I opened the January issue of Wired hoping to  learn what magical algorithms were on the horizon for the coming year.  What I found was a publication stuffed with science fiction. The editor explained, “to get a greater sense of reality,” he’d turned to stories. (“The Power

A corporation’s imperative is to make a profit.  That imperative is baked into its DNA in the form a contractual agreement between the stockholder and the company.  A company that fails to strive for profits will, in all likelihood, be sued. As crass as making a profit may sound i

When I was in elementary school, a stack of newspapers used to appear in the classroom every Thursday afternoon. The publication was called American Scholastic. I hated those Thursdays as we were required to read and discuss several of the articles it contained. At 11 years of age, I