BURNING CHROME | The last philosophers
There was a time when philosophers helped shape civilization. Not academic debates hidden behind journal paywalls or tenure-track arguments confined...
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BURNING CHROME | ‘Planned obsolescence’ is real
A smartphone battery weakens after two years. A printer suddenly refuses third-party ink. A laptop becomes sluggish after a software...
BURNING CHROME | AI’s Southeast Asia boom is real—but it’s not evenly built
The numbers look decisive. Adoption is accelerating. Productivity gains are measurable. Economic upside is being quantified in the hundreds of...
BURNING CHROME | AI adoption is rising—but so is the divide
AI is spreading, but the spread is misleading. By the second half of 2025, about one in six people globally...
BURNING CHROME | TechSabado: The evolution continues
Ten years is a long time in technology. In the lifespan of the internet, it is practically a geological epoch....
BURNING CHROME | AI didn’t kill the job. Governance did
There is a comforting lie embedded in every corporate slide deck about artificial intelligence: that job disruption is a future...
BURNING CHROME | Music deconstruction through technology
NOTE: This article first appeared in the July 31, 2006, issue of Tech Times, the infotech section of The Manila...
BURNING CHROME | Multimedia: Evolution and transformation
NOTE: This article orginally came out in 2006 for RealtimeArts, a national arts magazine based in Australia. In a square...
BURNING CHROME | Progressives, conservatives, and the politics of violence
The eternal battle lines between left and right are not written in the stars but in the bloodied streets of...
BURNING CHROME | As it was, when it was: The new album on Pinoy underground ’80s and the great rock ’n’ roll swindle
NOTE: THIS ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN MY NOVEMBER 2006 BLOGSPOT POST. ’80s pop culture was an enigma. Thick shoulder pads...