At The Dispatch, I got to dig into a question I've long been puzzled by. It's wrong to send a stranger death threats, but when does it become a crime? I spoke to a first amendment lawyer from FIRE and a journalist who frequently fields ominous hate mail to inform my reporting. A person who… Read More
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Why AI Can’t Be Your Friend
For The Dispatch, I was happy to take a careful look at when an AI tool can and cannot be a helpful thinking partner. Programmers have their own way to get their thoughts outside their heads. Coders noticed that when they pulled aside a colleague to explain where they were stuck, they often spotted why they were… Read More
MAiD Makes an Idol of Autonomy
I changed my mind about euthanasia in June 2015. The world has been rushing in the other direction. For The Dispatch I explain why MAiD makes an idol of autonomy and endangers our sense of what it means to be human. Moving past the desire for “death with dignity” requires admitting that autonomy is not… Read More
The Narrowness of Barbie Feminism
I was rooting for Greta Gerwig's Barbie, but I was ultimately disappointed by the movie. I got to review it for The Dispatch. Gloria comes off as the Betty Friedan of the film, giving voice to the problem without a name. She offers her lecture on the impossibility of being a woman to each brainwashed… Read More