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Digitization & Energy Dependency
The Need for Affordable, Accessible Energy
As residents of a top energy producing state, now adapting...
Would Regulation Prevent AI From Becoming an Evil Overlord?
Some people are, perhaps, afraid that heavily armed artificially intelligent robots[2]https://theconversation.com/losing-control-the-dangers-of-killer -robots-58262. might take over the...
GameStop or Stopping the Game?
Retail Davids vs. Wall Street Goliaths
“O wonder! How many ingenuous investors are there! How courageous...
Witte & (Digital) Wisdom
The Benefits & Challenges of Online Education
Unlike many teachers, Shannay Witte was well prepared to...
Complex Maya Computations
Math, Time, Astronomy & Hieroglyphs
Ancient peoples and places might seem far removed from the world...
Facebook vs Free Markets & Innovation
Examining a Regulatory Capture Power Move
Facebook wants new internet regulations. And they haven’t been shy...
Precision Agriculture
The Future in Farming and Ranching
As the state’s land-grant university, NDSU has a unique role...
Are Self-Driving Cars Safe?
Challenges in Technology, Trust, AI & Cybersecurity
On April 17, 2021, a Tesla Model S automobile,...
[OPINION] Atoms of the World Unite—Or Split
If transitioning to “green” energy (primarily wind and solar) yields only a 6 percent reduction...
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[OPINION] Dune or Done? COVID’s Avoidable Catastrophe
Imagine someone growing up in a vast desert. One day, this young man or woman leaves home and eventually comes to a river for...
Artificial Intelligence, Cyberattacks & the Next Cold War
It’s easy to confuse the current geopolitical situation with the 1980s at the end of the Cold War, when tensions between the Soviet Union...
News Desert: Losing Our Local Newspapers in the Digital Age
One day last year, my sister approached me to ask a journalistic favor. Carol owns a chocolate shop in Somerville, New Jersey, a county...
Closer to the Robo-Rubicon: Robots, Autonomy and the Future (or Maybe Not) of You
Seven years ago, Maj. Gen. Robert Latiff and I wrote an opinion article for the Wall Street Journal, titled “With Drone Warfare, America Approaches...
Here, There, and Everywhere: Human vs Cyber Space in Art
Recently, we interviewed David Borlaug, the president of The Capital Gallery, about the differences and synergies between physical space and cyberspace in art. The...
New Books From Our Contributors
New Books: The Cloud Revolution
The conventional wisdom on how technology will change the future is wrong. Mark Mills lays out a radically different and optimistic vision for what’s really coming.
New Books: Future Peace
Robert Latiff urges extreme caution in the adoption of new weapons technology and makes an impassioned plea for peace as a military officer who spent his career preparing for war.