26 2026 March
Words That Don’t Exist (Yet) – A Big New Book Announcement!
If you happen to catch some of the news coming out of SXSW last week, you’ll already know that I made a big announcement from...
Read Now16 2026 March
The Pioneering New Science of Dream Engineering
It sounds like a story out of science fiction. Technology that can influence how we dream and what we dream about. This fascinating new field is...
Read Now20 2025 November
Does the World Still Need Car Keys? I Hope the Answer is Yes.
Writing about innovations that I hope die quickly isn’t usually my style … except for today. A recent piece in WIRED magazine asks whether we should still...
Read Now17 2025 November
Why Kim Kardashian Deserves Something She Never Gets: Respect
Some people are saying that Kim Kardashian just had the “most terrible week ever,” but I don’t agree. The facts probably aren’t on my side....
Read Now15 2025 October
Welcome To the Next Generation of Empathetic Tech – Haptic AI Companions
What will make AI more real? When my dog sees me coming, there’s an anticipation of play. His tail wags. I see him getting excited....
Read Now25 2025 September
The New Science of the Trend Towards Grey Divorces
Couples that get divorced later in life when their children are already adults was once a rarely studied field—particularly the effects on those adult children...
Read Now14 2025 August
The “Anna Karenina Principle” That Explains How Optimists Differ from Pessimists
The first line of Leo Tolstoy’s famous novel Anna Karenina offers this observation: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its...
Read Now13 2025 June
The Secret of Optimism and the New Peruvian Airport
Earlier this week when I arrived in Lima, it was in their brand new airport that is less than two weeks old. People in the city had...
Read Now02 2025 June
LEGO Dives into the Book Nook Trend with Latest Set for Adults
A “book nook” is the term typically reserved for a cozy corner of a home or office where you can enjoy reading a book in...
Read Now28 2025 May
The Coffee Shop That Accepts Gossip and Rumors as Payment
Good News Coffee might be my new favorite coffee shop. Unfortunately for me, they only have locations in Barcelona, Paris, Madrid and Amsterdam so far....
Read Now26 2025 May
What Is Millennial Hobby Energy?
Doing things for fun is making a comeback. That may seem like an odd statement, but there is a time in many people’s lives when...
Read Now12 2025 May
After More Than Half a Century, Obscure Chinese Typewriter Gets Rediscovered
Back in 1947, Chinese writer, translator, and linguist Lin Yutang accomplished what many described as impossible. He developed the first compact typewriter design with a...
Read Now30 2025 April
Should You Be Polite to Chatbots? Research Says Yes. Sam Altman Says It Costs Millions in “Wasted” Computing Power
How polite are you when you ask ChatGPT a query? According to Sam Altman, the human propensity to be nice when asking technology for solutions...
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