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A Brief History of Educational Machinery

One revolution after another.

5 hrs ago • Nicholas Carr

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Creative Work in an Age of Digital Production

On machine formalism.

Mar 5 • Nicholas Carr

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Flame and Filament

The deathliness of progress.

Mar 1 • Nicholas Carr

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February 2026

Is AI the Paperclip?

Scale at all costs.

Feb 9 • Nicholas Carr

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January 2026

The "User-Generated Content" Ruse

The feed is the content.

Jan 29 • Nicholas Carr

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Diplomacy by WhatsApp

Drop the bomb emoji.

Jan 21 • Nicholas Carr

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November 2025

I Am a Data Factory (and So Are You)

The metaphors that confine us.

Nov 2, 2025 • Nicholas Carr

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October 2025

AI vs AI

Slop in, slop out.

Oct 25, 2025 • Nicholas Carr

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August 2025

Is Google Making Us Stupid?

What the internet did to our brains.

Aug 31, 2025 • Nicholas Carr

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The Erasive Age

Generation as destruction.

Aug 22, 2025 • Nicholas Carr

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July 2025

The Medium Is the Medium

AI ascends.

Jul 27, 2025 • Nicholas Carr

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Western Digital

A fancy.

Jul 16, 2025 • Nicholas Carr

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