OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sent ripples across social media last week when his offhand remark revealed the shocking cost of adhering to AI etiquette. The controversial revelation came as a response to a user on social media platform X, who wrote, “I wonder how much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying … Read more
. “We can be wrong, or we can know it, but we can’t do both at the same time,” Kathryn Schulz wrote while contemplating our lifelong adventures on the margin of error. It’s all too easy to forget this simple truth in the heat of an argument. So what can we do about it? Mortimer … Read more
Should you write about yourself? Kurt Vonnegut (November 11, 1922–April 11, 2007) argues that being yourself on a page is the single most important element of your writing style. For the hesitant, his 1985 essay “How to Write with Style,” included in the anthology “How to Use the Power of the Printed Word,” serves as … Read more
. Is Kindle worth it? I may be slightly biased when answering this question because this blog owes its very existence to the iconic e-reader from Amazon. A smartphone screen made it impossible to concentrate on a book by distracting me with social media notifications, urgent emails, and calendar reminders. Tired of fighting an uphill … Read more