Is Elon Musk on to something? Could it be a road to utopia? Or not.

Its roots can be traced back to our hunter-gatherer ancestors.
Truly autonomous modern “AI” is something new and deeply challenging.
Where is it going?

A peek into the future, when all the dots have been connected.

Otherwise “the right to life” is meaningless, and so are all those other human rights!
Our basic needs are a prerequisite – the material foundation for our moral principles.

Patriotism and globalism are not alternatives, or enemies. We need both!

If the quest for artificial general intelligence were to lead ultimately to a digital “philosopher-king,” as its enthusiasts hope, there would be a lot of devilish details to resolve, and a whole lot of politics! And one fundamental problem.

Two radically different models of capitalism are locked in an historic debate over the future course – and the soul – of liberal societies. We all have a stake in the outcome.

A dysfunctional government can be a matter of life-and-death,
and these days they are all too common. We should follow Plato’s sage advice.

It’s a life-and-death threat, and it’s going to get much worse. What can we do?

The U.N.’s original definition of the term has been corrupted, and the current U.N. iteration (in a set of 17 Development Goals) is an overreach. Either way it’s failing. What is to be done?