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thanks for the list. it's brilliant.

I can't but wonder though... are we slave to productivity?

What do we need this omnipresent help? I'm sure some people do. If you're CEO of a large company, if you are a doctor seeing hundreds of patients in a week, etc.

But me? An average middle age guy with 9-5 job doing white collar job at healthcare company?

I enjoy doing some things that are 'inefficient'. Is that a really a problem?

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Remember hanging out at the pub 20+ years ago? A discussion on who the fastest was, or something (literally what started the Guinness Book of Records) and it would run for a decent time as people mentioned who they thought it was, stories, hearsay evidence.

Now you just whip out your phone, look it up or ask an AI, get the answer and move on.

The second is more informative in a way, but so boring.

The point wasn’t knowing the fact, it was the discussion!

I try to avoid proving facts in pub conversations with my phone until someone has bet at least a dollar on the outcome

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