Freelance writer, editor, columnist & consultant. Formerly at Scientific American, Washington Post, National Geographic, Slate, Smithsonian & Science. Past president of National Association of Science Writers. Birder.
Laura Helmuth
GenAI is a tech bubble of hype and absurdity. It runs on nothing but vibes and dollar signs in billionaire's eyes. But that's why we must resist it. We broke NFTs, we broke the Metaverse, we can break this nonsense too.
It failed in totally predictable ways - exactly the ways Remain warned it would. A catastrophic failure of the information environment that UK voters were so badly misled about the consequences of the Brexit vote
Update on the name on the facade:
Still behind a tarp. Cowards
some reporters around, a few sightseers, otherwise quiet on a sunny morning in DC
I just—like, sure, being a trillionaire is cool I guess but what’s it all for if you haven’t even seen the wreckage of the titanic firsthand
Today, I joined survivors and families in Orlando for the 10th annual Baquiné, a beautiful celebration of life in memory of the 49 lives stolen at Pulse nightclub 10 years ago.
Love is always stronger than hate. Together, we can build a future where we are all safe to love free from gun violence.