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In defense of impractical expression
Digitally-mediated conveniences make it easier to eschew community; AI-generated content lacks the effort that defines creative work.
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My Top 3 Books of 2024
Whether real or imagined, stringing cords between chance events is fun; patterns project intention and meaning to pure whimsy (how I actually decide…
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Letters to Strangers: To the daughter of a family-owned café in São Jorge —
March 18, 2023: São Jorge Island
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Letters to Strangers: To the Lower East Side septuagenarian of many stories —
May 24, 2024: New York City
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Letters to Strangers: To the elderly restaurant owner on my flight to Hong Kong—
April 6, 2023: Hong Kong
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My Top 5 Books of 2023
Another year-end means taking a hard look at my reading journey; it means noticing how books have become both checkpoints and time capsules.
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Letters to Strangers: To the Chinese-Italian store owner on Viale Bligny —
December 21, 2021: Milan, Italy
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Letters to Strangers: To the tour guide who brought us to the Cliffs of Moher —
September 26, 2021: Ireland
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Steering AI Ethics: Rethinking Alignment
With great power comes great ethical disagreements. While AI alignment to human values has become a priority, bias amplification can also be prevented…
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