The Safety Myth: Why Nobody Will Actually Stop the Flood, and Why ‘Alignment’ Is the Wrong Word for Physical Robots
Everyone wants to talk about safety.Politicians, editorial boards, and the entire Effective Altruism comment section are suddenly very concerned that a $12,000 humanoid might go berserk and strangle your grandmother. H
The Year the First Thousand People Left Earth Forever (and the Homeworld Started Feeling Like a Starting Point)
December 13, 2025.SpaceX Starship “Endurance-1” launches from Starbase Texas with 180 passengers — the first fully private, one-way migration to Mars.Destination: Mars City One, already home to 420 permanent resi
The Robot That Just Caught My Toddler Escaping (and Tattled on Her)January 16, 2026
2:14 a.m. last night my phone pinged:“Alert: Front door opened. Child detected.” I sprinted downstairs in full dad-panic. Found my 3-year-old halfway out the door in dinosaur pajamas, holding her stuffed giraffe, h
When Merged Groups Outnumber Solo Minds and Society Redefines the Self
December 21, 2027.The Global Neural Census — the first worldwide survey of brain-interface usage — releases preliminary results.Key finding: 52 % of implanted adults (now 1.8 billion globally) spend >50 % of con