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Innovation in newsletters, courtesy Inbox Collective
https://inboxcollective.com/here-are-the-finalists-for-the-inaugural-inbox-awards/  Ms. Lonely Arts advice column from the Brooklyn Museum Help Scout on doing better customer support 8 Epic Start-up Failures, stories from the past of The Wall Street Journal First name substitutes revealed by Email Love Re-use the art to make stickers, posters (or napkins or placemats) from The Republic (Nigeria) Ask for advice…
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Stephen Kotkin on the state of international competition and conflict
Kotkin has refreshing opinions about the power of the current global states. Stephen Kotkin interviewed by The New Yorker's David Remnick https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tnyradiohour/articles/what-trump-has-got-wrongand-rightabout-the-war-in-ukraine When Russia invaded Ukraine three years ago, one of David Remnick’s first calls was to Stephen Kotkin, a historian of Russia and a fellow at the Hoover Institution. He speaks with Kotkin again,…
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Excerpts from Tyler Cowen interview about Artificial Intelligence
My notes from listening to this March 5, 2025 interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1ztOoADp7M) are below. Tyler Cowen:"…if you're not focused on the technical side, you'll see other things more clearly. Maybe over time, some of my future intuitions will be quite wrong. I readily admit that, but there are ways in which it [this focus] can be…
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Discovered in Caroline Crampton’s Newsletter
Caroline Crampton is editor-in-chief at The Browser. Her blog: https://www.carolinecrampton.com/tag/blog/ From Read Me, a newsletter by Seb Emina I invented some words that are a bit like ‘vegetarian’, but for the increasingly urgent activity of setting limits on what we consume online:… Algnostic, Deskatarian, Mailivore, Realatarian, Gutenberg Guy/Girl, Yearlipian… To find out what they mean,…
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Man’s greatest invention, per Kevin Kelly (I agree!)
KK.org (The Technium): The Self-Domesticated Ape, 2025-Mar-2 by Kevin Kelly: We invented ourselves. I contend this is our greatest invention. Neither fire, the wheel, steam power, nor anti-biotics or AI is the greatest invention of humankind. 0ur greatest invention is our humanity. And we are not done inventing ourselves yet. ..
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What I’m reading this week
Notes from the Crises Tracking the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025 "It is no exaggeration to say that this is the most dramatic event in the constitutional law of fiscal policy in the United States ever. That may not sound like a five alarm fire to you, but to me that is enormously alarming…
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What I’m reading this month
1440 Daily Digest: "A fact-driven news and knowledge resource that respects your time and intelligence." "Most impactful stories of the day, distilled to deepen your understanding of the world and save you time." "We scour 100+ sources so you don't have to. Culture, science, sports, politics, business, and more—all in a five-minute read." Semafor Principals…
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You could sail into the Unknown with AI
I have finally decided what I think of AI as a marketing tool. I'm 66 years old, and I stand on firm ground, waving to the AI ship sailing away into the unknown. I think: Bon Voyage! Have a good time! Write if you find work.
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What I’m reading this month
All publications are being read online. No longer receiving any physical papers or magazines. In my primary email inbox every morning are newsletters from the NY Times, Quartz (business), Wired magazine, the Houston Chronicle, and the Houston Business Journal. No evening updates. The newsletters listed below go to a different email box, or I'd never…
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