Professor Halden walked the long corridor toward the classroom, his phone held low against his ear. The floor reflected the overhead lights, stretching them into long, pale lines that seemed to go on farther than the hall itself.
“Yes,” he said quietly. “His reasoning is flawless.”
A pause.
“No contradictions.
Physicists are fond of beginnings.
Not because beginnings are easy to understand—quite the opposite—but because every explanation, no matter how sophisticated, eventually runs headlong into the question: What was the universe like before it was anything at all?
We have learned much about the early universe. We can
In the film Brazil by Terry Gilliam, the world runs on a tangle of ducts, pipes, and machinery that no one truly understands anymore. When something breaks, the official repairmen show up in crisp uniforms carrying clipboards and stamped forms. They recite regulations and follow procedures written decades earlier by
Reclaiming Individual Control in the Age of Data and AI
Abstract
Artificial intelligence and data have become the defining resources of the 21st century—fueling economies, governance, and human identity itself. Yet, as with oil or gold in prior eras, control over these resources determines who holds real power. DataSphere
The Florida Gulf Coast burned orange.
Sunlight bled across the flat blue water west of Naples, turning every ripple into molten glass. The air hung thick with salt, diesel, and decay.
Patrol Skimmer 239 traced the blue-and-white sand shoreline — part cruiser, part hover drone — its turbines whispering low over the
The wall screen blinked on at six sharp, the voice cheerful and practiced — synthetic warmth wrapped around perfect diction.
“Good morning, citizens! Today marks a historic milestone in our nation’s journey toward complete automation. As of midnight, human operation of motor vehicles is officially prohibited under the Global Mobility
