Fascinating read about a cartographer's focus on nuclear maps: "The battlefield is everywhere" The wild nuclear maps of "Wild" William Bunge (1988) doomsdaymachines.net/p/the-battle...

"We tend to believe we should offer a fix, a solution. The truth is that what most people want is to feel seen and heard by an empathetic listener," Mar Cabra says.

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@tracimabrey.bsky.social Love this discussion/prediction!
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I'd wager Wikipedia's popular success has heavily relied on how it's normalized citing sources (while compositing a variety of info). If AI does this too, it will feel much more trustworthy.

Dozens and dozens of thought-provoking predictions. I have at least 30 new tabs open lol.

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My school teacher wife uses ChatGPT to make incorrect answers for multiple choice quizzes because it is better that being confidently wrong than anything else.

Interesting take, well articulated. Issues aren’t always purely “side A” versus “side B”, both often have valid concerns. Given the proportion of time and effort tracking down Mangione, my inner optimist wishes even a fraction of that effort would be focused on overhauling healthcare institutions.

Best article I’ve seen about expectations from the next administration

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