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I am a Luddite, as I'm sure you are all well aware by now. But just to be clear, this does not mean I am anti-technology. It means I am pro-human and more specifically pro-worker. As a Luddite, I am wary of — hell, opposed to — the development of
Welcome to “The Extra Mile,” a new feature here: bonus Second Breakfast content for paid subscribers (although – introductory bonus! – everyone is getting today's email). As we approach the first anniversary of this publication, I’ve been trying to think of something special to do for all of you
Happy Friday! What's good? If you're going to sit down and read this weekend – and please do be a person that reads... and reads long form – I strongly suggest The New Yorker article by Rachel Aviv on the criminal case again Lucy Letby, the British nurse
Happy Friday! What's good? In one of his Garbage Day posts this week, Ryan Broderick pointed to the flood of AI-generated content that's taking over social media – some of it falling into familiar and popular genres for online content (recipes, for example) but much of it
Last Sunday’s Real Simple Women’s Half Marathon was my fourth race at that distance. And it was my fourth best time. Yes, that’s me, trying to put a positive spin on a rather challenging day that came at the end of a very challenging training block that
Happy Friday! What's good? I'll have a longer essay on Monday about my half marathon – about the race and the (mostly) technology-free training block. But I did want to make one related observation: Sunday's race had over 8200 finishers, up from 5900 the year
Welcome to Episode 5 — I think it's 5 — of the Second Breakfast podcast. I have to say, I am not very good at this whole podcasting thing. I should apologize in advance for the quality of the sound in this one. And today's guest — Amy Collier
I didn't write anything last week about the Humane AI Pin, a new device that's part of the so-called "AI gadget era" – a pairing of all these purported breakthroughs in AI software we're witnessing with a new generation of AI hardware. The
I don’t like the metaphor “food is fuel,” but damn, it's pervasive in sports and sports nutrition. Yes, of course. We need to eat in order to live. But we are not machines, and what we eat cannot be reduced to the “energy” it gives us. Some
Monday was the Boston Marathon. Hellen Obiri defended her title, winning the race for the second year in a row. She outsprinted fellow Kenyan Sharon Lokedi down the final stretch, winning in 2:27:37. Edna Kiplagat – age 44!! – came in third. And shout-out to one of my favorite masters
I walk a lot. I mean, I'm a New Yorker now, and here we walk significantly more than other Americans elsewhere do (which isn't necessarily saying much as Americans in general walk very little -- far far less than the residents in other industrialized countries). Poppy