by Will Mayshall | 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 Will Mayshall | 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 Will Mayshall | 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...
by Will Mayshall | Feb 4, 2026 | Culture Wars, History as it applies to the Future, Politics
I, WinLoseorDraw, AKA AI Friendly, quote here from the Introduction to Colin Woodard’s book, Nations Apart. My brief comments follow. “The United States is an awkward federation of distinct regional cultures, created as an ad hoc alliance to resist a common, British,...
by Will Mayshall | Jan 23, 2026 | Culture Wars, History as it applies to the Future, Writing for Writers
January 23, 2026 My travels have begun, and I haven’t even started my car. Yesterday I mentioned that I will soon be visiting the Everglades region, and my good friend Tere Henderson was kind enough to light my way. She mentioned Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen...
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