Everybody is talking about AI; scientists, columnists, podcasters, pundits and pols. It’s a subject that is on everyone’s lips as the serious AI arms race has begun. And it has done so largely in the absence of government oversight and regulation. Pair that with the fact that it is happening…

A summation with observations and analysis I am convinced that China, and its now leader for life Xi Jinping, are entering a very challenging period — on several levels. This moment has implications for internal Chinese health care systems, economics and politics; as well as for the region and world…

Can Club and Touring Musicians Build a Base Income With NFT Releases? Could be… under the right circumstances and with the right contract The trajectory of Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) has branched in many directions and is currently blossoming profusely, driving new ventures, new collaborations and a vibrant new market…

As an only child, I always had space. My own room at an early age in a spacious two-story house on three-quarters of an acre. Surrounded by orange groves that invited childhood wanderings, there was considerable space in and around that house. …

How Psychoacoustics Explains Our Fascination With Sound The way we process sound is fundamental to the attraction and appreciation of music. Human society has long understood the power of sound. …

A Major Constituent of Worldbeat, AfroPop Is Awesome Mother Africa. The well-spring of the human race is a vast land of diversity and contradiction. Regrettably, some of the continents is currently beset with war, famine, pestilence, endemic poverty, and widespread corruption. Ethiopian Tigray tragedies, the ongoing conflict in the DRC…

In Defense of Gossip Is Gossip The Way That Humans Identify Social Rank? Oscar Wilde once said: “Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip . . .But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.” So what is gossip? According to wordnik, the word gossip first appeared around the year 1014…

From Concertinas to Cumbia — Accordions Rule As the old joke goes: Why do politicians make good accordionists? Because they are used to playing both ends off against the middle. To most, that sounds about right. When I was a child, my parents decided that I needed a musical education…

It’s Time For Government To Embrace Digital Transformation and The Internet Of Things We’ve all heard the ads from the telecommunications giants, 5G is here in some places, and on the way in others. …