A fable based on stated desires. If you are triggered by violence, please do not read this. An automated black SUV pulled up to the suburban home of the Secretary of War. Its doors opened and four fully armed robots leapt to their feet. Simultaneously, two robotic dogs deployed from the back hatch. Headset chatter … Continue reading Lethality
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Shortcuts
As far as one of my professors was concerned the worst invention of all time was the Xerox machine. His reasoning: while moveable type made the wide dissemination of knowledge possible, the Xerox machine made it easy to copy information without interacting with it. “When you read a book, or listen and take notes, you … Continue reading Shortcuts
Rise of the Machines
“Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.” — Ecclesiastes 7:29, KJV “Ay, roar well,” said Bagheera [the panther], under his whiskers, “for the time comes when this naked thing will make thee roar to another tune, or I know nothing of man.” – … Continue reading Rise of the Machines
