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Can you imagine a world where you can no longer trust visual information?
I really find AI tools empowering, enabling me to perform tasks and produce better results than I would on my own. As Ethan Mollick puts it: Having an AI on your team can increase performance, provide expertise, and improve your experience The Cybernetic Teammate But like in this TED Talk, Mark Hoffman compares artificial intelligence Read more
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Realities about electric vehicles I never knew about
While on my way home, I thought about electric vehicles as I mentally sort the cars that we pass by. It must be nice to own an electric car, signaling that you care for the environment. However, after watching a documentary from 7 News Spotlight, I realized that my initial idea of electric vehicles was Read more
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Hard work doesn’t look the same for everyone
I was taught that if I just worked hard, I’d have the opportunity to escape poverty. The formulaic approach seemed straightforward and doable from my perspective. Work hard, get ahead—a simple equation I believed in without question. Until I didn’t. Upon deeper reflection on this approach and after watching hours of documentaries about the cyclical Read more
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I have forgotten what free play feels like
One afternoon, while my friend was exploring my tablet’s pen, she said, “Let’s play,” while drawing a hasty tic-tac-toe grid on my notetaking app—no tutorial, no settings to configure—just spontaneous play. We took turns marking Xs and Os, neither of us keeping score. The simplicity felt childish, so my adult self started to scream inside Read more
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Committing to a path forward
For a year now, I have been thrashing out ideas—imagined futures—once I arrive at the inevitable termination of my job contract. I feel like I’m suffocating from a lack of imagination. When did this happen? I remember the nights I spent outside the veranda, looking at the stars sprawled on the night sky, dreaming about Read more
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Reflections on becoming
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