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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
Schwartz is absolutely right to say that “what reading teaches, first and foremost, is how to sit still for long periods and confront time head-on. The dynamism is all inside, an exalted, spiritual exercise so utterly engaging that we forget time and mortality along with all of life’s lesser woes, and simply bask in the everlasting present.”
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Alan Jacobs
Whenever making a new purchase, try to picture where the item will end up after you discard it. Can it be composted, reused, or responsibly recycled? Or would it probably end up in a landfill or body of water? Visualizing the full lifecycle of an item can help sway your decisions to be as sustainable as possible.
Overconsumption Is Killing the Planet. What Can We Do?
Richa Syal
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