AI in the real world: tools I trust and use
Lately, it seems AI is either here to save us, replace us, or ruin everything. I’ve been thinking about how to help you sort the signal from the noise.
Read More »The medium is the message (and often a weapon)
500 years ago, the printing press changed who exercised power. In the Western world, individuals could suddenly access knowledge from anywhere, independently of church or crown. A flood of new ideas reshaped religion, science, politics, and economics.
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Professors are like their worst students
There is a place in hell where bad people go. In this place they are forced to watch PowerPoint presentations. But in the special place for the really bad people, a devil doesn’t just show the slides but reads them aloud, every word. Not long ago I attended a typical academic conference. Several dozen professors […]
Read More »New Yorker’s Osnos: Good writing flows from deep reporting
Versión en español aquí. New Yorker writer Evan Osnos is as fine a storyteller in person as he is in print. Tsinghua University journalism students left their texting thumbs idle Oct. 24 as he told how he profiled a former barber named Siu Yun Ping, who won close to $100 million at baccarat in Macau. Osnos […]
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