The hopes and fears of runaway artificial intelligence both share something in common: that intelligence can run away at all. But it isn’t clear to me that this is so. It’s just as likely that there are a finite number of things to know and an infinite number of things that are unknowable. Physics has… Continue reading

…is never the Last Big Thing. Hollywood is a place that monetizes imagination. Which makes one wonder why at the very highest levels, imagination is always in such short supply. As the Last Big Thing wrapped up at HBO right before the pandemic, it was with predictable ineptness that every big streamer and studio tried… Continue reading

Along with the Silo teaser and release date (May the 5th be with you!), Apple dropped a few images from the upcoming episodes. This one in particular means the world to me: Jules and Holston. The driving forces behind the novel that changed my life and led to this adaptation. What’s so cool about this… Continue reading

Look at that. Take it in. Not only is the #Silo TV show real and coming out soon, the silo is freaking real. I’ve been inside it. The set would blow your mind. Three stories tall and two hundred feet across, the silo is a mountain of steel and concrete inside a giant warehouse outside… Continue reading

I had no idea this sale was going on until a reader shared it with me. I also have no idea how long it will last. But right now, you can get the SILO saga (WOOL, SHIFT, and DUST) for $1.99! That’s about $60 off the retail price! This set includes three SILO stories released… Continue reading