it's easy to see which forces in our society want things done quickly and cheaply, and they're the same forces that want people to NOT take the time to think deeply, to NOT build trusting relationships with one another, to NOT chew on difficult concepts. because the chewing itself builds muscle.

As someone who's battling AI all the time in the classroom, fighting for students to see the value in their own slow growth rather than the easy "efficiency" of eg using a chatbot to summarize a reading - I find myself arguing more and more that there is no way to replace slow and even tedious work