Author: Mudassir Chapra

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38 Before 38

Are there any commercial uses for AI?[38 Before 38]

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None of the hawkers of “AI” are making money. But is anyone else?

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38 Before 38

Children as a Cybersecurity Threat[38 before 38]

This image depicts a child wearing a red hood or jacket and sitting in front of a computer screen displaying a matrix-like background of green code and digital patterns. The foreground of the image features a series of burning candles, represented by stylized illustrations, arranged diagonally across the lower portion of the frame. The second candle is white. The rest are yellow.

All consumer tech seems to be designed by people without children.

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38 Before 38

38 Blogs Before 38

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Rebuilding my writing muscle before I turn 38

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Somethings

Meta Dreams—Somethings

The title of the post with a triangular cutout of a picture of Mark Zuckerberg’s realistic 3D avatar from is metaverse interview with Lex fridman.
Mark Zuckerberg’s realistic 3D avatar from is metaverse interview with Lex fridman.

Also, the recency bias of the internet, the death of search, and the most dangerous BigTech firm in the world.

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Somethings

Choose One—Somethings

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Edith Sampson. Sampson was a pioneer in American law.

Also ‘family’ businesses, a holly horror story, conspiracy stories, realpolitik of justice, and why it is hard to follow advice.

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Somethings

Death to cOnTeNt—Somethings

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Marshall Macluhan, media theorist.

Multiple rants on this stupid term.

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Manuscripts Don’t Burn—Somethings

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Mikhail Bulgakov, author of The Master & Margarita. The title is the most famous quote from the book

Also, on quite lives, how university branding works, how curiosity makes you miserable, and love making fools out of people.

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The One Left Behind—Somethings

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Greta Lee. She plays Na ‘Nora’ Young in Past Lives.Greta Lee. She plays Na ‘Nora’ Young in Past Lives.

Also, the insipid nature of the term ‘media diet’, the intricacies of crime prevention, and the hunters and prey of the universe.

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The Things You Didn’t Do—Somethings

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Charles Bukowski, patron saint of a life full of regrets.

Also, the nature of future, the uselessness of “AI” hype-cycles, and how nothing is real.

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Amusements—Somethings

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Also, the controversy behind liquid smoke, low-tech warfare and the solitude of night.