Canadian expat Matthew Barlow remembers Gord Downie: “But, in telling us our stories back to us in a way no one ever had, Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip made us proud to be Canadian.”

“It’s kind of related to this concept that Gloria Steinem writes about, the idea that we are linked, not ranked.”

“Will we need certifications for neural networks as fit for driving a car or flying a plane? Will an algorithm have to get a driver’s license? Will we trust the creators of the algorithms to not game that testing system?”

“The reality is that all biology and technology is built upon the concept of ‘copying.’ Everything from single cell organisms, to our DNA, to manufacturing, to emergent technologies. Copying is ‘the’ feature, not a bug.”

“The art of the mix was gone. No intricately designed tape case, or carefully written song titles. A monkey can make a mix in iTunes. A monkey can’t cover a blank tape insert with masking tape and then redesign said tape insert with love and care.”

“I don’t need Beyonce to be the blackest artist on the planet, or to get her blackness right for my benefit.”

There is a WORLD of difference between ‘I know you want it,’ and ‘I know you wanted it.’ If when Beyoncé or Rihanna say ‘I know you want it,’ they’re seen as strong, empowered, independent sexual beings rightfully expressing their desires, why, the second a man says it, do we equate him to a rapist?

If only more people wanted to understand “Hot Nigga” and not just the dance that made the song so popular. Maybe then, we’d cry for Bobby and the thousands of youngsters like him as we cried for Simba when he lost his father.