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When A.I. Comes for Your Purpose in Life – The New York Times

Steven Strogatz, a professor of mathematics at Cornell University, describes the excitement and grief of watching A.I. take on work that gives people a sense of purpose — and asks what could be lost if machines deliver answers without the human struggle, insight and understanding that make solving problems meaningful.

This was fascinating and, dare I say, beautiful. If you have any interest at all in the current conversation around A.I. this is a must listen.

Look, I believe if the title of your book begins “The Pocket Guide to…”, it better be a similar size and volume of pages as a Field Notes notebook. Otherwise, what are we even doing here?

I turn 59 years old today, which marks the end of my 59th year since birth.

Wait, what? you say?

Well, the way we count human years, a birthday marks the end of a year, not the beginning. Age 1, for instance, means you were born a year ago.

Yep, how we count the years is strange.

On to year 60!

I’ve posted several things to The Cramped in the past couple of days. Hoping to do a little mini feature on a unique stationary store that has opened in my town recently. Feeling good about this.