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Their wordsThe spiritual impulses informing Judaism are not bad or destined for violence and self-destructive behavior. But they are not of our era and may be obsolete.
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The age of the book is ending as the primary media environment for human growth and operation.
Their wordsThe age of the book-and I say this as someone who has made my career as an author-the age of the book is ending. Text and books no longer define the media environment in which human beings grow up and operate.
Our reading
AI suggests the dawn of a new media age defined by all-at-onceness rather than linearity.
Their wordsWhile I'm not yet convinced of AI's enduring value to humanity or the planet, at the very least it suggests we are at the dawn of a new media age. One defined less by the linearity of the book, than the all-at-onceness of perfect recall.
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