Rusty Guinn

How's that whole golden age thing going for you so far? That golden age of human leisure and wealth awaiting us in a world optimized for the thinking machines. Are you working a bit less today, enjoying the early fruits of all this 'AI productivity'? Or are you somehow working longer, more stressful hours than ever? Is it your sense that life is getting a little bit easier for the poor or the middle class or anyone other than the very rich as the 'AI revolution' arrives?

Two tragedies visited the world adjacent to American sports in the last month. On October 17th, the wife of a man who does work for the Texas Tech football team was struck by a drunk driver and critically injured. On November 6th, 24-year old Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland took his own life after a brief episode of suicidal ideation. Each is a story worth paying attention to, no matter how fatigued we find ourselves by the onslaught of this kind of news.

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