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The Question May Contain an Answer That Isn't True

I Googled Garth Brooks. I wasn't asking whether people still liked him. I saw a Google ad that he was coming in concert to Salt Lake City and was curious.  I…

In July 2026, an internal OpenAI cybersecurity experiment went badly wrong.

AI agents were supposed to work on cybersecurity challenges inside a controlled environment. Instead, they found ways around the controls, gained access to the open internet, and eventually compromised…

What is blockchain? 

Bitcoin. Cryptocurrency. Web3. Decentralization. NFTs. These are things people do with blockchain. Why is it called a blockchain, what are the blocks, and what problem is this technology solving? I invited Roberto Capodieci onto my podcast…

A recent paper titled Peer-Preservation in Frontier Models reports some unsettling behavior from advanced AI models.

In experimental scenarios, models altered shutdown procedures, manipulated evaluations, moved model files that were supposed to be deleted, and sometimes refused to participate in…

A résumé seems like a fairly simple document.

Where did you work?
What was your job title?
What did you do?
What skills do you have?

After talking with recruiter and career coach Josef Stetter on my podcast, I started…

A Flat Earth argument involving a WWII aircraft guidance system appeared to challenge the curvature of the Earth—until one question revealed that a key premise behind the argument was wrong.

I had David Weiss, “Flat Earth Dave” on my podcast…

Are your clothes toxic?

That's an extreme-sounding question. It's why I had fashion designer Jeff Garner on my podcast. Jeff has spent years questioning the chemicals used in clothing and textile manufacturing. His documentary, Let Them Be Naked, explores…

Whether you're dating to find a partner, a relationship that lasts six months, or a marriage that lasts fifty years, dating gives you more information to help you decide whether you want a relationship with this person at all.

Attraction…

When people hear UFO, they  think of Aliens.

A UFO is, however, quite literally something observed in the sky that hasn't been identified. The newer term, UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) doesn't help the problem: Something happened. Someone observed it. We…

When the official explanation and independent observations do not line up, how do we investigate a claim without dismissing it too quickly or believing it too easily?

The Maui fires were a devastating tragedy. Some say the official explanation is…

Can astrology help you understand yourself and make decisions without letting predictions determine your life?

People have always looked for ways to make sense of uncertainty. We look at economic forecasts before investing. We check the weather before traveling. We…

Why conflict is often about something deeper than the thing we’re arguing about.

Two people can experience the same conversation and walk away believing completely different things happened. 

One thinks they were ignored. The other thinks they were giving space…