We're in the invisible grip of technology, politics, and our own weirdness. Written by veteran journalist Jacob Ward (correspondent for Al Jazeera, PBS, NBC News), The Rip Current is your guide to spotting it early and getting across safely.
I write about invisible forces in tech, politics, and human behavior. Former NBC and Al Jazeera correspondent, editor-in-chief of Popular Science, Stanford d.school lecturer, and author of The Loop, a book about the danger of AI mania.
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