There is a remarkable amount of Sturm und Drang about artificial intelligence right now. Not merely the entirely reasonable questions — What happens to jobs? How do we deal with misinformation? What should students be allowed to use? Who owns the work AI was trained on? What happens when bad actors have access to enormously […]
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The Question Changed
For a long time, I thought learning about fragrance meant learning ingredients. The notes. The perfumer. The concentration. The history. Where the rose came from. Whether the oud had been sustainably harvested by moonlight from trees that had only whispered to passing monks. (Fragrance marketing can get wonderfully imaginative.) While those things are interesting, they’re […]
“It Worked For Me” by Colin Powell
I’m reading a great book by one of my idols, Colin Powell (are you allowed to call a four-star general and former Secretary of State an “idol”?) He talks about “slipping away” from his posh office and bodyguards, and going down to the parking garage when he was Secretary of State. The workers were all mainly […]