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“A Letter To Teens About AI And Jobs”

“Here’s what I want you to take away: uncertainty isn’t the same as helplessness. You don’t need to predict the future to prepare for it. The people who thrive in moments like this aren’t the ones who guessed right about which industries would boom—they’re the ones who built the capacity to adapt, to learn, to […]

A Deep Reflection On Writing With AI

“In this piece, I’ll start at the foundations of the question, exploring whether there is some intrinsic, essential metacognitive value in the literal act of writing that cannot be replaced by AI. After establishing a positive statement about the importance of writing, I’ll step back and address the normative dimension: should we encourage the use […]

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Every week I send out articles I encounter from around the web. Subject matter ranges from hard knowledge about teaching to research about creativity and cognitive science to stories from other industries that, by analogy, inform what we do as educators. This breadth helps us see our work in new ways.

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Peter Nilsson

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