Friday, June 13, 2025

Giving Patrick Boyle the last word on Musk v. Trump

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As always, I feel slightly guilty about posting excepts from these transcripts (they're never as good without Boyle's delivery),...
Thursday, June 12, 2025

Yes, you can also count this as a recommendation

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 I recently read (and took notes and reread numerous passages from) Edmund Morris’s biography of Edison, so you will be hearing quite a lot ...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

"A company for laying out plans to ship 100 million AI “companions” that will become a part of everyday life, but nobody to know what they are"

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From Ed Zitron's newsletter: So, now that we've got that out the way, here's what we actually know — and that’s a very load-bea...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Closing thoughts on Trump vs. Musk

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This exchange with Andrew Gelman in the comment section for Friday's post is already pretty much a post. After seeing my reply, Andrew d...
Monday, June 9, 2025

Sunday night in LA County, 6/8/2025

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Both statements are from last night. Note difference between how Trump characterizes conditions in LA ("RIOTS AND LOOTERS"), vs ...
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Friday, June 6, 2025

I have to admit, I did not expect us to get to impeachment and deportation by Thursday.

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 [Dictated to my phone late at night then proof read by ChatGPT. Apologies in advance.] Pretty much every Musk watcher I know expected it to...
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Thursday, June 5, 2025

Musk vs. Trump is class Godzilla vs. Rodan

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You can't really root for either, but it's still fun to sit back and enjoy the spectacle. 1. We have two erratic vindictive nar...
Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Prometheus Unbound and the Great Pumpkin Theory of Technological Innovation

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[I wrote this back in 2023 and only came across it recently, but it still feels relevant, particularly now that Klein is on the talk show ci...
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

The Unlikely Return of the "Progressives Should Be Nicer to Musk" Narrative

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[Apologies for the gaps. Twitter no longer plays nice with Blogger, which is probably the least of its issues.]   The arguments here aren...
Monday, June 2, 2025

Why the humanoid robot story matters

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 I realize we've had a lot of robot content on the blog recently, and a lot of readers—particularly those who don't follow us regula...
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Friday, May 30, 2025

I'm as tired of the snark as you are. Let's do a fun robotics story.

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Here's to a cool toy (with very clever engineering) that got a lot of kids interested in robotics back in the day.  How a 1980s toy r...