Kyle Munkittrick is a product manager by trade, bioethicist by training, and writer at heart. Like Ada Palmer, he would only take a time machine forward. He is grateful he was born in one that does just that, albeit slowly. His past writing has explored the ethics of killing zombies, the importance of Mass Effect, and how Pixar prepared a generation to embrace personhood. He lives with his partner and two cats in San Francisco. Email: kmunkitt [at] gmail.com
by Kyle Munkittrick Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s new book, Abundance, inadvertently exposes a blind spot in our collective moral calculus. In making their case for a better politics, I think they’ve also, as an accidental by-product, solved the infamous Trolley Problem. Abundance argues that improving the supply of things like housing and energy is…
by Kyle Munkittrick We’re on the cusp of The Culture. This Iain M. Banks series has recently replaced Star Trek as the lodestar for The Future We Want. Why? Because it shows us how good the future can be with AI. Critically, both fictions also offer key lessons about the threat and promise of human…
by Kyle Munkittrick When I think about AI, I think about poor Queen Elizabeth. Imagine being her: you have access to Shakespeare — in his prime! You get to see a private showing of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the height of the players’ skill and the Bard’s craft. And then… that’s it. You’ve hit…