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Ethics Integrity Fairness Ideals Behavior Values Concept

^{Robert J. Marks II
September 16, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

AI: Design Ethics vs. End User Ethics — the Difference Is Important

_{Robert J. Marks II
September 16, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

The major ethical challenge in AI design is unintended consequences. It’s up to end users to debate which consequences SHOULD be intended. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
September 10, 2020
Economics}

Christopher Rufo Vs. The CRT Goliath

_{Christopher Rufo
September 10, 2020
Economics}

My hero last week was Christopher Rufo, the young independent investigative journalist who revealed racist anti-white employee training going on at Sandia National Labs, and who made it onto Tucker Carlson’s show to talk about it. Result: a couple of days later, President Trump, acting through OMB Director Russell Vought, ordered the federal government to end training about “Critical Race Theory” and “white privilege.” Read More ›

^{Heather Zeiger
August 27, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Why Some Nation States Are Banning TikTok

_{Heather Zeiger
August 27, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

TikTok’s relationship with China’s government and its role as censor aren’t the only issues. Documents show discrimination against many “ugly” types of people. Read More ›

^{Jay W. Richards and Gale Pooley
August 7, 2020
Economics, Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Does More People Equal More Abundance? The Myth of Economic Scarcity

_{Jay W. Richards and Gale Pooley
August 7, 2020
Economics, Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Economist Gale Pooley challenges the conventional wisdom that we are using up our resources and heading towards what economist Paul Ehrlich called "The Population Bomb." Read More ›

^{Heather Zeiger
July 30, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology}

Charges Reveal Extent of China-Sponsored Hacking in the West

_{Heather Zeiger
July 30, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology}

What’s new about the most recent indictment is the acknowledgment that China is working with known cybercriminals. Read More ›

^{Bill Walton
July 23, 2020
Economics}

The Bill Walton Show: Why Ayn Rand Matters Today with Tal Tsfany

_{Bill Walton
July 23, 2020
Economics}

Many of us have read Ayn Rand's novels especially, “Atlas Shrugged” and the “Fountainhead.”

But I have been surprised to learn how her ideas and philosophy have continued to resonate throughout the world many years after her novels were first published. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
July 17, 2020
Economics}

Obscene federal ‘diversity training’ scam prospers — even under Trump

_{Christopher Rufo
July 17, 2020
Economics}

Critical race theory — the far-left academic discourse centered on the concepts of “whiteness,” “white fragility” and “white privilege” — is coursing through the federal government’s veins. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
July 16, 2020
Economics}

The Harm in “Harm Reduction”

_{Christopher Rufo
July 16, 2020
Economics}

As cities in the United States, including San Francisco, Denver, Philadelphia, and Seattle, consider opening their own safe-injection sites, they should understand the full consequences of these practices. Read More ›

^{Gary N. Smith
July 16, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Election Models: Predicting the Past is Easy — and Useless

_{Gary N. Smith
July 16, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

I told my students that I had a model that predicted the popular vote for the last ten presidential elections (1980–2016) perfectly. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
July 9, 2020
Economics}

Cult Programming in Seattle

_{Christopher Rufo
July 9, 2020
Economics}

Last month, the City of Seattle’s Office of Civil Rights sent an email inviting “white City employees” to attend a training session on “Interrupting Internalized Racial Superiority and Whiteness.” Read More ›