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The gap between how the initiated express their ideological beliefs and how everyone else does seems larger than ever.

A Nation Divided by Language

theatlantic.com

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

But if you think of reading in this way, as a means of uploading data, then reading will always seem too slow. If I can transfer the complete contents of a book to my computer in ten seconds, why does it take me a week to transfer it to my brain? And why is that latter form of uploading so error-prone and so often incomplete?

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

Alan Jacobs

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