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The Camera Was the First Deepfake
We say AI-generated people are fake. But what makes a photograph real?
Nov 5, 2025
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Mark Drapeau
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The Weekend Was a Product Launch
We invented Saturdays off so people would have time to buy cars. Now, maybe it’s time for another upgrade.
Oct 14, 2025
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Mark Drapeau
Gods That Can't Laugh
We're spending trillions of dollars to build a superintelligence that isn't in on the joke
Oct 13, 2025
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Mark Drapeau
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Branded Intelligence
When your AI answers come with a corporate logo attached
Sep 29, 2025
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Mark Drapeau
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After the AI Copyright Wars
While lawyers fight over old data, AI’s next battlefield isn’t books or code—it’s your daily life.
Sep 23, 2025
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Mark Drapeau
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Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Cook, Letitia James, and the Prisoner’s Dilemma
Why “hypocrisy” is just tit-for-tat in the game theory of American politics
Sep 20, 2025
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Mark Drapeau
Pablo’s Paradox and the Prosecution of Steve Ballmer
How a Contested Endorsement Deal Exposes the Tension Between Accusation and Proof in Modern Media
Sep 12, 2025
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Mark Drapeau
There Aren’t Enough Criminals
Why Blue-City Crime Policies Make Economic Sense If You See Crime as a Growth Industry
Sep 10, 2025
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Mark Drapeau
The Dark Enlightenment Goes Hollywood
Alien: Earth suggests that corporations replacing governments is no longer fringe—maybe not even dystopia, but natural selection.
Aug 23, 2025
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Mark Drapeau
Colbert Is Out. Gutfeld Is In. The Late-Night Realignment Is Ruthless.
CBS' cancellation of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert reveals what’s really collapsing: the old model of political comedy.
Jul 21, 2025
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Mark Drapeau
The LA Actionverse: The Shared Universe Los Angeles Built
How Fast & Furious, Better Luck Tomorrow, The Transporter, The Italian Job, Heat, and Den of Thieves quietly formed Hollywood’s real multiverse—one…
Jun 22, 2025
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Mark Drapeau
AI and the Higher Education Arms Race
How the classroom is becoming a battleground of trust, tools, and runaway selection
Jun 15, 2025
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Mark Drapeau
Why Make Cars Robots When You Could Have Robots Drive Cars?
Pods vs. Bots and the Cultural Psychology of a Driverless Future
Jun 9, 2025
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Mark Drapeau
The Tariff Killer That Doesn’t Exist (Yet)
What teleportation reveals about global trade, loopholes, and the fantasy of control.
Jun 6, 2025
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