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This is The Rip Current, my weekly dive into tech, politics, human weirdness, and occasional beauty. I'm the former NBC News technology correspondent, former editor-in-chief of Popular Science, and author of The Loop: How AI is Creating a World without Choices and How to Fight Back.
I use science and tech to better understand human nature: the decisions we try to automate without understanding how we make them, the places we go that our bodies can't survive on their own, the illusions we feed ourselves and one another.
I publish every Tuesday (at least), and if you find my stuff compelling, have a look at TheRipCurrent.com, where you can subscribe to my weekly newsletter. Thanks for watching!
This is The Rip Current, my weekly dive into tech, politics, human weirdness, and occasional beauty. I'm the former NBC News technology correspondent, former editor-in-chief of Popular Science, and author of The Loop: How AI is Creating a World without Choices and How to Fight Back.
I use science and tech to better understand human nature: the decisions we try to automate without understanding how we make them, the places we go that our bodies can't survive on their own, the illusions we feed ourselves and one another.
I publish every Tuesday (at least), and if you find my stuff compelling, have a look at TheRipCurrent.com, where you can subscribe to my weekly newsletter. Thanks for watching!