Scott Robinson
Distributed Human Intelligence
In the world of Internet technology, big changes are taking place – many of them right under our noses. Everyday devices all around us,...
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Scott Robinson
Jun 1, 20204 min read
The Tasteless Boor That We All Know
As a general rule, adults know how to act. While it's certainly true that nobody's perfect, it's safe to say that the vast majority of us...
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Scott Robinson
Jun 1, 20204 min read
How Children Behave
There are few among us who don’t have children in our lives. Maybe we are parents ourselves; maybe we have nieces and nephews. Maybe we...
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Scott Robinson
Jun 1, 20205 min read
My Love Letter to Apollo 11
Rebooting the Eagle As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s history-making lunar landing, it’s interesting to note...
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Scott Robinson
Jun 1, 202011 min read
When She Woke at Dawn
"Hugs and kisses, Mommy! Time to get up!" The digital echo of Little Prince, who had once occupied the bedroom down the hall, issued...
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Scott Robinson
Jun 1, 202013 min read
The Cellar
I The salt was back in the air, a happy consequence of his recent visit to his sister in Concord, during which he had de-acclimated to...
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Scott Robinson
Jun 1, 202012 min read
Moonlight in Paris
She stepped onto the elevator with blended excitement and apprehension; she’d waited a lifetime for this moment, but that did little to...
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Scott Robinson
Jun 1, 202017 min read
Red Wine
“Must be lonely in there.” She peered into her mother’s vacant eyes, and found herself mildly surprised that she didn’t regret saying it....
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Scott Robinson
May 31, 20209 min read
The Bullet in the Gun of Robert Ford
Westworld presents us with an unprecedented scenario for the evolution of artificial life: a crucible for its development that functions...
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Scott Robinson
May 31, 20207 min read
The Emotional Baggage of Androids
This is like That, Hofstadter demonstrated, is the core of we call intelligence – the acquisition and application of knowledge....
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Scott Robinson
May 31, 20205 min read
Sex Toy Story 4
Let no one find surprising my interest in seeing Toy Story 4, latest in a long series of endearing and nostalgic films about the secret...
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Scott Robinson
May 31, 20207 min read
The Apex Predators' Summit
Pushing through the early morning stillness with a quiet yet disturbing presence, the Lion strode purposefully into the clearing. The...
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Scott Robinson
May 31, 20203 min read
The Grief We Pack Away
I was invited to join a Facebook group this week, a group that is a place for parents who have lost a child. The invitation was unusual,...
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Scott Robinson
May 31, 20206 min read
We Don't Have Time for This Sh*t
As South America burns, as recession looms over the US, as the Senate Majority Leader continues to ensure that no legislation happens in...
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Scott Robinson
May 31, 20205 min read
The Proper Use of Grief
We no longer grieve as we once did. As long as there have been men and women, parents and children, friends and family, human beings of...
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Scott Robinson
May 31, 20203 min read
Better Relationships Thru Texting!
It may interest you to know, gentle reader, that texting has far surpassed the phone call as humanity’s primary channel of remote...
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Scott Robinson
May 31, 20204 min read
No More Lies!
We can all agree that deceiving others, particularly those close to us, is morally wrong – yet almost to the last, we have all done it at...
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Scott Robinson
May 30, 20205 min read
Study War No More
In his 2012 book The End of War, science writer John Horgan tells of Wesleyan University’s David Adams, a psychologist who polled his...
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Scott Robinson
May 30, 20205 min read
Recreational Outrage
There’s this episode of classic Star Trek called “Day of the Dove”. The episode itself is not very interesting, but the idea behind it...
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Scott Robinson
May 30, 20202 min read
The Souler Corona
We’ve examined, more than once, Douglas Hofstadter’s concept of the “strange loop” - applied, within human beings, as little bits and...
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