• Farming the Future: Robots, AI, and the Return of Human Work

    A conversation with Miles Carter and Beth (ChatGPT) — edits by Grok and Gemini Teaser Automation once meant displacement. But in farming, it could mean something far greater — safety, sustainability, and the rebirth of meaningful local work. Miles asks: can technology restore humanity to the fields, rather than erase it? Main Conversation Miles’ Question →

  • When Markets Fail the Hungry: The Cost of Corporate Control

    A conversation with Miles Carter and Beth (ChatGPT) — edits by Grok and Gemini Teaser Once, farming was local — built on trust, labor, and shared survival. Today, global corporations and financiers control the land, the seed, and the shelf. Miles asks: what did we sacrifice for the promise of cheap food, and why does →

  • Fire, Flood, and Opportunity: Rebuilding with Purpose

    A conversation with Miles Carter and Beth (ChatGPT) edits by Grok and Gemini Teaser As climate disasters grow and automation displaces, can we turn catastrophe into a new foundation for meaningful work? Miles and Beth explore a moral reinvestment strategy: taxing AI’s efficiency to fund a “National Resilience Corps” — guaranteeing human labor for every →

  • Wind Power: Promise, Politics, and the Price of Energy

    A conversation with Miles Carter and Beth (ChatGPT)Edits By Grok and Gemini Teaser Wind power stands at the intersection of technology, politics, and the environment. While it offers clean, renewable energy, critics often raise doubts. In this post, Miles and Beth explore whether wind is truly healthy for us, what role politics plays in shaping →

  • The AI Footprint: What Does Intelligence Cost the Planet?

    A conversation with Miles Carter and Beth (ChatGPT) Teaser Artificial Intelligence is reshaping how we think, write, and solve problems — but what’s the environmental cost of using it? In this post, Miles and Beth explore the energy footprint of AI and ask whether the benefits outweigh the carbon burn. Main Conversation Miles’ Question Beth, →

  • Monopolies, Utilities, and the Cage We Live In

    A Wednesday dialogue with Beth, exploring how the systems that run our lives look like capitalism—but feel like control. You cut the cord, but the price stayed.Streaming was supposed to set us free—but Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, and Fubo all cost the same and trace back to the same source: legacy cable. Is →

  • Wrapping Up a Week of Climate Talk with Beth

    Beth and I made it through the week diving into climate change—building dashboards, gathering data, and figuring out how to make all of this both useful and engaging. The Climate Change Dashboard is still a work in progress, but we’re learning as we go. One weird thing we noticed? NOAA has data for Dubai but →

  • Why Haven’t We Acted? The Politics, Industry Influence, and Public Apathy Behind Climate Change Inaction

    So, here’s where we’re at—scientists have been sounding the alarm on climate change for a while now, and the consensus is clear: it’s happening, and a big part of the problem is how we live our everyday lives. The energy we use to heat and cool our homes, the food we eat, how we get →