Bullshit may be the dominant form of expression in the early 21st century: we've reached…
BenjaminDecember 8, 2015
Complaining about new technology is a genre at least as old as the printing press,…
BenjaminJuly 24, 2015
It seems obvious in hind-sight that Google’s infamously difficult job interview questions weren’t actually going…
BenjaminJuly 24, 2015
William Eggington has an essay in the New York Times’ “The Stone” blog about the way in…
BenjaminJuly 6, 2015
I’d been meaning to write about the so-called “essay grading” software programs in the context of Evgeny…
BenjaminJuly 6, 2015
I’m becoming a bigger and bigger fan of Evgeny Morozov, author of “To Save Everything,…
BenjaminJuly 6, 2015
The great value of science is in its capacity to prove counter-intuitive concepts. But like…
BenjaminJuly 6, 2015
I’m not the least surprised by this article noting how vital human judgment is to the smooth…
BenjaminJuly 6, 2015
I was shocked when I read media reports about an experiment in which a lab…
BenjaminJuly 6, 2015