The restaurants still have different names. The shelves still have different labels. But the supply chains, payment networks, servers, and energy infrastructure beneath are converging into fewer and fewer hands. More choice. Less difference. And a system that needs you to consume but doesn't need you to choose.
The streaming revolution was supposed to unlock six decades of unadapted literary science fiction. Instead, the industry used it to make more Star Trek, more Star Wars, and more Marvel — and now even the franchises are failing. Disclosure: This reflects my personal experience and interpretation of publicly available information. It
People didn’t stop reading. We removed the need to. And now everyone—from Gen Z to retirees—is converging on the same behavior: they don’t want content. They want answers. Disclosure: This reflects my personal experience and interpretation of publicly available information. It represents my views alone—not
Disclosure: This reflects my personal experience and interpretation of publicly available information. It represents my views alone—not any employer or organization—and is not professional advice. Everyone is acting like AI just kicked off a brand new era of job displacement. It didn't. We've been
Context Windows, Tool Stability, and the Economics of Continuous Execution Disclosure: This post reflects independent personal experimentation using publicly available documentation and pricing. It reflects only my personal views and is not professional advice, and does not represent any organization, employer, or official position. Abstract Persistent AI agents generate steady
This is not about crime, or safety, or "the locals." Everyone I met — every bartender, every vendor, every guide, every family — was warm, professional, and often openly frustrated by the same dynamics I was documenting. The people of Jamaica are not the problem. The people of Jamaica are
This is not an anti-all-inclusive essay. I have already bought into the model, and in Mexico, the surrounding ecosystem still works. The resort captures spending, but the destination still circulates it. What I found in Jamaica is a system so frictionless inside the resort gates and so hostile outside them
I'm a Palace Resorts member and can stay at any Palace property in Mexico or the Dominican Republic. After Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica in late October 2025, 157,000 buildings were damaged, and an estimated 30% of GDP was erased, I deliberately chose Moon Palace Jamaica because the
Or: how a Chinese restaurant shutdown, a pile of CSV files, and several hallucinating AIs wrecked my sleep schedule and quietly rewired how I think about building things This story starts the way most bad ideas do. With Chinese food. For nearly a decade, Mainland Chinese Bistro in Coral Springs
Stories once warned us about empires and corporations. Today, those warnings are real. When power meets profit, free expression is the first casualty.
(A sequel to “Why You Shouldn’t Buy the iPhone 16 for Apple Intelligence”) Disclaimer: I write these pieces as a former technology columnist and current industry observer. They reflect my personal analysis and opinions only, not those of my employer or any affiliated organization. When iOS 18 launched in
Disclaimer: I write these pieces as a former technology columnist and current industry observer. They reflect my personal analysis and opinions only, not those of my employer or any affiliated organization. Although I no longer write for ZDNet, I remain deeply involved in evaluating technology. This year, I decided to