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Writer Ian Bogost says ‘The Small Stuff’ can help us reclaim our lives from dematerialization

Has Silicon Valley been building the wrong things? Despite its self help-y title, writer/designer/academic Ian Bogost’s forthcoming book “The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life” asks some pointed questions about how technology has transformed our experience of the physical world. Using Bogost’s popular article in the Atlantic about the decline of stick…

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Hookup apps without AI features

The AI revolution we’re all living through has shaken up the labor market, supercharged the stock market, and flooded the internet with memes, but you may not have noticed that it’s quietly rewriting the rules of online dating.  Large language models (LLMs) have put the power of sophisticated chatbots into the hands of ordinary people,…

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