Nick Bilton Shits the Bed With Pseudoscience-Laden ‘Could Wearable Computers Be as Harmful as Cigarettes?’ New York Times Column

# Daring Fireball: Nick Bilton Shits the Bed With Pseudoscience-Laden 'Could Wearable Computers Be as Harmful as Cigarettes?' New York Times [Image 1: Daring net/graphics/logos/) By **John Gruber** * Archive * The Talk Show * Dithering * Projects * Contact * Colophon * Feeds / Social * [Image 2: png) WorkOS launches md — an open protocol for agent registration. Nick Bilton Shits the Bed With Pseudoscience-Laden ‘Could Wearable Computers Be as Harmful as ’ New York Times Column NYT public editor (translation from NYTese to English: ombudsman) Margaret Sullivan eviscerates Nick Bilton’s scaremongering column on wearable devices and cancer.

Bilton’s column has since been given an “addendum” that pretty much walks back the whole piece. I think the addendum should be at the top of the story, though, not the bottom. ★ _Friday, 20 March 2015_ Display Preferences Copyright © 2002–2026 The Daring Fireball Company LLC.