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5 Jul

The Future Written Word

The year is 2072. The written word is everywhere, and AI authors most of it. Human authorship is not unknown, but it is an art now, not a skill. A writer is like the artisan, who works with woods...
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22 May

Legitimate & Utterly Useless Fear of Generative AI

⚪ This document is certified 100% AI-free ⚪ (It’s kind of a joke, and also it’s not) It’s not really surprising, but I’ve seen — like everybody else — the concern over AI rising in proportion to the ascendance...
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3 Aug

Under One Roof: What New Tech Means in the Workplace

In July 1978, the New York Times transitioned from a hot-type to a cold-type system — from cast metal typesetting with red hot metal to the quiet, cool computer-based systems still employed in principle today. The video exploring the...
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18 Sep

A Brief Discourse on Work

The usefulness of work is a deep, deep topic with many corners and branches; no single discussion can comprehend it. To the question of “why do we work?” — The simplest answer, and perhaps the most historic, is to say...
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13 Jun

The Future: A Short Anti-Complaint

It’s a common complaint that “the future isn’t what it used to be”, and I don’t disagree: I demand cheap flying cars, a personal robot staff, convenient interplanetary travel, an end to world hunger, and total immunity to disease. But...
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