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Short Takes #16: The Walking Wounded

Robert Anton Wilson | Women and AI | Amazon Go and Fresh | US Labor Rate | The ‘Attention Economy’ Is a Lie

Feb 9 • Stowe Boyd

Maurizio Cuna's Precision Inquiry Framework

Seven kinds of questions to ask during project meetings, to lead to a shared understanding.

Feb 7 • Stowe Boyd

Three Economists Debate the AI Markets

David Autor, Anton Korinek, Natasha Sarin: How can we protect the economy from AI?

Feb 5 • Stowe Boyd

Short Takes #15: Being Valued

Sara Wachter-Boettcher | Shift Sulking | Hybrid in 2026 | China and US Converging?

Feb 1 • Stowe Boyd

January 2026

Short Takes #14: The Theft of the Future

Sarah Kendzior | US Unemployment | US Construction Deaths | Tech Spending Matches 2001 Peak | Hating On LLM Users

Jan 27 • Stowe Boyd

Think Like A Point Guard

A way to lessen cognitive load and improve team performance.

Jan 23 • Stowe Boyd

Short Takes #13: Certain Evils

Hermann Hesse | Principle Decisions | Science Funding | New Zealanders Leaving | Manufacturing | 27 Million

Jan 21 • Stowe Boyd

Company Childcare Is Not The Way Forward

Privatizing childcare detracts from universal access to quality care.

Jan 19 • Stowe Boyd

Short Takes #12: A Variety Of Biases

O’Toole, Bennis | Meta VR Layoffs | AI Layoffs. Oops. | US Home Insurance Crisis | Remember Trump’s Promised Manufacturing Boom?

Jan 15 • Stowe Boyd

Short Takes #11: Easier To Destroy

David Brooks | Manufacturing Down For 10th Month | They Say One Thing, But… | A New Car? Prepare To Pay.

Jan 9 • Stowe Boyd

Short Takes #10: Changing One's Views

John Kenneth Galbraith | Allostasis | 401(k) Participation | The ‘No-Shoes’ Office | Taking A Lesson From The Nordics

Jan 5 • Stowe Boyd

Short Takes #9: Resist the Darkness Daily

Living In The Ultraprocessed World | Should Companies Take Stands? | Nothing But Distractions

Jan 3 • Stowe Boyd

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