An original is a creation motivated by desire.
Any reproduction of an original is motivated by necessity.
~ Emmanuel Radnitzky
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Author Archives: Jasper John MacKay
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University of California – Berkeley
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via The New York Times:
USC Will Infuse A.I. Across University With $200 Million Donation
by Alan Blinder
published on May 5, 2026
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Force can overcome force, but a free society cannot long steel itself to dominate another people by sheer force.
~ Dean Acheson
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Singapore Management University
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Stanford University
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The college-educated are trained to expect that the world will make room for them, and when it doesn’t—when they suffer the indignities of wage work, with its unpredictable schedules and disrespectful bosses, and can see no way up or out—the blow isn’t just economic; it’s psychological.
~ George Packer via The Atlantic
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The reason that tech generally — and coders in particular — see L.L.M.s differently than everyone else is that in the creative disciplines, L.L.M.s take away the most soulful human parts of the work and leave the drudgery to you. In coding, L.L.M.s take away the drudgery and leave the human, soulful parts to you.
~ Anil Dash via The New York Times