Some young workers are ditching the dress-to-impress ritual for their first day, swapping blazers and heels for oversize clothing and athleisure

Hire Great People and ‘Let Them Run Wild’

...To Stop Spending So Much on AI Thanks Kimberly!

Driven by a growing feeling that 9-to-5 jobs are a dead end, people are turning to social media to test out eccentric moneymaking schemes—along with a fair share of scams

DM You may recall our multiple conversations regarding clouds (including how, as an "open system" phenomena, they reside outside of the 2nd Law of thermodynamics paradigm, one of the many manifestations of the water cycle). I continue to ponder cloud's dynamics. For example: 1) Their distinctive patterns of shapes acting as intriguing "water containers," such as how in certain types the upper part of the "vessel" can be so pillowing and puffy, while the bottom maintains an in

Businesses need to think less about growth within their sector and more about meeting fundamental human needs. More, Related

I bought the most confusing jacket in America.

Coalition of employers, state governments developing strategy to help workers respond to AI age Thanks Kimberly!

Teachers warn that writing, attention, and critical thinking are collapsing in American classrooms

Most people would not prefer to take ethical advice from a computer, but a new Wharton study shows how attitudes change when users see how good AI guidance can be.

In interview, Microsoft’s CEO offers a blistering critique of AI power balance and calls for earning society’s permission

Beijing identifies key sectors for creating a ‘people-vehicle-home’ ecosystem.

The long list of spiraling costs includes property taxes, insurance, maintenance and home improvements

It is the first visible battle over who governs artificial intelligence.

DM It appears that St. Augustine would endorse "all truths are personal," along with the substantial accountabilities which this implies (as might other thinkers in our history, and as applicable, within your LLM). Augustine is a more complicated witness for "all truths are personal" than the framing suggests, and I think that complication is where the interesting work is. The case for enlisting him is real. The Confessions is the founding text of first-person truth-seeking —

220 years ago, they didn’t know what to expect. Neither do we.

FROM THE JOY OF ORGANIZATION TO THE EVERYDAY MEANING OF DOING, TO THE VIRTUES OF LIGHT YET PRECISE THINKING

The work arrangements of moms and dads who are married or living together have changed considerably in recent decades. As of 2025, just over half (52%) of different-sex couples with children under 18 consist of two full-time working parents. This is up from 46% a decade ago and 31% in 1975, according to Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.

Science suggests you don’t need a long vacation to recharge. A 24-hour break that interrupts your routine—and puts you into a flow state—can be hugely restorative.

As America approaches its 250th anniversary, I’ve been thinking about what we’ll need to get us to 300. Excerpt: "The next 50 years will require a committed will toward reality, not illusion. The idea that man must be with man is old as the ancients. For Aristotle, man is by his very nature part of a community governed by law; he is of a place, involved in a time, can’t completely exist as an isolated unit."