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04 2025 December
The 2025 Non-Obvious Holiday Gift Guide
Today we continue with my annual Non-Obvious Holiday Gift Guide, featuring a few products that caught my eye throughout the past year. 7. Delayed Gratification...
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Insights about the Future of Writing from Industry Professionals …
At the annual Gathering of the Ghosts event in NY, AI was a hot topic as sessions focused on the business of writing and the future of...
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Electricity Will Be Free in the Future. In Australia, It Already Is.
Solar power in Australia costs about a third of what it currently costs in the US. As a result, more than 1 in 3 homes...
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Adobe Is Rolling Out Emotion Mixers Where AI Can Shift the Tone of Voice Overs
At the Adobe MAX Creative event last week, WIRED reported on several enhancements to audio editing that are likely to be coming soon inside of Adobe products....
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How Long Should It Take Before Something Is Declared a Flop?
The initial ratings for the American reboot of The Office were famously bad. People didn’t love the character of Michael Scott and the entire effort...
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Why Zohran Mamdani Won the NY Mayoral Election
The day after stories of Zohran Mamdani’s meteoric rise and win of the NY city Mayoral election were everywhere this week. The best recap I read...
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Bill Gates Now Says We Are Fighting Climate Change Wrong …
Something unusual was amiss in the media this week: climate activists were hating on Bill Gates. It all started with Gates publishing a blog post...
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The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
In a world where multiverses are real, there’s just one catch … no one can visit a world where they already have a living counterpart....
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The Personal Exoskeletons Are Coming—Here’s What It Means
Nike just announced a groundbreaking new sneaker that includes an advanced exoskeleton to make walking and running easier. It’s essentially a bionic shoe. The upside...
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All Online Outrage Is Fake
Remember the “outrage” generated online by the revised logo for Cracker Barrel restaurant? According to a new piece this week from the WSJ, much of...
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Lessons From the Reinvention of Pittsburgh into an AI Robotics Hub
Pittsburgh was known for steel. Now the city has ambitions to become a hub for something else: AI and robotics. The pieces seem to be...
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The Villains on Pre-K TV Are Cuddly, Annoying and Onto Something Interesting
How does the evolution of the way we learn to see “bad guys” evolve as we grow older? That was the interesting question at the...
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The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: Toxic Positivity by Whitney Goodman
If you’re an optimistic person, it’s possible that you’re part of the problem. We often feel like being positive and having the right mindset is...
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Can The Ring Camera Eliminate Neighborhood Crime In 12 Months?
Thanks to advancements in AI and the ubiquity of the Ring household doorbell cameras, Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff believes we might be twelve months away...
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