Technology, when you break it down, is just so much physical material fashioned into chips and wires. The world outside of California plays a much bigger role in this than the microcosm inside of it.
Content moderation was always a bit of a bluff to appease regulators and a baying public. Mark Zuckerberg moved ahead of changing winds.
Both will be under the spotlight in 2025 and beyond.
We increasingly work in soft economies - gig, knowledge, creator, attention - and we're learning how vulnerable they are.
The way we debate economics can only play into right-leaning messaging. The left should flip the script and campaign on improving population health.
I'm seriously thinking of dumping my eReader in protest.
Lightning might never strike twice, but ignorance is a seasonal visitor.
I have no idea what 2025 will bring, but I know it's been years in the making.
Even the biggest stories have short lives these days.
After a decade of professional data science work, the only "fairly" certain prediction I'll make is that clients will often be disappointed.
True international agreement on climate solutions is as likely as a smooth COP summit. Selfish solutions within nations might get us further.
