Given the many life and death threats facing our species, an algorithm to help identify which challenges are imminent and which can wait five minutes sounds great. Unfortunately, technology is part of the problem. The more we rely on it, the more we are likely to find ourselves in a d

Surveillance tools are everywhere.  Another device is coming soon to a store near you: software that identifies individual faces in a crowd.  Walk through Macy’s one afternoon and you may hear a message telling you your favorite cologne is on sale.  And those greeters with their