Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

It's part of a cycle of stories I'm writing where I deconstruct classic science fiction.

When you teach your students that it's "economically rational" to commit crimes where the fines for misconduct are lower than the expected return on the crime, you instill a professional ethic that has no room for morals.

Disney is a delight, someone who ... sweeps those around him along on his dream.

These days, tales of what Facebook did with its users during the singularity are commonly used to scare naughty children in Wales.

The United States of America was a pirate nation for the first one hundred years of its existence, ripping off the patents and trademarks of the imperial European powers it had liberated itself from by blood. By keeping their GDP at home, the U.S. revolutionaries were able to bootstrap their nation into an industrial powerhouse. Now, it seems, their descendants are bent on ensuring that no other country can pull the same trick off.

The right to freedom of association is fine, but why shouldn't the cops be allowed to mine your social network to figure out if you're hanging out with gangbangers and terrorists?