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While not having significant public speaking experience, I do hold a black belt in chutzpah, and I immediately considered Demosthenes and Cicero1 as role models and anticipated trying to earn a compliment like Cicero gave when asked which was his favorite among the orations of Demosthenes. Cicero replied, “The longest one.”

Poor Charlie’s Almanack

Charles T. Munger, Peter D. Kaufman, John Collison, and Warren Buffett

We are entering a similar gap today, where the tools exist to create synthetic media, but it’s unclear that individuals and media outlets are prepared to be sufficiently skeptical of the content they come across, share, and endorse as authentic.

The Future Will Be Synthesized

render.betaworks.com

If one clerk with a machine can do the work of 10, then you might have fewer clerks, but you might also do far more with them. If, Jevons tells us, it becomes much cheaper and more efficient to do something, you might do more of it - you might do more analysis or manage more inventory. You might build a different and more efficient business that is only possible because you can automate its administration with typewriters and adding machines.

AI and the Automation of Work — Benedict Evans

ben-evans.com

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