UPDATE: 2.9 billion records, including Social Security numbers, stolen in data hack: What to know Readers know that I am death on the digital revolution. I regard it as an equivalent disaster to the creation of nuclear weapons. Both can, and most likely will, destroy our lives, nuclear weapons by physically destroying us, and the... Read More

I remember when telephones were useful as telephones. Today they are used to surf the Internet and for text messages. Most people don’t answer the ring unless they recognize the number. Many never set up their email or message functions on their cell phones. I keep my cell phone off and only turn it on... Read More

I remember when the telephone was a useful and appreciated device. The digital revolution, one of humanity’s most unfortunate developments, has turned the telephone into a nuisance and a threat. The telephone is such a nuisance that most people no longer answer when it rings or even bother to set up the feature to record... Read More

Warnings such as this one from Karl Hecht should ignite expert and public discussion and impact policymakers, but they do not. Has Humanity given up on itself? Even if our minds are not taken away from us, many skills already are being taken. Recent reports are that artificial intelligence (AI) will be used to read... Read More

Many decades ago there was an issue of Mad comics that portrayed a future time when everything was done by robots and humans had no function. One day the system failed. As it had been eons since humans had to do anything, no one knew how to fix the system. It was Mad comics version... Read More