The difference between e-mail and regular mail is that computers handle e-mail, and computers never decide to come to work one day and shoot all the other computers.

Don't expect to be able to upload your cat's brain into your Roomba any time soon.

Intelligence augmentation decreases the need for specialization and increases participatory complexity.

Is there a better example of natural selection in action than 'Project Runway?'

Being connected to the Internet means being vulnerable to coordinated actions that can knock down walls of secrecy and shatter mechanisms of control.

I have to admit it: I'm not a huge fan of the cloud computing concept.

But here's the ugly truth: nature doesn't care about democracy, or who's right, or what's fair. And because of the slow-change aspect of climate, we can't wait until the worst effects are upon us to make a decision -- by then, it would be far, far too late. The scenario we may be faced with is one where doing something for the wrong reasons, run by the wrong people, may still save more lives than holding out for a more appealing option.