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AI Search and the Atrophy of Human Intellect
It’s fascinating how ‘Six Degrees of Separation’ works. For the uninitiated, it’s a theory that dictates that any two people in the world can be connected through a chain of six other folks, at most. Technically speaking, you could find a phantom thread between Paul Thomas Anderson and yourself. Ideas work the same way. Any…
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Eternal Sunshine of the Invariably Offline Mind
Early in October 2025, Fred Ramsdell was hiking in Idaho’s Rocky Mountains with his wife, Laura O’Neill. His phone was disconnected, and he was on a digital detox. But his Monday was interrupted by his wife’s screams. Ramsdell’s first concern was that she’d spotted some grizzly bears. The truth, however, was far more interesting. When…