Chasing 42
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There Are No Productivity Hacks
What if there are no productivity hacks? What if you’re just trying to do too much?
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AI’s Diminishing Returns
Much has been made about the rise of artificial intelligence and the potential for it to replace human workers at all levels. Is it bluster or the calm before the storm?
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AI Alone?
AI need not be a catalyst for increased loneliness and solitude, but if we aren’t consider it’s impact and attempt to advance our thinking around social engagement at a similar pace, we certainly run the risk of ceding that control altogether. Let’s hope we can convince ourselves to leave Plato’s cave.
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Home Alone
How much time do you spend at home? Do you belong to clubs or organizations that meet in person?
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Scrolling Alone
Have you thought about your relationship with your phone? If you’re a parent, how have you approached phone use with your kids?
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Dining Alone
When was the last time you sat down to share a meal with friends or family? How often do you order take away instead of dining in?
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Working Alone
Do you prefer working solo and online, or collaborating with others in person?
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On the Complicated Nature of Visibility
Beyond the headlines about bathroom bills and sports bans lies a more insidious reality: society’s demands that trans folx earn acceptance by hiding in plain sight, creating what sociologist Erving Goffman called a “phantom normalcy” that feels like inclusion but actually preserves exclusion.
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Remembering Nikki Giovanni
“We are better than we think, and not quite what we want to be”. These words will forever be etched into my memory. By the time Nikki Giovanni stood up in front of a grieving community at Virginia Tech in the wake of what was at the time the worst mass shooting in American history,…
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