From Orbit City to Silicon Valley: How The Jetsons Got the Future Right (and Sometimes Wrong)

There’s something wonderfully nostalgic about The Jetsons, the 1960s animated sitcom that gave us a peek into “the future” as imagined from the space age. Orbit City’s flying cars, robot maids, and meals in pills still evoke laughter and awe. But take a closer look, and you’ll find that many of those fanciful ideas aren’t … Read more

Three Years In: From AI Awakening to AI Reckoning

Three years ago, ChatGPT lit a fuse. Not just under OpenAI, but under the entire tech industry. Like the iPhone in 2007 or the launch of Skype in 2003, it wasn’t just a product drop — it was a moment. In the span of 36 months, the world moved from wondering what this chatbot thing … Read more

The Dismissive Attitude: Why “That’s Just AI” Reveals More About the Speaker Than the User

When colleagues dismiss sophisticated AI implementations with phrases like “oh that’s just your AI,” they inadvertently expose their own technological illiteracy and psychological biases. This reductive commentary reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of modern AI capabilities and reveals deeper issues of workplace envy and resistance to innovation. The Knowledge Divide The “just AI” dismissal reveals a … Read more

It’s The Interface Baby

I’ve been thinking about something that doesn’t get nearly enough attention in tech circles: what happens when the next third of humanity comes online? Thanks to low-cost satellite internet, we’re looking at potentially 2.6 billion new users joining the digital world – and their experience will be fundamentally different from anything we’ve seen before. These … Read more