There’s been a lot of talk lately — including from Bernie Sanders — about shortening the work week in the face of ever-improving productivity driven by AI and other technologies. On paper, this makes sense: if machines do more of the repetitive work, surely humans should get more time back. But as someone working in […]
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“People don’t want their problems solved.” Yesterday, I reached this conclusion about a local community group struggling with overwhelming admin. They raised some issues with me, sounding like they wanted solutions. But, in fact, they didn’t want to hear any. They insisted on throwing more people at menial tasks and continuing as they have for
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I’ve been thinking about my mortality lately, but not so much focusing on the finitude of my life, but rather on how my leaving this world, one day, will impact my daughter. I had heard about the concept of ethical wills before, but it didn’t register an action in me until recently. An ethical will,
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming a part of our everyday lives. It is used in everything from self-driving cars to medical diagnosis. As AI becomes more powerful, it is important to consider how we should interact with it. Some people believe that AI is a threat to humanity. They worry that AI will become
Why We Should Treat AI as Our Child, and All of Us Should Start Parenting It Read More »
With having your first baby, comes one of those rare moments, when you have to re-learn how to manage your life. You’ll have to make room for another human in your life, you’ll have to make lots of time for them, understand how to take care of another being, and learn how to allow them
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(Ok, ok, it’s the Gentle Parenting Listening List…) I’ll be honest, mums out there and mums to be! Once your baby comes, at least for a few years, you will not have time to read. Maybe this is a strong statement, of course our lives are all different and our babies are all different. Mine
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