Ora et Labora
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John Gruber: Musk’s Twitter/X is not an aggregator for news. It’s a walled garden. But the type of garden where you need to keep your eyes open and your hand on your wallet. Sometimes it’s fun to …
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Jon Greenaway: Fallon is the court jester of the Anthropocene, a figure who invites us to watch celebrities play parlor games on stage while the air outside the studio begins to smell of tear gas and …
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Rebecca Solnit:"[…]In education, the ultimate product is not your term paper or essay or grade point average; it’s your self. You are supposed to emerge more informed, more capable of critical …
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Eric Harvey: “Learning about reggae, or even Bob Marley himself, by listening to Legend is like learning about a big city by sticking to its downtown. You’ll no doubt have a good time amid the most …
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Jess Love: “Nothing is ever simple. Nostalgia protects and nostalgia poisons, and still we go back for more.”
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Alys Fowler: “For that is the thing about bogs: they are not hugely interested in wowing you. The mountains have good views and the forest has majesty; the sand dunes sculpture and the wildflower …
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Not one to normally quote anything Black Rock is involved in but an exception here: “We have more and more conviction that we need people who majored in history or English, in things that have nothing …
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New York Times: “Did you see the notes he put on Canvas?” she wrote, referring to the university’s software platform for hosting course materials. “He made it with ChatGPT.” “OMG Stop,” the classmate …
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52% of Gen Zers said schools should be required to teach students how to leverage AI. 49% said they believe AI will harm their critical thinking skills. 41% said AI makes them anxious, while 36% said …
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The Gen Z lifestyle subsidy isn’t entirely like its Millennial predecessor. Uber was appealing because using an app to instantly summon a car is much easier than chasing down a cab. Ride-hailing apps …
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