Aaron Miller

Here's what I published on Friday, September 25, 2026: Praying through a logic problem I quite enjoyed this piece by Mariam Sabri who teaches the history of science in Pakistan. It’s a case for breadth of experience, using evidence from the lives of four medieval Islamic polymaths.

Here's what I published on Wednesday, September 16, 2026: On the cost of cynicism It’s natural to think of cynicism compared to optimism, like we do with other opposites: dark and light, sorrow and joy, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Denver Broncos. (Monday night was rough

Here's what I published on Tuesday, September 8, 2026: AI's learning penalty is avoidable I wrote recently that no homework is safe now, and that the right response is to treat homework as practice, not assessment for grades. Case in point: a 30-month study of

Here's what I published on Monday, September 7, 2026: Shame Is Priced In Having defended em dashes from the AI-shame brigade, you know where I stand on stigma as a strategy. Anil Dash makes the bigger version of the point: shame doesn't stop technology where