Like many people these days, I have been playing and working with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and have been absolutely amazed at what it can do, particularly in connection with what I spend much of my days doing – thinking, researching, and writing. Earlier versions...
When we think about threats to the continued survival of humanity, causes like nuclear war, environmental degradation, or an AI gone berserk come to mind. But inadequate attention is given to a more insidious threat to mankind, and that is the deterioration of what I...
There is no shortage of experts offering advice on how to have good sex. Although I don’t think of myself as an expert on sex, I do have some experience with it and thought that I would add my voice to the conversation about it by adding a few unconventional...
Prometheus Speaks does not usually make a point of critiquing other authors. However, a recent article in The Atlantic by the author Arthur Brooks bothered me very much, so much so that I felt the need to address some of the points made in it. I also saw it as an...
Throughout most of my adult life, I have frequented neighborhood bars of all sorts. There are the dives, the fancy cocktail lounges, the gay bars, the sports bars, and so on. I have found them to be essential respites from the stresses and tumult of daily life and...
I am surprised from time to time by how many people I encounter who are not in a romantic relationship. I am not talking just about marriage, but rather am referring to a romantic relationship of any sort. (The Pew Research Center reports that some 31% of American...
