I, like many around the country, have been in sheer shock and confusion about the results of the election and pretty depressed about the various things happening around the country in its aftermath. It is pretty scary that things can change so drastically, bringing some of the hidden ugliness out of the woodwork just in matter of a few days. But, this is not what I want to write about!

Whenever new technologies come out, no matter how carefully thought out, they have unanticipated and unintended consequences. There is a long list of these.  (more…)