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A batch of the best highlights from what J's read, .

Conversation’s got to have some root in the past, or else you’ve got to explain every remark you make, an’ it wears a person out.

The World-Ending Fire

Wendell Berry

There are no words to describe the opposite sensations of being at-our-job and being not-at-our-job even if we know the feeling of crossing that threshold by heart.

The Collapse of Self-Worth in the Digital Age

Thea Lim

Artificial intelligence, as its critics like to say, is [neither artificial nor intelligent](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jun/06/microsofts-kate-crawford-ai-is-neither-artificial-nor-intelligent). It requires material resources and depends entirely on human labor, so it’s not artificial; and it has no intentionality or reasoning capabilities, so it’s not intelligent.

Epic Forgetting

Rob Horning

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