All good stories are fictional.

If reality TV were really reality, every show would be like surveillance tape. Each episode would be 24 hours of people biting …

Bill Belichick and Warren Buffett understand value in a way that most don’t.

I’ve been reading The Warren Buffett Way by Robert Hagstrom, and suddenly I’m realizing why we all tend to stare at car crashes. 

Writers need momentum.

Why is it so hard to start a piece of writing, and equally as hard to finish it, while the …

What is the human journalist’s role in an automated newsroom?

Welcome back to Day 2 of Robotics Week! If you missed it, check out my Tuesday review of Wired’s feature, …

What does the automation of professional writing tell us about the future of creativity?

Wired Magazine just published science fiction that was written with algorithms. The Associated Press is preparing for an automated newsroom. How does this affect the future creative writing?