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Publisher’s Note: 101 Reasons to Be Human, May 2026

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By Claire Johnson Verified
| San Diego Magazine Verified
There are many reasons an issue like this is a bad idea. Let’s focus on two. First, AI can whip up something like this in a jiffy. Subscribe and get 1 year for $18 In 30 seconds, it can summon the data of the internet, scrape together the activities humans in a place called San Diego have publicly declared to have enjoyed, and spit out a biblical list of commonly recommended things. You want 20? Seven thousand? How many em-dashes? A lot? Here’s why we do this anyway: AI can’t hear music.
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If San Diego Wants a Cultural Future, Here’s the Work

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By Claire Johnson Verified
| San Diego Magazine Verified
San Diego is facing an 85 percent cut to arts and culture funding. This is not just a reduction or a course correction. This is a cliff. And the question now isn’t whether people care—the response to last week’s piece made that abundantly clear—it’s whether caring is enough to change what happens next. It isn’t. Not on its own. Subscribe and get 1 year for $18 This problem didn’t appear overnight, and accountability doesn’t belong in one place.
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The Most Expensive Mistake a City Can Make

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By Claire Johnson Verified
| San Diego Magazine Verified
Cutting arts and culture to “save money” is one of the most expensive mistakes a city can make. Mayor Todd Gloria’s draft FY2027 budget proposes cutting city arts and culture funding from about $13.8 million to under $2 million as part of a plan to close a projected $146 million deficit. In practical terms, that means arts funding would be reduced by more than 85 percent. While this may be framed as fiscal discipline, cutting arts and culture is not a serious long-term economic strategy.
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