The AI Bubble and the Extinction of the Mallrat

How Americans will foot the bill for market speculation

Sep 3

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August 2025

Meta’s AI Companion Policy Is Outrageous

They will only truly change it when the law requires them to do so

Published on After Babel • Aug 22

Automation and the Dignity of Work

AI Will Put the Cover Sheets on the TPS Reports

Aug 4

6

1

July 2025

Drinking Everyone’s Milkshakes, Sip by Sip

Understanding the ‘Big’ in Big Tech

Jul 23

8

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Am I Anti-Tech?

Or do I just have standards? Part 1.

Jul 14

4

Anticipatory Deregulation

How digital bandits evolve into digital tyrants

Jul 2

7

June 2025

How to Legislate in a Half-Known World

Why lawmakers should act on a “rational basis review” of the available evidence, rather than waiting for definitive proof.

Published on After Babel • Jun 18

On Abundance and a World of Silicon Plenty

Just gesturing at a hopeful future isn’t enough to make it so

Jun 10

5

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May 2025

A Field Guide to AGI Hype

Whose opinions on AI should you question — and why you should care even if you normally avoid AI in the news

May 21

9

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The AI Moratorium Gambit

How tech companies buried a decade of immunity in the federal budget bill

May 15

5

April 2025

The Business of Vulnerability

A coda on Careless People

Apr 10

13

March 2025

Innovation and Myth

How America’s tech oligarchs are all hat and no cattle

Mar 24

5