by Kristy Mapp | Aug 4, 2025
My son loves to code and build video games. He does everything—logic, interaction, artwork. It’s incredible to watch. He just turned 18 and is now feeling the pressure to get a job. I’ve told him he doesn’t have to—not yet, not while he’s preparing for college—but...
by Kristy Mapp | Aug 4, 2025
If machines do the work, what are humans for? Let’s just say the quiet part out loud: it feels like robots are coming for our jobs. And not just factory jobs or warehouse gigs. We’re talking lawyers, doctors, designers, therapists, writers, coders, baristas. (Okay,...
by Kristy Mapp | Aug 4, 2025
Before ones and zeros, there was a rock and a hard place. Last year, we took a family vacation to Belize. One of the items I added to our itinerary was a spelunking tour through Actun Tunichil Muknal, a place so steeped in history and reverence that National...
by Kristy Mapp | Jul 17, 2025
The machines won’t enslave us. We’ll do it to ourselves. Not because of some grand collapse, but because someone saw a market opportunity afforded by AI—and jumped. We’re staring down the barrel of an AI race we never even signed up for. There is a very real...
