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via The Atlantic:
The Perverse Tyranny of a Perfect Transcript
by Joshua Greene
published on May 6, 2026
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Large language models and the long shadow of the job market—are we grading for the student or for the gatekeepers beyond graduation?—have disrupted a centuries-old educational paradigm. The stick is broken and the carrot has lost its taste. If the process is the goal, we should be focussing on how to create classrooms that make the process feel worth doing for its own sake.
~ Dan Rockmore via The New Yorker
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The Air Force sees autonomous drones as a low-cost way to address an immediate problem: its dwindling number of fighter jets. The service now has about 5,000 aircraft — fewer than at any point in its 79-year history — many of which aren’t battle-ready.
~ W.J. Hennigan via The New York Times
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You can live in an alternate reality in China, in Russia, or in the United States. That is always a dangerous proposition, because you might miss the signals of history coming your way.
~ Joerg Wuttke, former head of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China via The New Yorker
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