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Extraordinary heroism, extraordinary recognition
On Mount Denali, Carl Sagan, and the futility of naming things for short-term opinion
 • Brian Gongol
A degree of harm is still harm
On marketing budgets, the telegraph, and the problem with letting all-or-nothing thinking replace sober consideration of serious harms done in limited…
 • Brian Gongol
No news can be really bad news
On publishing, winning wars, and the hazard in trying to shut up the messenger when the messenger is trying to tell you something
 • Brian Gongol
Paper maps and tangible promises
On Google Maps, the distance from Chicago to Fargo, and why the deterrent effect of realistic promises matters a great deal to keeping a difficult peace
 • Brian Gongol
Against the tide
On cyberattacks, wars for oil, and a Dutch drought that ought to have us paying attention
 • Brian Gongol
Reasonability and duty
On worker bees, job skills, and the
 • Brian Gongol
That guilty look
On dogs behaving badly, the subtle cues of language, and why AI agents might need to start going to church
 • Brian Gongol
Illuminating our manuscripts
On Bluetooth geeks, pilcrows, and the problem with thinking that AI is a silver bullet that can ease every possible endeavor
 • Brian Gongol
Low oil stocks and high-risk behaviors
On aircraft carriers, signals of readiness, and the unintended dangers we may be courting by depleting important resource supplies
 • Brian Gongol
A big business can still lose money
On booster clubs, economic development grants, and the collective-action problem that has most of America's colleges losing substantial money on their…
 • Brian Gongol
A new threat scenario
On high kicks, information warfare, and the enormous waste being forced on the free world by those who choose violence
 • Brian Gongol
Take a breath
On risk calibration, cooling centers, and the problems that overlap one another when bringing people indoors
 • Brian Gongol
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