🎙️ w/ @jbernoff.bsky.social on AI, writing, and thinking. Stephen Lane’s op-ed arguing that AI should take over writing mechanics, the role of writing in thinking, literacy as a fundamental life skill, writing as art, the PowerPoint problem, the Idiocracy scenario, and much more.

Measles high infection rate is the reason we have not yet been able to eradicate it. That rate means you need a very high vaccination rate to prevent outbreaks. It is possible, but not with current levels of institutional distrust.