How would you like to be an algorithmic ethicist? Or perhaps a dark warehouse operator? Maybe even an EV Station Overseer? You could perhaps, be a blockchain banking engineer or a superstructure printer as this article from a few years ago suggests. Less than 20 years ago a Full Stack…

Just over a decade ago, some tech companies, calling themselves “social media” showed up at our collective doors and said they had some really cool stuff to show and could they come in for a cup of tea? So we invited them into our living rooms. For most of us…

If you’re thinking this is going to be about Web3 and the metaverse, it’s not. Just want to get the hype cycle stuff out of the way first. And while I will be discussing them, it won’t be what you’re expecting. Perhaps it will. My last article looked at how…

The internet, and I include the world wide web in that word, has become a messy, chaotic, unruly mess. Navigating a news media site to actually get to the article you want to read has become a nightmare. Streaming services are taking us back to the age of regular cable…

If you’re thinking, yeah, advertising. Nope. If you’re thinking influencers, again, no, but also sort of. If you’re think it must then be the creator economy, in part, but also not entirely. The role of social media in capitalism, in the market economy is ideation and ideas as well as…

You’ve probably read of or watched a futuristic video with some kind of screen projected on our wrist, or perhaps contact lenses that project information onto our eyes? Or heard of Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) with an embedded chip in our brains? Several companies, including NeuraLink owned by Elon Musk…

It’s the year 2035 and you’ve just gotten married. You’re going to hyphenate your last name with your spouse, to share that connection. This means an identity change that’s going to affect your paycheque, health card, insurance, drivers license, banking, credit cards, crypto accounts, online gaming profiles, social media handles…

To say that gender diversity is a hot, highly political topic today would be an understatement. Gender diversity however, has existed in many human cultures for many thousands of years. And it’s not going to go away and in fact, is likely to become increasingly explored. And our digital world…

It was early morning and Walks With Moon hard the faint rhythm of the drums far off in the distance. He stood still and cocked an ear, listening intently. The rhythm, the beat, the gaps and repeats. When he understood the meaning, he ran to the area his tribe was…