I watched the first game of the World Series this week, rooting for the Brewers, of course, the team I grew up with. It was a great reminder that sports-viewing can be fun. It was also a shocking reminder of what I’ve been missing by not watching live TV: the ads. I’ve been sheltered from all of this for a while, and I’d forgotten how annoying ads are. Which got me thinking about why I am constantly avoiding ads, and how you can too.
Cory Doctorow’s latest book, The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI, opened my eyes to the bigger picture surrounding AI and reminded me how much we’re giving up by moving as fast as we can towards “all things AI”. Here’s what you need to know before deciding whether to pick-up a copy of your own.
Most of my trips to Colorado end the same way, with me on a plane wondering why I don’t live there. That’s the short version of this post. The longer version involves a moose, hundreds of elk, a farmer’s market, a side trip to Wyoming, afternoon tea, and the best wildlife day I’ve had at Rocky Mountain National Park in years. And I did all that in two and a half days.