The descent of stable societies into ones of endemic violence rarely produces anything but new forms of tyranny and terror.

Deciphering Glyph, the blog of Glyph Lefkowitz.

Cosmic radiation comes from space. Only a small amount reaches the Earth's surface, but exposure is greater for people flying at high altitudes.

The H5N1 virus has now reached every continent on the planet. What does it mean for some of the world’s unique species?

Mark Zuckerberg built a future that nobody wanted. Tech bosses are repeating his mistake

Read the declaration and add your name.

I admit it. I took the bait. Charity Majors made an appearance on Gergely Orosz’s show called “Stop being skeptical about AI for development”. I listened to the podcast—I don’t listen to many tech podcasts—and I don’t think she ever said to stop being skeptical. Not directly anyways. Great title, though. Good for engagement. “Stop being skeptical” is a phrase guaranteed to rustle any skeptic’s jimmies. A whole lotta provocation, not a lotta substance. 10/10. No notes.

AI makes finding software exploits casually easy. Security through nobody-bothering has been holding up far more of this industry than we'd like to admit.

The violent response to an attempted murder would have happened regardless of Musk, Lee Hurley writes.

A decades-old rule about human friendship turns out to be built on such shaky math that it could just as easily be 2 or 520.