Reflections on AI systems, tools, and the 4-day week
One of the things I've seen while working on and studying the 4-day week movement is that different topics get hot for a while. This season, it's been
Parenting AI
I've often said that in their factory settings, smartphones behave like children: they want your attention all the time, they don't share your mental map of what's important
A 4-day week chatbot
I've been experimenting a lot with ChatGPT recently, and among other things have been playing around with ways of making use of my vast array of research notes,
Are virtual bookstore talks part of the future of authorship?
I recently gave a virtual book talk at Fountain Bookstore, an independent bookstore located in Richmond, Virginia. Of course because of the lockdown I couldn't travel there, so
Building your home studio: How to connect, sound, and look better— without spending a fortune
This week I spoke with my friend Christine Armstrong about how to improve your Zoom game, and how even simple changes can greatly improve your look and experience
Microsoft Japan’s 4-day week
One of the concerns that some people raise about the 4-day workweek is that while it might work great at little places that are nimble and flexible, it’s
It’s ALMOST like the problem isn’t just technical: Contractors target homeless people and BET awards in quest for more non-white faces
As anyone following the state of facial recognition and other automated identification systems knows, these systems suffer from bias problems: some have trouble recognizing facial features or detecting
The MIT Media Lab: a “glue trap for morally elastic rich people”
The Media Lab has long been academia’s fanciest glue trap for morally elastic rich people. It is a laundromat for capital from some of the world’s least socially
Clockwise and the challenge of taming meetings in favor of focused time
For my next book, Shorter: How The 4-Day Week Can Save the World (not the exact title necessarily), I talked a lot to companies about how they fit
Esports and the rise of training facilities: Even professional gamers need breaks
not the esports training center in the article The Washington Post has an article about how esports franchises are starting to build training facilities for teams that offers