Living in Interesting Times
Jon AustinThings I like, things I think about, things I want to know more about, things that make me happy, sad or angry.
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Renee Good
This is who ICE killed today. Let that sink in for a minute.
This was not how I intended to break my five months of absence from this page but there’s nothing more important happening this evening. Not in Minneapolis at least.
Watch the v...
Dispatches from the Future
In the book,1 by the year 2035 most “good” jobs fall into three categories: human‑required by law; human‑preferred such as high-end personal care; and human‑led, where people work alongside powerful AI. Two of my protagonists are airline me...
The Rule of One: Executive Orders and the Challenge to Democracy
I’m sure by now that anyone who wants an analysis of Friday’s Supreme Court ruling limiting the reach of judicial orders has found any number of them (and if you haven’t here, here and here) so I want to instead focus on the reason for the...
Some Wisdom is Timeless
This post was inspired by a conversation I had with ChatGPT, trying to locate the origins of a poorly remembered quote along the lines of “I’m always honest. Not because I’m a good guy but I’m too dumb to lie and too scared to steal.”
I am...
We're Having a Party...
Thank you for your help making The Mechanic’s launch so successful over the last two weeks. The people reading this email get much of the credit for this result because you have helped spread the word and - very simply but very importantly...
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Husband, father, son, friend, human. Comms consultant in Minneapolis, author of "The Mechanic," now available on Amazon. Believer in relationships not transactions.
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