AI is a magnifier, which is wonderful and terrible
The ability to do more doesn’t equate with wise judgment or good character. What we bring to AI matters at least as much as what AI can actually do.
Aaron Miller
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Weekly Digest - Nov 30-Dec 6, 2025
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Here's what I published from Sunday, November 30, 2025 to Saturday, December 6, 2025: After historic declines, global poverty may increase after 2030 The global reductions in poverty over the last 50 years have been unprecedented, bordering on miraculous. But the rapid and easy gains in wellbeing might
Daily Newsletter - Saturday, December 6, 2025
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Here's what I published on Saturday, December 6, 2025: After historic declines, global poverty may increase after 2030 The global reductions in poverty over the last 50 years have been unprecedented, bordering on miraculous. But the rapid and easy gains in wellbeing might be behind us. Based on
After historic declines, global poverty may increase after 2030
The global reductions in poverty over the last 50 years have been unprecedented, bordering on miraculous. But the rapid and easy gains in wellbeing might be behind us. Based on current trends, progress against extreme poverty will come to a halt. As we’ll see, the number of people in
Patience is a sacred pause
In times of injustice, anger, or outrage, patience can both inform and fortify us. Booker states, “Practicing patience doesn’t mean that you push your anger aside, that you don’t acknowledge it…Bringing patience in to support your anger can feel like a sacred pause, a deep listening as
Weekly Digest - Nov 23-29, 2025
Here's what I published from Sunday, November 23, 2025 to Saturday, November 29, 2025: If someone forwarded you this email, you can subscribe here
Weekly Digest - Nov 16-22, 2025
Here's what I published from Sunday, November 16, 2025 to Saturday, November 22, 2025: If someone forwarded you this email, you can subscribe here
Weekly Digest - Nov 9-15, 2025
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Here's what I published from Sunday, November 9, 2025 to Saturday, November 15, 2025: Cheating Is Expensive for Everyone Apropos to my post from last week on AI and Universities, here’s Yascha Mounk on the topic, noting the terrible incentives involved. If (1) AI is treated as
Daily Newsletter - Friday, November 14, 2025
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Here's what I published on Friday, November 14, 2025: Cheating Is Expensive for Everyone Apropos to my post from last week on AI and Universities, here’s Yascha Mounk on the topic, noting the terrible incentives involved. If (1) AI is treated as cheating, which it should be
Cheating Is Expensive for Everyone
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AI-assisted cheating being so easy to do means the normal mechanisms for dealing with cheating get completely swamped.
Daily Newsletter - Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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Here's what I published on Wednesday, November 12, 2025: Unique, Quality Branding Is Hard Something I’ve never really posted or blogged about ever before is the tech space, but if you looked at my RSS feeds you‘d see more tech news than anything else. It’s
Unique, Quality Branding Is Hard
Something I’ve never really posted or blogged about ever before is the tech space, but if you looked at my RSS feeds you‘d see more tech news than anything else. It’s a long-running hobby. In the consumer tech space, it’s really hard to establish a