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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.
In many cases, we become enraged over incidents where nothing serious has actually happened to us (e.g., we may have been cut off in traffic, but there was no car crash). Learn to react to what has happened, not what almost happened or what could have happened.
The Art of Taking It Easy
Brian King
In short, once you start reading a book on the Kindle—and this is equally true of the other e-readers I’ve tried—the technology generates an inertia that makes it significantly easier to keep reading than to do anything else. E-readers, unlike many other artifacts of the digital age, promote linearity—they create a forward momentum that you can reverse if you wish, but not without some effort.
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Alan Jacobs
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