Book Time: “My most reliable method for finding books is in the endnotes of other books I enjoy. I don’t flip to every endnote, but if I’m reading a passage that intrigues me, I’ll look up the sourcing. The downside of this method is I end up with a lot of books in the queue about similar subjects. Many books end up on my list via personal recommendations. I love talking about books and I get a lot out of reading what people recommend. They are often not the types of books I would pick out myself, for better and worse. But even if it’s not a book I liked I am usually glad I read it. Another way I find books is by paging through the seasonal catalogs for various university presses.”
Andy Kessler: “We need to fight fire with fire. Social media is fun and addictive. But the real world and jobs are technology-dependent and getting more so. AI is a productivity powerhouse. Rather than shielding youth from the future, make education as fun and addictive as technology, social media and AI. Let’s face it, education hasn’t changed much since Miss Crabtree in the 1930s “The Little Rascals.” Embrace technology. Don’t ban it. Revamp teaching to leverage ChatGPT rather than block it. Go toe to toe with addictive social media. ChatGPT won’t make us dumb and dumber unless we let it. Instead, adopt and adapt AI to create an anti-dumb “smartogenic” society.”
WSJ: “Corporate America’s latest hot job is also one of the oldest in history: storyteller. Some want a media relations manager by a slightly flashier name. Others need people to produce blogs, podcasts, case studies and more types of branded content to attract customers, investors and potential recruits. All seem to use the word differently than in its usual application to novelists, playwrights and raconteurs.”
FT: “Can books win the battle for children’s attention?…Prizes, publishers and government programmes have joined the battle to reverse the decline in young peoples’ love of reading.”
Mint on how AI is rewriting India’s debt recovery playbook: “A revolution is playing out quietly in the world of debt recovery, thanks to artificial intelligence. Bots are now collecting debts, and apparently doing so with a human emotion that too many human collectors lack: empathy.”
