Nearly every communication method we invent eventually conveys unwanted commercial messages.

As useful as websites and journals are, there's real value in books, too.

My own suspicion is that a stand-alone artificial mind will be more a tool of narrow utility than something especially apocalyptic.

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

Nearly every communication method we invent eventually conveys unwanted commercial messages.

Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.

Human civilization has been changing the Earths environment for millennia, often to our detriment. Dams, deforestation and urbanization can alter water cycles and wind patterns, occasionally triggering droughts or even creating deserts.