Technology, Risk and Facebook’s Dating Service
Facebook, thanks for providing the perfect demonstration of my recent paper on risk communication and technology, presented at WeRobot2018. In starting a new dating service,
May 3, 2018
Bullying Friends: On Tariffs, Norms, and Canada
I started this post last week, then life and events overtook it. Foreign affairs world went nuts, with the ousting of Tillerson and McMaster. Daniel
March 19, 2018
Amazon in DC-area is bad… for America
I’m not a NIMBY. I don’t want Amazon to come to the DC area. But this isn’t personal. It will probably make traffic worse and
January 23, 2018
Robots are coming, but maybe not to consumers
Reading coverage of the Consumer Electronics Show, it does not appear that the robots left anyone terribly impressed. We all have images of Rosie the Robot
January 17, 2018
Trumpest in a Teapot: On the new U.S. Embassy in London
In typical “presidential” fashion, that man in the White House tweeted that he would not go to London to open the U.S. Embassy, because we got
January 12, 2018
Balancing Pakistan…with Iran?
The illustrious Christine Fair has an article in Foreign Policy discussing what’s going on between the U.S. and Pakistan entitled Pakistan Has All the Leverage
January 5, 2018
Writing Mad: Our Failed Public Diplomacy Campaigns
I try to affect a mild analytic tone in my writing here (which probably doesn’t get me many readers.) But today I can’t, I am
December 28, 2017
Odds of Catastrophe Under the Current Administration
As 2017 comes to an end, much to the surprise of many, the world has not. Well, not yet, there’s still a week. One of
December 22, 2017
Thankful for the United States
Right now, my country, the United States is in a pretty bad way. It isn’t just about our politics (I can only write so much
November 23, 2017
Domestic Security Implications of Las Vegas: Cold Takes
I’ve waited a few days to write. Nothing sensational here or grand theories. No hot takes. First, the terrible events in Las Vegas cannot, at
October 11, 2017