Windbags on the Wing
A.I. inflatable pilots to replace the vaccine resistant Satire by Geoff Olson After suspending more than 800 employees without pay for not being fully vaccinated … Read more
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The thing behind your screen
Digital addiction, algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence – by Geoff Olson – There are only two industries that call their customers ‘users’: illegal drugs and software. – … Read more
From living in public to losing in private
– by Geoff Olson – Software license agreements – who reads ‘em anymore? These days, it seems almost perversely old-school to not immediately click “I … Read more
A stiff sentence: redacting Julian Assange from the record
– by Geoff Olson – I was recently commissioned to write an article on arts and technology for a Canadian literary journal. It ballooned … Read more
Specious monikers & famous fossils
The extinct trilobite, go-to genus for rock ‘n’ roll fossils – by Geoff Olson – The late British marine biologist Alister Hardy was once asked … Read more
Wanted: a new mythology
The Power of Myth, three decades on – by Geoff Olson – I recently invited a friend over to my place to watch the PBS … Read more
Space ain’t the place
– by Geoff Olson – We have to deal with our crap in the here and now Earth First! We’ll wreck the other planets later … Read more
Bastards and bodhisattvas – from high hopes to high office
– by Geoff Olson – This month I’ve been tasked to write on “why voters don’t trust politicians once they get into power.” The simple … Read more
Climatology as eschatology
— by Geoff Olson — Eschatology | eskəˈtäləjē | noun: the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the … Read more
Andrew Coyne chooses Proportional Representation
— by Andrew Coyne — Raised in Winnipeg, Mr. Coyne is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the London School of Economics. He … Read more