The problem that Sanders, Trump and Cruz have in common

Maybe Obama’s 2008 “Hope” message sank in a little too deeply. Americans, from all over the political spectrum, don’t seem to want to settle in 2016. They want a candidate who will tow their ideological line without compromise. For progressives, that person is Bernie Sanders; For the Tea Party it’s Ted Cruz and for the…

A 10,000 character limit would kill Twitter, but there are ways to save it

Twitter executives are reportedly considering changing Twitter’s 140 character limit to a 10,000 character limit – turning Twitter into a blogging service and feed reader. For me Twitter is the world’s best cocktail party. I can walk in to a room full of people that I have specifically chosen. For me that room includes politicians,…

Watch ‘the Paranoid Optimist’ – Charlie Jane Anders talk on optimism in the face of disaster

In this TEDx talk at Harvard College, Charlie Jane Anders (Science Fiction author and co-founder of io9) discusses something near and dear to my heart – how a person manages to be optimistic about the future of mankind while, simultaneously, acknowledging that there are some catastrophes on the horizon. There are a few points where…