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Though the terrain of frustration may be vast – from a stubbed toe to an untimely death – at the heart of every frustration lies a basic structure: the collision of a wish with an unyielding reality.
The Consolations of Philosophy
Alain De Botton
Society can be destroyed when further growth of mass production renders the milieu hostile, when it extinguishes the free use of the natural abilities of society’s members, when it isolates people from each other and locks them into a man-made shell, when it undermines the texture of community by promoting extreme social polarization and splintering specialization, or when cancerous acceleration enforces social change at a rate that rules out legal, cultural, and political precedents as formal guidelines to present behavior.
Tools for Conviviality
Ivan Illich
Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor open their new book, *[AI Snake Oil](https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691249131/ai-snake-oil?srsltid=AfmBOorHbypOHktYByYHjTaai6yIWbcS77l9JiliigOPk5Ry79A03WV7)*, with a thought experiment: Imagine a world where “vehicle” was the only word we used to refer to every mode of transportation. Debates about environmental impact, safety, cost, and so on would be confusing because we would be conflating bikes with spacecraft or trucks with buses.
AI Scams Are the Point
Edward Ongweso Jr.
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