The UK railroad network is cutting down thousands of healthy trees lest their leaves or branches fall on the train track some day.

This sounds like our fears about a hypothetical AI that subordinates everything to a narrow goal. Will Network Rail try to convert the entire substance of the Earth into crossties?

Having a phone on the table during dinner or other interactions with people tends to make people more unhappy.

If 10 million jobs are lost to automation in the UK, it would be a national disaster. The UK has around 66 million inhabitants, and I'd expect roughly 30 to 40 million people employed.

India is planning to privatize the operations of its greatest tourist attractions, including the Taj Majal.

There isn't much competition in those markets, so the privatization will create a localized private monopoly.

US border guards have invented creative but absurd excuses to stop the refugees in the caravan from Central America from even applying for asylum.