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Mike Tomlin Has a Hobby. You Should Too.

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By Arthur Brooks
| The Free Press Verified
In January this year, the coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers resigned, following 19 seasons at the helm. After much “thought and reflection”—presumably, about the team’s prolonged lack of postseason success (they had not won a playoff game since the 2016 season)—Mike Tomlin stepped down. At the time, I wondered less about his decision, and more about how someone could possibly do a job like that for 19 grueling years and maintain his sanity.
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Your Parents Raised You. What Do You Owe Them?

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By Arthur Brooks
| The Free Press Verified
Two years ago, after a family meeting with our adult kids and their spouses, my wife and I made the joint decision to move to the same area as them, in northern Virginia. It was the kids’ idea. All three are culturally traditional; they wanted this to keep intergenerational bonds tight. And it was practical, as well: They are having children at an alarming rate, and could use some help with their kids.
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Letting AI Write for You Will Make You Unhappy

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By Arthur Brooks
| The Free Press Verified
Over the past two weeks, a firestorm has erupted over claims from AI researchers—and leaders of the companies they work for—that artificial intelligence is on a breakneck path toward developing the potential to destroy humanity. The technology, they say, will soon have a mind of its own, ruthlessly efficient but utterly amoral, at which point it might hack nuclear launch codes or allow nefarious actors to produce biological or chemical weapons.
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