It’s a sign of just how low expectations have fallen whnn a city’s leading newspaper runs a story arguing that, yes indeed, the city is experiencing some doom, but on the upside it may yet avoid a “doom loop.” In other words, things are bad but not quite the worse case scenario. “Five years from […]
What is already happening in SF is pretty bad. There’s a 36% commercial real estate vacancy rate downtown as many worker move to a permanent hybrid workweek. That means less foot traffic for downtown businesses which have been closing at a swift pace over the past year. Downtown is quickly becoming a place where people just […]
You’ve probably seen the breathless headlines emerging this week featuring Joe Biden suggesting that a ceasefire deal in Gaza was “close” to being finalized and that at least some hostages and prisoners could be exchanged. Most of us would likely be glad to see hostages coming home, so that’s good news, right? And Biden assured […]
The level of human participation in U.S. military operations is undergoing radical change, fueled by new artificial intelligence tools capable of replacing direct human action. The Defense Department is implementing a 2023 policy it interprets as allowing the replacement of human beings with human judgment. The department’s chief digital and artificial intelligence officer, Craig […]
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