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AI Will Clog The Internet’s Toilets
I don't think anyone will like what happens when a very small group can build and maintain thousands of sites, propped up by nearly cost free AI…
Mar 17
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February 2023
Scam Ads: MrBeast Isn't Giving Away $10k, And Cory Doctorow Is No Luddite
Scams promoted with advertising have gone on since time immemorial. Most of this discussion will center around digital advertising, but not all…
Feb 28
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10% Happier Book Review, Meditation Is Life Changing
I want to call this book “life-changing”, but I’m not going to because reading it didn’t change my life. What I’m trying to say is, the book has the…
Feb 22
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Apocalyptic Myths Hide AI's Reality
Media coverage of AI as if it’s a dark and threatening abyss likely to usher in an apocalypse is impacting how AI is developed, clouding the discourse…
Feb 20
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Don't Let Fame Trump Talent: Everyone Wants to be the Next Steve Jobs
Now everyone is trying to be famous. If you want to stop seeing headlines of entrepreneurs defrauding investors, and customers, stop letting them get…
Feb 10
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How Gawker Media Once Kept Silicon Valley In Check
With the recent death of Gawker 2.0, I want to explain how the first Gawker acted as a flawed guardian of the startup world.
Feb 7
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January 2023
Why Google Search Sucks And A Tribute To Neil Gaiman
Searching, "who is Neil Gaiman", or "list of the endless in the Neil Gaiman series" will likely give searchers the answers they seek. But ask with less…
Jan 31
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AI-Generated Articles: A Party Trick With Dangerous Consequences
With fiction, at least AI cannot be wrong, as it often is when answering non-fiction questions.
Jan 23
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What Is A Tank And When Is It Pedantic
In most day-to-day contexts being a little imprecise with language is unproblematic. An SUV can be a "car", a thumbtack can be a "small nail," and so…
Jan 20
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How Forbes Monetizes The Frauds They Create
Forbes made money with articles, building up these fraudsters without critical analysis and now makes money writing about the frauds they built up.
Jan 17
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Media Literacy: The Musk Emerald Mine & Andrew Tate's Arrest
A narrative surrounding Elon Musk is that his dad owned an emerald mine in apartheid South Africa and that money from that mine was used to fund Elon…
Jan 9
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How Companies Scare Away Job Seekers
If companies want to attract top tier talent, they will have to do more than preaching about how that talent should consider themselves lucky to get an…
Jan 4
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