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Weekly Digest - Sep 20-26, 2026

Here's what I published from Sunday, September 20, 2026 to Saturday, September 26, 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

Weekly Digest - Sep 13-19, 2026

Here's what I published from Sunday, September 13, 2026 to Saturday, September 19, 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

Weekly Digest - Sep 6-12, 2026

Here's what I published from Sunday, September 6, 2026 to Saturday, September 12, 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:

Weekly Digest - Aug 23-29, 2026

Here's what I published from Sunday, August 23, 2026 to Saturday, August 29, 2026: Assessing Students Who Use AI This week I gave a presentation to my college about assessment in the age of AI. Here's a written version of what I shared. AI eats all

Weekly Digest - Aug 9-15, 2026

Here's what I published from Sunday, August 9, 2026 to Saturday, August 15, 2026: The Near Future and Present Reality of AI Considering how I at least skim pretty much every single one of Zvi’s (very long!) posts, I don’t link to him enough. Here’s

Weekly Digest - Jul 12-18, 2026

Here's what I published from Sunday, July 12, 2026 to Saturday, July 18, 2026: #SaveTheEmDash I’m so grateful Brian Phillips wrote this article. There have been moments recently that I’ve avoided em dashes knowing how people fixate on them as proof of AI slop. But they’