David Nadas

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  • Santa is on Social Security, right?

    We hear the word Social Security as a single word (socialsecurity)–– a thing that provides a stipend for individuals who have left the workforce.  But the word is really–– Social, Security­–– two words separated by a comma, disguised as a clever pyramid scheme, paid into by those still working for those who are not.  It’s…

  • “Please continue scanning or enter payment method now…. Hello? Anyone there?”

    It’s early Sunday morning and I ask Alexa about the weather and while she’s at it to open the garage door. I hop on my e-bike and tap the right pad of my headphones that connects me to a podcast. Technology is a beautiful thing, but not for everything. When I arrive at the grocery…

  • Time Travel – one paradox solved – Bootstrapping

    “The bootstrap paradox. This occurs “when something is created out of nothing or something is causing itself”, says Barak Shoshany. Suppose, he suggests, that a time machine appears in your room right now. An older version of you steps out, announces they are from 10 years in the future, and gives you the plans for the…

  • Blinkist… and it’s gone.

    I have seen the bombardment of adTrolling of the APP, Blinkist.  The message seems to be that if you are not using this APP then you will fall behind of those who do. In a nutshell, it is the digital, cleverly updated, version of CliffsNotes (I’m surprised the APP Icon is not yellow and black…

  • All you need is to be the first at something. A robot AI CEO? Way cool.

    CLever. Dictator, which is a 100 year old modern lifestyle luxury brand company Destilería has hired the first AI CEO. Probably a good idea since we see so much bad decision making at the top which drags the innocent into a whirlpool of their corruption. THhs is a company I will follow.

  • Should writers use AI? Yes, and here’s why.

    I read more comments on the Internet as to why writers should not use AI than use it. I am going to remind everyone of the calculator. Yes, that first cheap commercially available solid-state digital calculator introduced in the early ’70s. I had one of the first calculators (Texas Instruments SR-50) in my school because…

  • Pick a genre…. Any genre….

    There are so many genres for a writer to choose from, so why does a writer choose that one genre to dedicate a life’s work to? I started as a reader and I read everything from fiction to non-fiction to fantasy, autobiography, history, science, religion, ideology, SciFi, detective, thriller, sappy love to harlequin— it didn’t…

  • 9/11 – Quiet Rain

    On the morning of 9/11, I was working as a senior technologist on the trading floor for a global bank in downtown Manhattan. This isn’t a retelling of what I witnessed that day but rather a reflection on something that profoundly affected me five days later. Exiting the subway car at Fulton Street I was…

  • Ignorance is strength

    “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.” George Orwell, 1984

  • When the convergence of art inspires art

    This amazing clip was produced by Simulon, and posted on LinkedIn (thanks Martin Posta of Signal Festival). This work by Simulon is a game changer, in my opinion, of how artists will use this platform to create a visually exciting new content with CGI— Lookout Hollywood! When I viewed this clip for the first time…