Zoe Berger was 11 years old when she began to have stomach pain and headaches each morning before school. Jamie Berger, Zoe’s mother, received frequent calls from the school nurse that Zoe wasn’t feeling well. She was picking at her skin, worrying, and having difficulty sleeping. These symptoms of anxiety started after Zoe’s father died … Read more
We might expect someone like Dylan, immersed as he has always been in folk songs, old standards, and American history, to bemoan the corrupting influence of new technology. And he does offer up some quotes in that vein. For example: Everything’s become too smooth and painless… The earth could vomit up its dead, and it … Read more
I have some interesting thoughts going into the big day tomorrow, and I wanted to try to capture them concisely. The best overview debate (Harris vs. Shapiro) But first, here’s the best debate to listen to if you want the strongest arguments on each side. It’s Sam Harris against Ben Shapiro—with Bari Weiss moderating (and … Read more
James McKinney and Volodymyr Tarnay of the Open Contracting Partnership have published ‘A gentle introduction to applying AI in procurement’. It is a very accessible and helpful primer on some of the most salient issues to be considered when exploring the possibility of using AI to extract insights from procurement big data. The OCP introduction … Read more
