Second Draft Labs
Patrick Dempsey, Adam PryorThe best ideas in AI & education, published in real time.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 10 | Founded | 2 months ago | Last Issue | 14 days ago |
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I Like You, But You're Wrong
Hey fellow SDLers!
We’ve got some updates for you.
We completed our chapters right on time for the upcoming collaborative volume
Emerging Approaches to Transparency & Reflection: Navigating student+AI work in higher education.
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Cognitive Assemblage and the Future of Publishing
The question always comes. I describe the workflow (the knowledge graph, the voice profiles, the half-length skeletons, the correction loop) and then someone asks it, usually with a slightly suspicious edge: “Can you tell what you wrote and...
The Undoing of Impossibility
Second Draft Labs: #0008
We publish the best ideas in AI and education, from the people doing the work.
I just emailed all What Education Becomes contributors our first quarter update and royalties breakdown.
They were beyond th...
The Voice Problem and the Architecture of Revision
There’s a lie buried in most AI writing advice, and it’s doing a lot of damage. The lie is that the hard part is getting words on the page. It isn’t. Any generic model can produce fluent prose on demand: smooth, confident, readable prose th...
94 days until launch . . .
A few days ago, I scrolled to the top of the group LinkedIn chat.
I had sent the message on March 11, 2026 confirming that , , , and I would be writing the four chapters for what is now Second Draft Labs’ first completely on-purpose publ...
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I guide higher ed institutions, small businesses, and non-profits in harnessing the power of AI. I'm a former provost, teacher, and strategic thinker dedicated to finding creative, practical AI solutions to unique challenges.
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