Author: Michael Ten
When people experience profound emotional distress, one of the first questions often asked is whether they have a mental illness. That question has become so common that many people …
Universal Basic Income has become one of the most widely discussed economic ideas of the past decade. Supporters see it as a way to reduce poverty, improve financial security, …
There is a growing feeling across society that something is deeply wrong with the current economic system. Many people are exhausted, financially strained, spiritually disconnected, and uncertain about the …
Many discussions about post-scarcity sound strangely cold. The future is often described as a world managed by giant automated systems, guided by artificial intelligence, where material needs are solved …
Artificial intelligence is steadily moving beyond the role of a passive tool. Increasingly, systems are being designed to make decisions, take actions, schedule tasks, write code, generate media, manage …
Most people think of poor user interface design as an annoyance. A button is hard to find. A page loads slowly. A form asks for the same information twice. …
Marriage is often discussed as if it must be one thing for everyone: a legal status, a romantic bond, a family structure, a spiritual covenant, a tax category, and …
Post-scarcity is often framed as a distant ideal. It is spoken of in philosophical terms, or imagined as a future state where technology has eliminated material limits. That framing …
Artificial intelligence is often discussed in terms of productivity, disruption, and competition. Companies are racing to automate tasks, reduce costs, and move faster than their rivals. Investors are looking …
There is a quiet assumption built into the modern internet. It suggests that personal data is simply a byproduct of participation, something generated incidentally as people browse, search, communicate, …
