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Behind the Scenes Updates How-Tos On Tech Great Boards

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Using AI to Redirect Yourself—and Save Money!

Better behavior, on demand.

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The Prophets and the Giants

Reading between the lines of the AI industry in 2025.

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The Spiders Versus the Web

AI’s relationship to the web is complicated—but I’m placing a bet on who will win.

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The More Things Change

In tech, the money is in innovation, but the careers are in predictability.

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Bad Vibes Coding

You have to choose which steps to skip, and when to slow down.

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The Zeno Effect

These good ideas will seem trivial to accomplish using AI—and then you’ll be living through the back half of Goodfellas.

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Accepting All the AI Opinions

No matter where people are on the spectrum of beliefs, most of them seem to agree: This matters.

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The $15 Volvo

The huge challenge in talking about AI that no one is talking about.

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