It goes without saying that AI has been dominating the news of late, starting with the apparent non-zero chance that humanity’s extinction may be upon us within a decade. If it’s gonna snuff us out, let’s at least define what “it” even is. According to journalist Joanna Stern, “Artificial Intelligence is the creation of intelligent machines that can think, see,…
Lessons in Careless Disposal
For the past several weeks, I’ve been part of a crew that’s been clearing out a late relative’s rather – ahem – disorganized home (identity of the recently, dearly departed withheld to protect the guilty). Turns out the combination of shopaholic and pack rat can have striking consequences, in this case decades of receipts in disintegrating bags; scattered debris from…
Doing What’s Required to Get Noticed
Louis Grenier kicks off the wacky, profane Stand the F*ck Out by hammering the reader about insights. You say you want a stronger brand, that you’d like your firm to be better positioned against competitors, to be top of mind? Well, the author tells us to forage for insights, defined as “specific pieces of information gleaned directly or indirectly from…
Eyes On the Back of Your Head at All Times
George Washington University Law Professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson might have a highfalutin-sounding name, but he knows how to speak – and write – in plain English. In his latest book, Your Data Will Be Used Against You, he admonishes, “The only way to truly avoid giving the government open access to our home’s data is to avoid producing it in…
Beach Reads: All Good, All Free
Time to clock out for a while! For my 10th annual beach reads edition, I’m featuring the best of what I’ve checked out of the library in recent months. Thank you, Ben Franklin for starting the nation’s first in my hometown (named for him). Get a free card and walk out with books for zilch, nada, nothing. And so many…