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Author: jcuene
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The Agentic Co-Workers Are Coming
I love the easy, calm way Anthropic talks about their agentic “coworker”. It all sounds so benign. Can you imagine all the bad emails that are going to go out as a result of this? How is using Cowork different from a regular conversation? In Cowork, you give Claude access to a folder of your… Read.
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How to Get Better at Reading (While Reading More)
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Mens Publishing and Conduit
Saw an announcement of a new publishing company that's focused on male writers, primarily. Interesting (in a not-great way) set of discussions on Reddit. Quick dismissals, concerns about the manosphere, complaints about the historical dominance of men in publishing (up until the last 20 years). I actually think this is a good idea. We *all*… Read.
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Time To Get Serious (Pt 1)
This episode of the Ezra Klein podcast was worth listening to twice. It’s great for a lot of reasons: But, what caught my ear was a consistent theme: our current leaders aren’t serious about a good outcome with China. Serious. Are we serious? Are our leaders? Here’s a long quote that demonstrates the exasperation of… Read.
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Roadtrip with Walt Whitman
some useful words ahead of a long drive: Song of the Open Road (Walt Whitman) 1 Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose. Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune, Henceforth I whimper no more,… Read.
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Embracing Joy and Sorrow: Nick Cave’s Philosophy
Nick Cave’s work answering questions from readers will be, in the future, as esteemed as his songwriting. This answer to the question “why are we here” is beautiful and one I’ll come back to again and again. “Personally, I do my best to move through life with a joy that is reconciled to the sorrow… Read.
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Why Peter Drucker Is Essential for Modern Leaders
Yesterday on my afternoon walk I was listening to a podcast episode with a famous writer talking to a well known podcaster and author. They are both media-makers who get paid for clicks and impressions, but they deal in ideas. They are very well respected, smart, successful and, because they’ve been doing their media-making so… Read.
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Passing the Torch vs Keeping the Flame Burning
This post by Adam Singer has been in an open tab for a while. For one, it’s a relevant topic for me right now as I think about work and “my work” in whatever phase I’m in, careerwise. And, it’s also relevant because I’m re-reading some fiction by folks that were “late” in their career… Read.
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Liberal Arts Now More than Ever
Jello Jigglers, poetry, business innovation. Creativity is your moat in the AI era I found my new career hero: Dana Gioia. Stanford MBA, MA from Harvard in Comparative Lit. Corporate champion. Non-profit leader. Walked away from a small fortune in corporate America to write, teach and “pursue beauty.” But, he’s also a compelling example of the… Read.
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America, It’s Time To Get Serious (again)
America got the president it asked for. Even if you don’t like the candidate, there are no signs (as of now) that the democratic process itself broke down, so we will have to live with what’s slouching towards us. If you believe our leaders reflect the electorate, if you agree that the values, desires and… Read.
