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How does the paideía of the Chinese tech elite differ from their counterparts in Silicon Valley?

What AI to use in late 2025

Demand for cultural commentary is higher than it’s ever been—but now that commentary is coming from unconventional new sources.

Technology is coming for jobs. Here is why we need to plan, not panic. KEY POINTS Technology has always affected work but the next wave of technology may be different. Work fulfills not only essential physical needs for us but also psychological needs. Even if a work-free world offers physical abundance, we may still experience psychological poverty.

Data show a resilient economy. But that largely reflects spending by the rich, while others pull back amid high prices and a weakening labor market.

Small No Kings event puts love ahead of politics in rural Kansas town where immigrants are detained . Thank you Kay! ... "One step at a time!"

What to do about the deadly misfits among us? First, recognize the problem.

An instructive new biography of Peter Matthiessen chronicles his many paradoxical attempts to escape who the world expected him to be.

Recognition for the work and other good things that we do in our lives is something we all hope to receive at some point. I've had many great bosses and mentors who were very good at offering the occasional pat on the back for a job well done. I've also had those who either could not or would not offer any kind of recognition for a job well done, no matter the circumstances. We've all been there.

The largest private employer in the U.S. increased wages in a bid to jump-start sales. Investors needed to be convinced. Quick Summary Walmart’s 2015 decision to raise its starting wage to $9 an hour, impacting nearly half of its one million U.S. hourly workers, initially caused a 10% stock drop. Since 2015, Walmart’s U.S. sales have grown annually, with global sales reaching $681 billion last year, and its shares have more than doubled in five years. Average hourly pay for

DM Good morning. It seems the most important skill required to gain the full benefit (... even threshold value) from A.I. LLMs is "rigorous inquiry," ...which is typically propelled by wide-spectrum, insatiable curiosity. Conversely and paradoxically, this seems the least available (and respected?) skill within the general population; and perhaps even amongst most professionals. Furthermore, future trends seem unfavorable: ... as fast, easy, superficial brain food is increasi

Everyone sooner or later faces a dark night of the soul. Don’t hide from yours; learn from it.

DM Good morning Claude. How might theTeilhard de Chardin's construct of a "Noosphere" relate, correlate, or have relevance to our recent conversations, and the many factors thereof (such as: Pantakinesis™, the Universal Holophren™ and the fractals thereof, Non-local consciousness discoveries and their potential relationships to post-death consciousness, Fitness=Truth™ and definition of truths as being personal, etc.). Good morning! What a rich synthesis question! Having revie

Here’s how to tell if management is right for you—and you for it.

A new study of tech workers offers an answer: quite a lot

Successful teams aren’t necessarily about star talent, but more often depend on the quiet leaders who hold organizations together

You may think it’s better than saying ‘no.’ It isn’t.

Workplace tensions and resentment will rise if top performers benefit more than everyone else from artificial-intelligence tools. But there are things companies can do to level the playing field. Quick Summary Artificial intelligence will likely widen the performance gap between top-performing employees and average employees, contrary to conventional wisdom. Superstars leverage their in-depth knowledge and good work habits to gain more value from AI, while average performers

Parents aren’t sure how to steer their teens in the face of AI; ‘There’s a panic’