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Never Mind Universal Translators, Can We Have a Ready Room?
What if AI didn’t just give us its best answer, but let us hear the strongest alternatives too? A case for a “Ready Room” that supports critical thinking rather than replacing it.
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The Last Operating System
Modern computers are undoubtedly faster, prettier and immeasurably more capable, yet I sometimes wonder how much we’ve really moved on. We still spend an astonishing amount of time acting as the switchboard operator ourselves. We open browsers to reach websites. Launch email clients to communicate. Search through folders to find our own documents. Dig through…
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The Continuum: A Theory of Circulation
A thought experiment about what might come after capitalism: a living economy where life itself holds value, AI manages fairness, and dignity is built into design. The Continuum imagines a world without scarcity or inheritance — an economy that breathes, renews, and remembers. Not revolution, but remembering. Because nothing truly ends. We are the Continuum.
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The Year of the Invisible Linux Desktop
Installing ChatGPT Atlas sent me down a rabbit hole of nostalgia — back to Ubuntu, forum threads, and the thrill of making things work. Two decades later, the “Year of the Linux Desktop” might finally arrive… only this time, not on a desktop at all.
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Three Ideas for ChatGPT Atlas After a Week in the Wild
After a week with ChatGPT Atlas, I’ve found plenty to like — and a few things that still feel unfinished. From container tabs with AI memory to smarter multilingual handling and a search bar that lets you choose your own path, Atlas hints at the future of browsers, even if it still adds a touch…
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The Words We Lost
We’ve mistaken being right for being understood. While the far-right masters the art of persuasion, the rest of us still trust in facts and charts to carry the day. But language isn’t built for truth—it’s built for connection. It’s time we learned to persuade again.
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The Self-Charging Starship Earth
The sun is always shining somewhere. What if energy flowed like the internet — a global grid, fair and reliable, power as a right not a racket?
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Partner, father, pet parent (1 dog, 6 cats), & proud EU citizen. Sci-fi enthusiast and renaissance soul, often in Ireland’s midlands.
Past lives: soldier, sailor, lecturer (US politics), researcher (political violence), briefly deceased (2019).
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