Debates over January 6, 2021 often founder on the basic question of how “serious” the insurrectionists really were. While many analysts are at least minimall...| aelkus.github.io
I devoted a small portion of a previous post on technology and human values a while back to the science fiction drama Ex_Machina. Here I want to explore a dr...| aelkus.github.io
The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban is beginning – or rather accelerating – a process of re-alignment. Some aspects of this are normal or even healthy; ch...| aelkus.github.io
For many, September 11, 2001 was not just a terrible tragedy. It was also a moment of national rebirth. Suddenly joined together in spirit, the American peop...| aelkus.github.io
How do you solve an intellectual problem like vampire-hunting? The problem inherently combines three subproblems: Obtain and use knowledge about something p...| aelkus.github.io
If you are watching the current chaos sparked by the January 6 attack on the capitol, you may be feeling – like many Americans and foreign friends of America...| aelkus.github.io
Early on in the pandemic, it became mandatory to wear a mask indoors outside of my apartment when walking through my apartment complex. Because COVID spreads...| aelkus.github.io
Economist Noah Smith is fed up with generic critiques of technological “solutionism,” specifically what he calls the “2010s consensus that technology is a si...| aelkus.github.io
The Trump years are ending – at least for now. Granted, its somewhat problematic here to even use the past tense. Trump is still President, and he may run ag...| aelkus.github.io
I honestly did not want to write another post about social media moderation/counter-disinfo for a while. Especially about Twitter moderation. But, as Jeff Go...| aelkus.github.io
“Oh I was just PostShitting for laughs” EXactly. And that is why U forever languish in obscurity while i engage brands U could only dream of dril Pictu...| aelkus.github.io