YD Development

In the mid 2020’s, the development of AI reached an event horizon. It wasn’t the singularity, but productivity exploded from that point. What followed was a tumultuous economic period known as The Great Automation. Almost thirty years into The Great Automation, nearly half of able-bodied adults were completely removed from the workforce. Each country handled unemployment policies with […]

Imagine it’s the not-too-distant-future, and you’re at home and hungry. You decide to cook dinner, so you say “Hey Google, what can I make tonight?” (Or Alexa, but Google Home emerged victorious in my Epic IoT Battle). Your phone and a fridge-mounted screen suddenly display a list of meals that you can prepare. Each meal is […]

One of the media’s trending topics is how echo chambers led to the almost unanimously inaccurate election predictions. Media outlets started by blaming themselves, but have lately shifted the blame to social media. They have a point, to a degree. Echo chambers are created when people surround themselves with others who validate their own opinions, […]

Ever since Bloomberg created the open data policy requiring all city agencies to release their data sets by 12/31/2018, NYC has become one of the world’s most transparent cities in regards to data. There’s still two years before the deadline, but there’s over 1500 data sets available on the Open Data site now. Not all data sets […]

Several years ago, Ben Jurow gave me a tour of the Savant Systems showroom in Soho. I felt like I stepped into the future– a really, really expensive future where almost every electronic device was controlled by networked iPads running off central controller software. It made me wonder where automation technology was headed and why real estate […]