Trump’s Prosecution Is America’s Last Hope

Social norms—not laws—are the underlying fabric of democracy. The Georgia indictment against Donald Trump is the last tool remaining to repair that which he’s torn apart...

Detecting “Violations of Social Norms” in Text with AI

Researchers are trying to use AI to detect "social norms violations." Feels a little sketchy right now, but this is the sort of thing that AIs will get better at. Like all of these systems, anything but a very low false positive rate makes the detection useless in practice. News article...

On US Capitol Security — By Someone Who Manages Arena-Rock-Concert Security

Smart commentary: …I was floored on Wednesday when, glued to my television, I saw police in some areas of the U.S. Capitol using little more than those same mobile gates I had ­ the ones that look like bike racks that can hook together ­ to try to keep the crowds away from sensitive areas and,...