The creativity and imperfection of the human mind is the latest casualty of the AI revolution.  I used to get things wrong in interesting ways. I'd misremember a historical date and build an entire argument around it, only to unravel it myself three days later in the shower. I'd chase a half-formed idea through four books and a legal pad before arriving somewhere unexpected — occasionally brilliant, more often just somewhere. That somewhere, it turns out, was the point. The struggle was the...

The “Attention Economy” has reshaped politics and challenged the value of viewpoint diversity Each morning, once I’ve turned off my alarm, rubbed my eyes, and processed that I am awake and alive, I grab my phone. It varies from morning to morning; sometimes texts are the first things that grab my attention, sometimes X, sometimes ESPN, but my attention is immediately commanded. In today’s digital world, where information is infinite and knowledge can be attained in whatever form one desires,...

Why we should seek to connect with people across difference. I watched a TedTalk the other day featuring author Zachary Wood. An advocate...