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30
Jan
The Measles Crisis Is Regional—Let's Keep It That Way
Measles is a national issue. It's not a national phenomenon.
3 min read
29
Jan
Trust and AI: A Conversation with Claude
How is trusting AI different than trusting people?
10 min read
21
Jan
Inefficient by Design: How Medieval Values Shaped Today's University
A nine-century case for being slow
11 min read
22
Dec
AI Lessons from 1999
Nothing will work, but everything might.
6 min read
15
Dec
Netflix and HBO
Hollywood's choice isn't consumer choice
2 min read
14
Dec
The Forest and the Tree: What the Latest Accommodation Debate Gets Wrong
A lot has been written this week about the increase in student accommodations on college campuses. It started with a
3 min read
08
Dec
Seeing Old Science
Gemini’s ability to read handwritten archival documents has importance beyond the humanities
6 min read
06
Dec
Handwriting Recognition Roundup
Like it or not, a new world for archives and historical scholarship is here
4 min read
04
Dec
A New Home for "Briefly Noted"
My answer to the Substack question
2 min read
02
Dec
Does the iPhone Work in the age of AI?
Apple's focus on perfection is at odds with the messiness of generative AI
5 min read
