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The AI Vampire

This was an unusually hard post to write, because it flies in the face of everything else going on.

Tech continues to be political | Miriam Eric Suzanne

And the politics aren't looking great

The Age of Abundance

Why value always migrates to the new bottleneck—and how to find the scarcity in an age of plenty.

What Would Richard Feynman Make of AI Today?

What Would Richard Feynman Make of AI Today? The scientific sage was always suspicious of grand promises delivered before details were understood.

Is Spotify Enabling Massive Impersonation of Famous Jazz Musicians?

How did trumpet legend Nat Adderley become a white guy playing with a three-handed bassist?

Offline 23 hours a day | Derek Sivers

‘How to Live in this World’ | J. Krishnamurti

Mitt Romney’s checks plan: up to $350 per month, per kid for parents

Russia Has Massed 500 Tanks For An Attack On Kupyansk. Thousands Of Ukrainian Drones Await Them.

Seth’s Top 100

Pokémon Legends: Arceus Review

Jennifer Rudolph Walsh on Breaking the Busy Stigma, Finding Essentialness, and Transcending Bullshit | Goop

Why do we need to be right?

The Translator’s Funeral, a new short story by Rónán Hession

On writing better documents

Katy: a short story by Bryan Washington

Choosing Love: Scarlett Lewis on Overcoming Tragedy

An Astronaut's Guide to Mental Models

| J. Krishnamurti

¡A´hooo!, el grito de resistencia de Los cogelones, desde Neza

Forget the Iowa Fiasco. Trump Is the Democrats’ Real Problem.

American torture

9 Questions Interesting People Ask to Cut Through the Small Talk

Diamonds Aren’t Special and Neither Is Your Love

Is the "Death Drive" Real?

Better logging with Emoji

The 3-ladder system of social class in the U.S.

The Untold History of Facebook’s Most Controversial Growth Tool

Deliberate Anti-Productivity

Apple Privacy Chief: North Dakota Bill 'Threatens to Destroy the iPhone as You Know It'

Seeing the Pentagon Papers in a New Light

Spotify Invents A New Way To Recommend Music—By Monitoring Your Speech

How poetry can make us both laugh and think (providing added reasons to read it)

5 ways to support parents right now

11 Habits that changed my life (and will yours too)

Media that matters: Peter Walker talks Digital Media Art

Thunder in Her Head - The American Scholar

Preparing For The End Of The World, On A Budget

Billions of Locusts Are Swarming East Africa

How White nationalists evade the law and continue profiting off hate - CNN

Learning to Love in the Wilds of Our Bodies - Gay Mag