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“China Shock 2.0”: China Goes “Democratic” on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

Mike Magee Last week, following a visit to the White House, Jensen Huang instigated a wholesale reversal of policy from Trump who was blocking Nvidia sales of its H20 chip to China. What did Jensen say? We can only guess of course. But he likely shared the results of a proprietary report from noted […]

“Everybody’s Job Will Be Different Going Forward.”

Mike Magee In a speech to the American Philosophical Society in January, 1946, J. Robert Oppenheimer said, “We have made a thing …that has altered abruptly and profoundly the nature of the world…We have raised again the question of whether science is good for man, of whether it is good to learn about the world, […]

The Texas Flood Disaster – Not “An Act of God.”

Mike Magee In the wake of last week’s human tragedy in Texas, it would be easy (and appropriate) to focus on the role played by Trump’s reckless recent dismantling of FEMA and related federal agencies. But to do so would be to accept that the event was an anomaly, or as Trump labeled it on […]

“The Devils in The Dark” – The Continuing Evolution of the Medical Tricoder

Mike Magee On March 9, 1967, the Star Trek classic episode, “The Devil in the Dark” first aired. The Enterprise had received an urgent distress call from miners on the planet Janus VI. They are literally melting after, Horta, a wounded inhabitant has targeted them with liquifying acid rays. A sympathetic Spock hears the […]

Life Goes On – How, When, Why?

Here are some notable views on managing life’s daily challenges. Do any especially resonate with you, and why? ________________________________________________________ The crisis you have to worry about most is the one you don’t see coming. Mike Mansfield The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; ‘tis […]

Stand Tall Stanford. Lead Again – Divest TESLA!

Mike Magee On the Stanford campus this Spring, in the middle of Silicon Valley, it was impossible not to hear echoes of Apartheid re-emerging with force 3/4 of a century after the original battle for social justice here and in far away lands was fully engaged. Stanford’s President, Jonathan Levin, said it best in […]

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