The Digital Lobotomy: What Will We Regret in 20 Years?

There was a time when lobotomies were considered an acceptable medical practice. Thousands of people—many against their will—were subjected to procedures that removed or damaged parts of their brains. The idea was simple: if someone’s mind was too unruly, too unpredictable, too difficult to control, a simple procedure could fix it. The individual was left […]

When ‘States’ Rights’ Threaten Disability Protections for Our Kids

Group of students of different abilities surround a teacher in the classroom.

Parents of kids with disabilities, especially those with non-speaking, minimally speaking, or unreliably speaking children, need to pay close attention to a federal lawsuit making waves right now. It’s about a rule change to the Rehabilitation Act and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and while the surface issue is the inclusion of gender dysphoria as […]

The Rise of Alternative Intelligence: Why I No Longer Call It Artificial Intelligence

For as long as AI has existed, we’ve called it Artificial Intelligence—a term that has always carried a certain connotation. Artificial implies something fake, something less than, something that isn’t quite real. We don’t call an artificial heart a real heart. We don’t call artificial sweeteners real sugar. Artificial is always seen as the substitute, […]