PinnedWe Won’t Be Fooled By Big Tech AgainWhy the Hollywood writers’ strike matters even to people who don’t care about, or even like, Hollywood. And yes, it’s about AI. As the last generation not born with a smartphone in the pocket of their onesie enters mid-life, something of a reckoning is happening. Big Tech has given us…AI5 min readAI5 min read
PinnedMillennials Murdered HollywoodAnd we loaded the gun 20 years ago. Of all the heated debates I had with classmates at my very liberal college, one always got me really fired up: is it okay to illegally download content? I was pretty alone in thinking: absolutely not. It was the glory years of…Hollywood11 min readHollywood11 min read
PinnedAI is here and it’s dangerous AFAI is about to become the nuclear bomb of our online world. And we’re not talking about 8 or 9 nations having access to it — we’re talking about anyone with an internet connection. That’s billions of people — terrorists, extremists, greedy autocrats included. Oh and also your ex. I…Tech11 min readTech11 min read
PinnedHow a Pixar Movie Warned Us About the Rise of TrumpThe story of a fictional small town in the middle of Arizona called Radiator Springs might hold the key to fixing the dangerous divisiveness that is plaguing American life. Eight months after my son was born, Trump took the reins of the United States announcing the end of the “American…Politics7 min readPolitics7 min read
Dec 13, 2022On A Plane Between Art and CommerceI’ve sat in the middle seat sandwiched between Art and Commerce for most of my adult life so I can tell you for a fact that the conversations these two are having are some of the most inspiring and innovation-inducing that I’ve ever heard. Even though they’ve never really liked…AI2 min readAI2 min read
Sep 16, 2022To have or not to have… sex?Should that really be the question? I can hear it already (because I have, many times) Ah! French people! Obsessed with sex! Now let me tell you, after living in France for 27 years and in America for 11, I’ll pick French society’s relationship with sex any day of the…Sex5 min readSex5 min read
Feb 9, 2021A Surprising Side Effect of The Covid VaccineWeeping on the observation chair. I received my first dose of the Moderna vaccine a couple of days ago. I wept the entire 15 minutes they kept me to make sure I was okay. I did not expect it, by any means. And yet… I don’t like doctors — I…Covid-197 min readCovid-197 min read
Dec 23, 2020This Just In: Love Is Actually Not TourismSeparated since March by COVID travel bans, international couples are now starting to break up, cancelling their entire future, in large part due to the incompetence, indifference and / or laziness of the people in power. They say ‘Love knows no borders’. …Loveisnottourism5 min readLoveisnottourism5 min read
Jul 30, 2020A letter to you, born in 2020Hopefully you won’t remember any of this. But we’ll make sure we do. Sweetheart, You were born in 2020. Odd choice some might say. Of course, it’s not like you had much of a say in the matter. You came in early February. At that point in the year, the…20207 min read20207 min read
Apr 27, 2020The Final Nail in the Coffin of COVID will be Medicare for AllIf you’re unconvinced, here are some facts to hammer it home. The next presidential election will take place in a post-COVID19 world. If healthcare was already going to be centerstage, one can only imagine how big a role it will play now that everyone in the country has had an…Medicare For All6 min readMedicare For All6 min read
