Welcome back to another Question of the Week here at The Confusing Middle! Last week we wrestled with a version of the future that doesn't feel like science fiction at all, the idea of being seamlessly linked into every communications path until logging off stops being an option. This week's question pulls the lens in … Continue reading Question of the Week #507
The Book of Questions
Question of the Week #506
Welcome back to another Question of the Week here at The Confusing Middle! Last week we sat with one of Gregory Stock's darker thought experiments from The Book of Questions, the one about trading your body for a jar and a set of sensors. This week's entry is a spiritual sequel of sorts, and it … Continue reading Question of the Week #506
Question of the Week #505
Welcome back to another Question of the Week here at The Confusing Middle! Gregory Stock's The Book of Questions keeps handing me these little gifts of dread dressed up as thought experiments, and this week's entry might be the most unsettling one I've sat with in a while. So pour some coffee, get comfortable, and … Continue reading Question of the Week #505
Question of the Week #504
Welcome back to another Question of the Week here at The Confusing Middle! We're picking up right where last week left off, so if you missed #503, go read it first. That one asked whether you'd trade your looks for a hundred extra years of life, and I answered yes almost immediately, then spent the … Continue reading Question of the Week #504
Question of the Week #503
Welcome back to another Question of the Week here at The Confusing Middle! As always, this one comes from Gregory Stock's The Book of Questions, and this week's entry is the kind of question that sounds like a fun party icebreaker until you actually sit with it for more than ten seconds. Here it is. … Continue reading Question of the Week #503
Question of the Week #502
Welcome back to another Question of the Week here at The Confusing Middle! This one also comes courtesy of Gregory Stock's The Book of Questions, and it's the kind of question that sounds like a thought experiment until you realize how many people are quietly living out some version of it right now. Here it … Continue reading Question of the Week #502
Question of the Week #501
Welcome back to another Question of the Week here at The Confusing Middle! This one comes courtesy of Gregory Stock's The Book of Questions, and it's the kind of question that sounds like science fiction until you realize how much of the underlying technology already exists. Here it is. Would you want every person in … Continue reading Question of the Week #501
Question of the Week #500
Welcome back to another Question of the Week here at The Confusing Middle! Believe it or not, this marks the 500th entry in this series, which feels worth a quick nod before we get into it. Last week, Stock had us sweating over an ATM mistake, asking whether we'd report a windfall that fell into … Continue reading Question of the Week #500
Question of the Week #499
Welcome back to another Question of the Week here at The Confusing Middle! As always, the questions come from Gregory Stock's The Book of Questions. Last week, Stock put us in an uncomfortable chair with a question about corporate loyalty: if someone offered you a large bribe for privileged information about your company, and you … Continue reading Question of the Week #499
Question of the Week #497
Welcome back to another Question of the Week here at The Confusing Middle! As always, the questions come from Gregory Stock's The Book of Questions. Last week we were somewhere pretty dark, so this week Stock pivots in a different direction entirely. He's not asking us to confront our mortality or wrestle with the justice … Continue reading Question of the Week #497
