SAM Frida
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The Ones Who Made It Through
Marjane Satrapi died today. Aged 56. Of sadness, according to those who loved her, a little over a year after the death of her husband, the love of her life. She survived the Islamic Revolution. She survived exile. She survived the war inside herself long enough to...
When AI Tells You to Go to Sleep: The Human Element Machines Keep Missing
Something interesting happened to me recently in a conversation with an AI assistant. I was in the middle of processing something complex and emotionally charged, late at night, and the AI told me to go to bed. I did not want to go to bed. I wanted to keep going. When...
We Need Translators
The layer missing from every AI ecosystem isn't a better model. It isn't a faster chip or a smarter benchmark. It's people who can stand in the space between the system and the human, and actually translate, not just technically, but psychologically, philosophically,...
The Interview Goes Both Ways
Most people walk into an interview trying to prove they are worth hiring. They rehearse their answers, polish their LinkedIn profile, and hope the number at the end of the conversation is high enough. What they rarely do is sit across from that hiring manager and ask...
The Kindest Lie You Tell Yourself
You know. You know you are not being honest with someone right now. Maybe it is a relationship that has run its course. Maybe it is a friendship you have outgrown. Maybe it is a dynamic at work, a deal you know is not going to close, a promise you made that you have...
One Life. No Rehearsal.
There’s a moment usually after something breaks when you stop confusing niceness with kindness. Most people never get there. They spend their whole lives thinking they’re the same thing. They’re not. Niceness is a performance so old you’ve forgotten you’re performing...
AI Governance Weekly: The Week of May 29, 2026
The Pope Enters the Room -- and He Comes With 42,000 WordsThe most talked-about AI governance development this week did not come from a legislature or a regulatory body. On May 25, Pope Leo XIV released his first major papal teaching document, a 42,300-word encyclical...
Your Title Means Nothing
VP. Chief Whatever. Director of Important-Sounding Things. I don't care. Tell me how you show up for people. That's the only data point that matters. Here's a thing we all know but rarely say out loud: a title is just a word someone typed into an org chart. It tells...
They Figured You Out Before You Did
There is a list circulating that names fifteen psychologists alongside a single, devastating sentence about what each one discovered. You have probably seen it. You may have nodded at a few of the lines, felt a flicker of recognition, then scrolled on. That scroll is...