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The End of the World Has Happened Before: Collective Wisdom for Existential Dread
Trigger warning: I'm about to talk about religion. Not in the theological way, but in the anthropological humanist way. Whatever your...
Linda Kinning
7 hours ago8 min read
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AI and the Future of Work: A Case for Small Business Renaissance
As the director of ventures at Equitech Futures, I spend my days immersed in conversations about artificial intelligence—its potential,...
Linda Kinning
2 days ago9 min read
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The Value of Struggle: AI, Ozempic, and Our Discomfort with Effortless Achievement
Recently, a colleague confided in me about using AI to assist with research. In itself this isn't much of a confession — I use AI a lot...
Linda Kinning
Mar 128 min read
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The New DIY Revolution: How AI is Democratizing Digital Construction
In my parent's living room a set of worn, hardcover home improvement manuals took up an entire bottom shelf—the sacred texts of...
Linda Kinning
Mar 45 min read
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The Accidental Digital Study Abroad: What TikTok's Ban Taught Us About Internet Borders
Something unexpected happened when TikTok's future in America became uncertain: young Americans started flooding to RedNote, a Chinese...
Linda Kinning
Jan 215 min read
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The False Gospel of Digital Abstinence
When someone tells you not to use AI because it's bad for the environment, they're tapping into a distinctly American tradition: the...
Linda Kinning
Jan 186 min read
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Mothering the World on the Nightshift
This essay is inspired by the patience and revolutionary willpower of working mothers
Linda Kinning
Nov 13, 20244 min read
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The AI Mirror: What Our Latest Monster Shows Us About Ourselves
Cultural historians have long understood that our monsters tell our stories. Stephen King once wrote that horror fiction is "a dance of...
Linda Kinning
Oct 29, 20245 min read
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Imagining the Future UI/UX of AI: Designing for Trust, Transparency, and Traceability
Every time a new technology enters the market, we witness a wave of innovation in design features that seek to better integrate this...
Linda Kinning
Aug 22, 20245 min read
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Hard-Hitting Soft Skills: Equipping Workers for a Fearless Future with AI
With every new technology there are those that proclaim "this will change everything" with enthusiasm and those that hear those words and...
Linda Kinning
Apr 10, 20246 min read
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Sniffing the Desert | a Nose Guide to Joshua Tree National Park
Scent notes Creosote | smoky, woodsy, fire starter Sage | herbal, sacred, earthy California juniper | pine, woody Rain | freshly bringing...
Linda Kinning
Apr 4, 20244 min read
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My Buddhist teacher, the Annapurna mountains (or what paragliding taught me about acceptance)
Maybe it’s because I’m a Jew who lived on the west coast or maybe it’s because I’ve spent significant time in Asia but there are two...
Linda Kinning
Feb 6, 20244 min read
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I'm a Vipassana School Dropout
This is not what I expected to write months ago when I signed up for a 10-day meditation retreat in Nepal. I was expecting to write a...
Linda Kinning
Feb 6, 20245 min read
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How to sort and name the many hats your team will wear when building a company: A framework for building strong, effective, startup teams
Background This is a framework for understanding the roles a team needs to have to be successful. This is not about job titles or even...
Linda Kinning
Jan 23, 20244 min read
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Dedicating the month of November to doing things that scare me
You know that feeling of excitement rapidly followed my doubt or fear? When you want to do something but you're scared you might fail and...
Linda Kinning
Nov 30, 20234 min read
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Your algorithm is not the whole internet: the dangers of thinking you see it all
"No one is talking about X" On the internet, X can be pop culture trends, hot takes or geopolitics -- but we've all seen these posts that...
Linda Kinning
Nov 1, 20235 min read
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