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By now, most people have had experiences with A.I. Not everyone has been impressed. Ben recently said, “I didn’t start really respecting it until I started having it write code for me.”

A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft

James Somers

Field notes are powerful for several reasons. By encouraging you to capture your thoughts while listening to podcasts, reading articles, or even during conversations, they help you become a more active observer of your own life. They take very little time; a few seconds whenever you observe something interesting. And because they are timestamped, they help make it easier to identify under what conditions you work, learn, and feel best.

Self-Anthropology: Become Your Own Anthropologist With Personal Field Notes

Anne-Laure Le Cunff

It is easy for even the most genuine passion for justice to assume a punitive aspect: we don’t like to see people getting away with bad behavior. We want them to get what they deserve, and not to get what they don’t deserve. This attitude is more than understandable, but it can be hard to see whether it’s compatible with generosity.

Breaking Bread With the Dead

Alan Jacobs

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