Social Media Ideas for Daniel Bell

Democracy v the machine: the birth of the digital age and the warnings that were ignored

Many hoped that the march of technology would usher in an egalitarian utopia – but some foresaw the threat it would pose to liberal society. Why did nobody listen?One of the strang...

Silicon Valley Has Embraced a Strange New Faith

Those who first dreamed of artificial intelligence saw it as an instrument for the perfection of modern secular society. The IBM Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair, where some of th...

This Journalist Says Tech Billionaires Are Trying to Take Over U.S. Democracy. Here’s What He Wants You to Know

The Nerd Reich, by journalist Gil Durán, parses the rising tide of authoritarianism embraced by leading tech investors and the ‘Network State’ ideology.

The Seldon Paradox and the (alas) revival of Karl Marx

               == Marxian predictions ==In my parents' time, everyone - even the poor and certainly even rich plutocrats - understood the Marxian predictions which - like those of...

The Last Generation Before the Scroll

We were supposed to be living in the future....At least, that is what the old movies promised us.By 2025, humans were supposed to be communicating telepathically, living alongside...

A 21st-Century Luddite Critique of Digital Work

The Luddites were early theorists of the psychological consequences of technology, asking: Who benefits, and at what human cost?

James Deller: Data, AI and Agentic Systems Will Define the Next Generation of Global Innovation

Bell’s AI Infrastructure Plan Advances with Key Construction Progress

Bell is accelerating AI infrastructure with its Bell AI Fabric, new data centers, and expanding fiber networks, creating a stronger foundation for enterprise VoIP, cloud communicat...

the big transition to digital

Toronto. It all began shortly after WW2 when three Bell Labs scientists created the first commercial transistor.  Little did we know digital technology would revolutionize photogra...

The Need for Responsible AI—With Robert Wright

Daniel Bessner, Derek Davison Robert Wright joins the show to examine AI’s promise and perils, from machine intelligence and automation to capitalism, climate, and global regula...

Social Darwinists to tech bros: tracing the long fight against equality in US

If A.I. Takes the Jobs of Young People, How Will They React?

The Democratic electorate is already moving left, but that may be nothing compared with what happens when unemployment really starts to rise.

A Christian Vision for the Future of AI

Walter Kim, Wall Street Journal The questions that define civilizations don't always announce themselves cleanly. They can arrive wrapped in the language of...

The Looming Shadow of the “Useless Class”

The Looming Shadow of the “Useless Class”Patti JohnsonHarari’s Warning: A New “Useless Class” EmergesIn influential circles tied to global institutions, a chilling phrase has enter...

Left to Our Own Devices

Brad Littlejohn, First Things Hiding in most of our pockets is a shiny black mirror with a logo on the back that evokes the forbidden fruit of Genesis 3. As the apple was the irre...

The great AI reckoning: how China is flipping the script on US’ new industrial revolution

As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of its founding, it confronts a new world order dominated by its relationship with China. In this wide-ranging series, we examine t...

We Returned From China. We Realized Our Century’s Biggest Challenge.

A.I. demands a populist approach that treats the technology as a public project.

The Conflicts Brewing in America’s Ten Classes

What we do know is that things have internal structures with dynamics that operate whether we “like” them or not. Correspondent Manoj S. recommended an essay from the always-insigh...

Editor's Choice: For Asia in particular, the dot-com bubble and AI boom are different

AI, Elite Visions, Dehumanization of Humanity and the Useless Class

AI, Elite Visions, Dehumanization of Humanity and the Useless ClassPatti JohnsomHarari’s Warning: A New “Useless Class” EmergesIn influential circles tied to global institutions, a...

America at 250: An Idealist Without Illusions

Our Transhumanist, Sci-Fi Future Has Arrived. But You’re Not Going To Like It

Technological progress isn’t ushering in an era of prosperity and bliss. It’s inaugurating an era of demonic, inhuman evils.

AI age demands a new political system 

“Dig the Well before you are thirsty,” says an old Chinese proverb. The world has debated China’s rise through the lens of ideology. Some believe it is communism that transformed C...

The People Who Will Thrive in the AI Age

David Brooks: “I’d say that a guiding principle of the emerging AI age is this: When intelligence is plentiful, volition is valuable. The people who are going to make a difference...