Why the majority of Americans chose to end democracy

As the Onion said, America defeated America in 2024. The question now is what will remain of this experiment in democracy after four years of the demagoguery and autocratic violence promised by the winning candidate and his army of sycophants who will take control of the federal government. Of course, that presumes meaningful elections will … Read more

Where is our new world?

Fixing the environment is not just an technological problem, though everyone would prefer it is. It is also a political, psychological, sociological, economic system, and spiritual problem. But it’s simpler than that. It comes down to how we think. Those values so deep you don’t even know they’re there. A big one is that we … Read more

Writing with AI is not writing

Bugs, dogs, dinosaurs, neighborhoods, cities, countries, civilizations, planets, and, now, human creativity: They live, they die — fast, slow, brutally or gently. Generative AIs like ChatGPT, Bard, Claude, and Jasper are bringing plenty of violence and speed to the demise of writing. Or perhaps just a way of writing. Words, sentences, paragraphs, stories — making … Read more

How to archive Supernote e-notebook files as PDFs on a Mac

Update September 10, 2024: After a long journey of trying to find a good electronic handwriting solution that turned most recently toward an iPad Air, Apple Pencil, and Paperlike screen covers, I have returned to the Supernote universe with the purchase of a used Supernote Nomad. I stumbled across it on Facebook Marketplace, and that … Read more