Bayer’s Roundup Fiasco Is A Reputation Killer
Bayer either misunderstood its legal and ethical exposure on Roundup, or it readily endorsed and embraced it. Either way, its reputation will suffer.
Hate Isn’t A Bug, It’s A Feature
Facebook has helped make our lives into the the most blunt, incessantly angry and endlessly renewable show in entertainment history.
Models 20
I’ve reinterpreted a song I wrote many years ago; once power-pop, now it’s shoegaze. Here’s a v1 draft:
Belief
A scientist and her COVID skeptic husband both confront news from the future that challenges their conceptions of present and past.
You Should Plan For Alternatives To CES
It’s not certain and a lot can happen between now and early 2021, but my bet is that the annual Consumer Electronics Show (“CES”) will be cancelled or severely curtailed. The show is still on, according to its organizers (the Consumer Technology Association, or “CTA”), and it promises to “highlight technologies that help provide solutions […]
We Need To Reinvent The PR Agency Model
COVID-19 is a game-changing Black Swan event that demands much more than an incrementalist wait-and-see response. It’s time to reinvent the PR agency model.
The Elevator Song
I wrote these song lyrics a few years ago and never put them to music. They feel particularly relevant now for a number of reasons.
Getting To Know You
The pandemic has challenged couples and roommates to reevaluate what they think of their routines and of one another…and of themselves.
Avoid Regulating AI?
AI innovation in unexpected ways may be inevitable but unintended consequences aren’t, at least not entirely so.
A Recurring Nightmare
A caregiver has nightmares of being a nurse during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, while the nurse has happy dreams of a healthier place and time.