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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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I know people think I’m too woo-woo about theory and capitalism and markets. But I sincerely believe this kind of degradation of micro-trust is the real social and economic rot. We constantly feel scammed and then we start reacting like marks instead of mutually reliant humans.
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I know people think I’m too woo-woo about theory and capitalism and markets. But I sincerely believe this kind of degradation of micro-trust is the real social and economic rot. We constantly feel scammed and then we start reacting like marks instead of mutually reliant humans.
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It definitely feels like the "AI conversation" is about to become the "AI mandate" before we really even began the conversation, huh?
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It definitely feels like the "AI conversation" is about to become the "AI mandate" before we really even began the conversation, huh?
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I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.
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Time for some slogans.
AI: For the lazy.
AI: We'll make your writing worse.
AI: Lousy work in twice the time!
AI: For the lazy.
AI: We'll make your writing worse.
AI: Lousy work in twice the time!
(I had time to double-check, post this on Bluesky and email the piece to the commissioning editor while it trundled away. And my edits are better. All it has done is cut whole sentences whereas I have filleted them so my points are still there but more concise.)
November 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Time for some slogans.
AI: For the lazy.
AI: We'll make your writing worse.
AI: Lousy work in twice the time!
AI: For the lazy.
AI: We'll make your writing worse.
AI: Lousy work in twice the time!
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I wish we, like, regulated shit nowadays. Between car bloat, blinding headlines, and neighbourhoods packed with rental suites but no on-property parking, driving is an absolute nightmare now.
Nearly all drivers say vehicles' lights are too bright in study
The study, commissioned by the Department for Transport, was completed by Berkshire's TRL.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I wish we, like, regulated shit nowadays. Between car bloat, blinding headlines, and neighbourhoods packed with rental suites but no on-property parking, driving is an absolute nightmare now.
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NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Something that gets lost in the mania to apply genAI in K-12 schools at the exact same time as companies are experimenting with it:
It took from the 1980s to the 2010s for computers to go from the top of every office worker's desk to the top of every student's desk.
It took from the 1980s to the 2010s for computers to go from the top of every office worker's desk to the top of every student's desk.
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Something that gets lost in the mania to apply genAI in K-12 schools at the exact same time as companies are experimenting with it:
It took from the 1980s to the 2010s for computers to go from the top of every office worker's desk to the top of every student's desk.
It took from the 1980s to the 2010s for computers to go from the top of every office worker's desk to the top of every student's desk.
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"Although it once seemed like a good idea to give every child his or her own device, it’s clear that those policies have been a failure."
I don't agree with everything here but I do worry a lot about the % of a school day a student is staring at a personal device...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
I don't agree with everything here but I do worry a lot about the % of a school day a student is staring at a personal device...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
Opinion | The Screen That Ate Your Child’s Education
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Although it once seemed like a good idea to give every child his or her own device, it’s clear that those policies have been a failure."
I don't agree with everything here but I do worry a lot about the % of a school day a student is staring at a personal device...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
I don't agree with everything here but I do worry a lot about the % of a school day a student is staring at a personal device...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
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Finally seeing the backlash to overdependence on tech in schools reach legacy media.
It’s giving me hope that we can dampen AI mania.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
It’s giving me hope that we can dampen AI mania.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
Opinion | The Screen That Ate Your Child’s Education
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Finally seeing the backlash to overdependence on tech in schools reach legacy media.
It’s giving me hope that we can dampen AI mania.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
It’s giving me hope that we can dampen AI mania.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
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look as someone who can be incapacitated for weeks by the fear that I put the wrong number of exclamation points into an email this has been a fascinating glimpse into a some brains that work extremely! differently! from! mine!
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
look as someone who can be incapacitated for weeks by the fear that I put the wrong number of exclamation points into an email this has been a fascinating glimpse into a some brains that work extremely! differently! from! mine!
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Surely more technology will solve the problems caused by more technology, say the technology sellers.
November 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Surely more technology will solve the problems caused by more technology, say the technology sellers.
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Not saying this would change everything but sure would be nice to get open access to scholarly journals as a K-12 teacher
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Not saying this would change everything but sure would be nice to get open access to scholarly journals as a K-12 teacher
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Ngl I think a lot of former gifted kids could be really successful if they’re hobby wasn’t Phone (myself included)
lotta former-gifted kids are currently-gifted adults but don't realize it because they're holding themselves back from diving into whatever hobby they wanna get into
May 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Ngl I think a lot of former gifted kids could be really successful if they’re hobby wasn’t Phone (myself included)
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every day at circa 10am I fight the most important battle of my day, as my brain tricks me into thinking that being home and working under a blanket is soooo nice but unfortunately I know from past experience that if I've not made it to the cafe and interacted with people by 11am the Madness sets in
April 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
every day at circa 10am I fight the most important battle of my day, as my brain tricks me into thinking that being home and working under a blanket is soooo nice but unfortunately I know from past experience that if I've not made it to the cafe and interacted with people by 11am the Madness sets in
✋ proud to say so
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
✋ proud to say so
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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New poem by yours truly on BENDING THE ARC today, about manifesting the future, along with some reflection on just what is this whole thrutopian writing thing anyway, & a prompt so you can have a go yourselves
bendingthearcmagazine.substack.com/p/how-to-man...
bendingthearcmagazine.substack.com/p/how-to-man...
How To… Manifest the Future
Writing a manifesto poem by Katherine Stansfield
bendingthearcmagazine.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
New poem by yours truly on BENDING THE ARC today, about manifesting the future, along with some reflection on just what is this whole thrutopian writing thing anyway, & a prompt so you can have a go yourselves
bendingthearcmagazine.substack.com/p/how-to-man...
bendingthearcmagazine.substack.com/p/how-to-man...
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“You’re going to be disappointing other people or you’re going to be disappointing yourself. You have to choose.” — my partner to me today. Thought I’d mess yall up too. Thanks!
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“You’re going to be disappointing other people or you’re going to be disappointing yourself. You have to choose.” — my partner to me today. Thought I’d mess yall up too. Thanks!
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He does economically hit the highlights. Plagiarism, energy/environment, and horseshit. Check, check, check.
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
He does economically hit the highlights. Plagiarism, energy/environment, and horseshit. Check, check, check.
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UNPLUG THE DAMN THING.
This technology should NOT exist. Nobody wants it. It makes no lives better. They pocked trillions and all they have to show for it is a death machine. Unplug it. Today.
This technology should NOT exist. Nobody wants it. It makes no lives better. They pocked trillions and all they have to show for it is a death machine. Unplug it. Today.
This is fucking bone-chilling
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
UNPLUG THE DAMN THING.
This technology should NOT exist. Nobody wants it. It makes no lives better. They pocked trillions and all they have to show for it is a death machine. Unplug it. Today.
This technology should NOT exist. Nobody wants it. It makes no lives better. They pocked trillions and all they have to show for it is a death machine. Unplug it. Today.
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I am thrilled to share my short story Fireflies, published by Bending the Arc. If this week has shown us anything, it’s how important hope is, and I hope you’ll read this and more hopeful pieces in this journal! bendingthearcmagazine.substack.com/p/fireflies
Fireflies
Short story by Megan Mills
bendingthearcmagazine.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I am thrilled to share my short story Fireflies, published by Bending the Arc. If this week has shown us anything, it’s how important hope is, and I hope you’ll read this and more hopeful pieces in this journal! bendingthearcmagazine.substack.com/p/fireflies
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Me, after dinner: Oh, it's still early, I bet I can still get some writing done today.
(goes upstairs)
(opens up laptop)
Brain: YOUTUBE
Me: No, brain, writing!
Brain: YOUTUBE
Me: We have a deadline!
Brain: (holds breath)
Me: UGH, FINE. But just one.
Brain: YAY
(puts on video)
(passes out)
(goes upstairs)
(opens up laptop)
Brain: YOUTUBE
Me: No, brain, writing!
Brain: YOUTUBE
Me: We have a deadline!
Brain: (holds breath)
Me: UGH, FINE. But just one.
Brain: YAY
(puts on video)
(passes out)
November 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Me, after dinner: Oh, it's still early, I bet I can still get some writing done today.
(goes upstairs)
(opens up laptop)
Brain: YOUTUBE
Me: No, brain, writing!
Brain: YOUTUBE
Me: We have a deadline!
Brain: (holds breath)
Me: UGH, FINE. But just one.
Brain: YAY
(puts on video)
(passes out)
(goes upstairs)
(opens up laptop)
Brain: YOUTUBE
Me: No, brain, writing!
Brain: YOUTUBE
Me: We have a deadline!
Brain: (holds breath)
Me: UGH, FINE. But just one.
Brain: YAY
(puts on video)
(passes out)
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We been here for years (1828).
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We been here for years (1828).
I am thrilled to share my short story Fireflies, published by Bending the Arc. If this week has shown us anything, it’s how important hope is, and I hope you’ll read this and more hopeful pieces in this journal! bendingthearcmagazine.substack.com/p/fireflies
Fireflies
Short story by Megan Mills
bendingthearcmagazine.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I am thrilled to share my short story Fireflies, published by Bending the Arc. If this week has shown us anything, it’s how important hope is, and I hope you’ll read this and more hopeful pieces in this journal! bendingthearcmagazine.substack.com/p/fireflies