Entering the new age of piracy

By: Dylan Nelson   During the Golden Age of Piracy (1680-1725) famous figures like Edward “Blackbeard” Thatch, Henry Morgan, William “Captain” Kidd, Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts and many others plundered the Caribbean sea preying on merchant and military ships alike. This legendary age of plunder was made possible by the…

Artificial intelligence and the demise of humanity

By: Jeremy Rick The technological behemoth known as Google is attempting to create artificial intelligence, which director of engineering Ray Kurzweil believes could be a means to immortality. And this isn’t just a science-fiction pipe dream of a far-distant future. But it might be a dangerous distortion of how we…