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Book Review: How to Read a Book — Why Adler and Van Doren Still Matter
Hi friends, There are books that teach you facts, books that entertain, and then there are books that quietly change the way you approach knowledge itself. How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren falls firmly into the third category. First published in 1940 and updated in the 1970s, it has
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Parenting, Productivity, and the Strain in Between
Hi friends, I know, I know… it’s been a while. Well, I’ve had a wobble. A long lasting wobble. Having reflected on it I think I have identified the cause. So, I’ve written about it. Something different. Something personal. 1. The Myth of Balance We are told a lie, and it is told so often
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Remembering Internet v2.0: When We Surfed, Searched & Actually Read Stuff
Long-Form Royalty — “Blog Posts Were King, Threads Were for Sewing” Hi friends; a short rant… Prelude: A Quick Scroll Backwards ⏪ Blow the cyber-dust off your mental browser, dump every biscuit, and picture a web with no algorithm slyly spoon-feeding you yesterday’s viral Strictly clip. In Internet v2.0 the long-form blog post wasn’t some quaint relic; it was legal
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Generative AI – the pessimists perspective
As I explained in my first blog Generative AI – the optimists perspective artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most transformative technologies of our time, but also one of the most controversial. While some see it as a source of innovation and progress, others fear it has the potential to disrupt and destroy human society.
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Generative AI – the optimists perspective
Hello and welcome to my first blog, where I will share with you my opinions on generative AI. For those of you recently emergent from your caves generative AI is a branch of artificial intelligence that can create new content, such as images, text, music, and more. It is a fascinating and powerful technology that
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