The prime directive of contemporary technology companies is simple: if you can do it, you should do it. A corollary follows: if you can make a profit from it, you must try. Any consequences, damages, or negative externalities are secondary concerns, if they are concerns at all. The rise of “prediction markets,” and their creep […]
Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected future mayor of New York City, is a much-needed breath of fresh air. For decades now, Democrats have focused increasingly on identitarian appeals while offering few real solutions to an economy that puts basic needs like housing out of reach for millions. At best, this has left established power structures […]
Earlier this year, Amazon announced the deployment of its one-millionth robot. Although the company stresses in all of its communications that robots “work alongside our employees,” augmenting and making human labor easier rather than displacing it (they even call their robots “cobots”), the business press clearly saw the implications. “Amazon Is on the Cusp of […]