Tech I'm skeptical of and why (opens in new tab)

I’m a fan of people trying things, even if they seem silly. Dismissing risky ideas misses the point of research.But thoughtful criticism can direct effort to more promising fields. To that end, I’m going to try to make my criticism as constructive as possible, with concrete reasons for my pessimism and closely related research areas which are promising (and stand to benefit even from failures in the field I’m criticizing).Not every section will live up to that standard; some arguments are bui...