017 working paper claimed Uber drivers coordinated mass “switch‑offs” via an online forum to trigger surge pricing. The evidence—1,012 forum posts and a handful of interviews—was anecdotal, non‑peer‑reviewed, and never cross‑checked with Uber’s own data. Media outlets nonetheless amplified the story, sparking public outrage at drivers rather than examining Uber’s opaque algorithmic management. True large‑scale collusion...
In a nutshell (TL;DR)In 1945, as World War II ended and a new atomic era loomed, scientist Vannevar Bush shifted his focus from wartime technologies like radar and the bomb to amplifying human intellect. On July 1945 he published “As We May Think” in The Atlantic, proposing the “Memex,” a desk‑sized device that would let users store, link and retrieve information through associative “trails”—a conceptual blueprint...
In a nutshell (TL;DR)By 2009 the user-experience profession had ballooned to hundreds of thousands, yet firms still paid dearly for ignoring its lessons—700 medical-device recalls a year and multi-million-dollar productivity leaks. Smartphones raised public expectations faster than companies could redesign legacy products, exposing a widening “tolerance gap”. Closing it demands rigorous metrics, C-suite commitment and consumer vigilance—continuing the...