What Christian B. Miller thinks about patience
American philosopher; A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University, working on ethics and moral character; author of The Character Gap and The Honesty Crisis.
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4 dated positions, 2025 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Christian B. Miller has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsAI tools are helping foster a culture of immediacy, thereby diminishing the capacity for patience.
↗Eroding a virtue: AI trains people to expect instant answers – and that’s bad news for patiencetheconversation.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThe more such institutions can resist integrating AI tools into every aspect of their operations, and instead incentivize human intellectual engagement even at the expense of efficiency, the better as far as patience is concerned.
↗Eroding a virtue: AI trains people to expect instant answers – and that’s bad news for patiencetheconversation.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsPatience can be developed in lots of different areas of life that have nothing to do with research and which are less susceptible to AI incursion.
↗Eroding a virtue: AI trains people to expect instant answers – and that’s bad news for patiencetheconversation.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsImpatience is often a significant detriment to our well-being, and the more we can recognize the warning signs and work against them the better.