Amy Webb: This Is an Exhilarating Time to be Alive
Amy Webb has built a career as a futurist on identifying tech trends, but as she told an audience at SXSW in Austin, those halcyon days have ended. “Trends are…
No One Is Immune to Deepfake Imagery
A cautionary tale relating to artificial intelligence surely startled many at SXSW this week. Dr. Joy Buolamwini is founder of the Algorithmic Justice League. Fortune magazine named her the “conscience…
Everything Everywhere All At Once
A theme I discerned at several SXSW sessions this year was storytelling. The best of the lot was appreciated by a very large audience with a standing ovation. It was…
Sandy Clark: The World is Going to Completely Change
How might a robot have implications for your brand? Suppose a robot delivers a pizza to your home, serves it to you with a soda, and then washes up the…
Non-Obvious Thinking
One aspect of the Featured Sessions at SXSW this year has been the description of trends. For each of the sessions I have attended in the first three days, rooms…
Finding ET
An astronomer whose job it is to search for extraterrestrial intelligence made a bold proposal at SXSW in Austin. In an interview after his panel discussion, Dr. Franck Marchis explained…
“I Come from Old Stars”: U.S. Poet Laureate
Opening SXSW in Austin yesterday was the Poet Laureate of the United States. It was a perfect example of style, grace, artistry and science: the best SXSW opening one could…
Reading it Wrong
Image: Alexander Pope Dr. Abigail Williams, professor of eighteenth-century studies at the University of Oxford, makes a startling admission in this book. As a teacher of 18thC literature, she would…
World Premiere: Always a Boy
Ground Floor Theatre is proud to present the World Premiere of the gay/trans play Always A Boy. It was written by Jo Ivester and Jeremy Ivester. Jo is the chair…
The Light and Dark Sides of God
Photo: Jacob Boehme I take the title of this review from a book title of 1650. It appears near the end of this fascinating book by Kevin Killeen, Professor in…