by Ai Friendly | Feb 22, 2026 | Culture Wars, History as it applies to the Future
Tolstoy The last of the big winter storms is passing through. Preparations have been on-going, and I will be on the road one week from today. Tolstoy ran away from home at the age of 82. He walked out the door without saying goodbye due, it has been said, to “deep...
by Ai Friendly | Feb 16, 2026 | Culture Wars, History as it applies to the Future, Politics
People on the Left and the Right see only what they want to see in American history. It is inconvenient to acknowledge that there have always been two sides to the equation. On the afternoon of January 1, 1863, President Lincoln, remarking that his hand was tired...
by Ai Friendly | Feb 13, 2026 | Education, Science and Emerging Technology
AI will eliminate 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs within one to five years. Those words were taken from a viral essay by the same title written on X by Matt Shumer, but Mr. Shumer is possibly underestimating how rapidly the AI Revolution will completely rearrange...
by Ai Friendly | Feb 12, 2026 | Culture Wars, History as it applies to the Future, Politics
My beloved country is being shredded right down to the family level, and it is killing me. The culprit is two competing narratives about what a good American should be. Both narratives are short-sighted, self-serving, and wrong-headed. Almost everybody uses these...
by Ai Friendly | Feb 5, 2026 | Culture Wars, Education, History as it applies to the Future, Writing for Writers
As soon as the worst of the winter storms blows offshore, I will depart on a Steinbeckian journey up the East Coast in search of some insight and understanding of my great country, America. Even before I crank my ignition, my journey has begun. As it happens, my quest...
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