And it's not just the pros getting permanent brain damage, mental health issues, etc. High school and college players are receiving measurable brain damage by playing the sport. Yes, other sports are bad too, but nothing is quite as dangerous to the people who play it as American football.

Yeah, I haven't read the book, but from what I heard, it's the worst kind of AI-doomism. Not the "this will cook the planet" or "none of this actually works" but the "Oooh, be afraid that AI is so great it's going to take over the world" which ironically fuels the AI hype.

That was my thought too

Relevant section:

"That is why I am pleased to share that working together with OpenAI, FCPS will be in the first cohort of school divisions across the nation to help guide how ChatGPT for Teachers will roll out across the United States."

That's my wife's favorite, but she's smarter than me, so that tracks 😉

I made it through *once* and it was one of the hardest things I've ever done, no exaggeration. It wasn't bad, per se, but that density felt a little too self-indulgent. Reamde and it's sequel were almost as bad, but more relevant to me, so easier to get through. I miss Snow Crash-era Stephenson.

You're a brave soul! 😄 But yeah, books that make your brain stretch are so much fun!

Nobel Peace Prize candidate, Donald Trump, on the murder and dismemberment of a journalist: "Things happen."

Yeah, that would be awesome - I had the same problem with Foucault's Pendulum. I also had the same reaction when reading Neal Stephenson's The Baroque Cycle books.