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Intelligence Digest Artifacts — Google I/O
The open web is setting like a big red sun — at least if you buy Richard Kramer’s point of view. The financial analyst with Arete Research recently noted that the open web is on its way out because Google AI is reducing content providers to mere sources of raw data. This perspective stems from a New York Times story, “In AI Era, Google Expands Search Box for Longer Queries.” [In another article, the NYT notes that it is suing Google, as well as OpenAI, in this regard.] Read the Rest on Medium >>>
The Man from Uncle wins the Preakness
My hero (above) - The Preakness Stakes arrived this year with not a lot of build up. There is a one-year sojourn from Pimlico for the Preakness. It was held at Laurel Park, which called for a new contour for the 1 3/16 th mile distance. The home stretch seemed long. The field of contestants generally is a bit lackluster. Derby winner Golden Tempo, passed it up. Like last year’s Derby Winner Sovereignty, the horse is skipping the second jewel in the Triple Crown and targeting the Belmont Stakes set for Saratoga [Belmont’s re-build is still uncompleted. 9-5 says we'' say that about Pimlico's re-design one year from today.] Read more at my Epitomime Racing and Markets site.
Toward the Liberally Educated Executive
Grandma couln't write. The kids took jobs. A sister went to teachers' college. The baby My father went to BC. Fashioned himself after Dick Powell. Read Milton and Shakespeare. He wanted to go into advertising. Was told you might have to go to New York for that - as this was Brahman Boston. This was the mid 1930s and there was no job. Well, did some pipe fitting in the Navy Yard. Riding the subway in asbestos laced work clothes. The, promoting/selling Lucky Strikes, store to store and bar to bar up to Maine. He gets an interview on Stillings St with Johnsons Wax. "Why should I hire a college man?" he's gruffly asked. He labors to field the rough query. Walks out and says to self "well I won't get that one.' But he gets hired. The boss was trying to see how he reacted under pressure. Now, a very long haul followed. Including 6 years in Army. But he always ready to sell the idea of a liberal education. Colleges increasingly are vocational. I don...
we still dont understand what we are going through
A great poem found. The tortuous and transforming time. We still don't understand what we are going through.