Use of AI techniques whose functioning nobody understands puts society in a state of "intellectual debt". That is not necessarily bad, but it can easily lead to bad consequences when competition and conflict get into the matter.

By contrast, the fact that we did not understand how aspirin reduced headaches did offer anyone an opportunity to cause mysterious headaches that aspirin would make worse.

"I'm a scientist. Under [the saboteur] I lost my job for refusing to hide climate crisis facts."

Puerto Rico's governor has finally agreed to resign, after many protests including 1/3 of the island's population, plus plans to impeach him.

The sad thing about Puerto Rico is that the US has saddled it with so much debt, and imposed so much privatization, that good politicians wouldn't have much chance to do a good job.

After the FTC's slap on Facebook's wrist, we can expect it to abuse personal data over and over.

However, even a bigger fine could at best have limited how Facebook abuses personal data. The real problem is that Facebook collects personal data.

So don't be a zucker — don't give Facebook any data. And use a browser such as IceCat that blocks Like buttons, so Facebook can't get data about you in any other way.

Suggestions for what progressive trade policy should look like: putting human beings and nature first.

What it says about "intellectual property" tries to go in the right direction, but it is flawed by taking the bogus concept of "intellectual property" as a basis.