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I tinker with my writing until the last minute. That habit would be dangerous, except I don’t relax until I pass one test: if someone shook me awake at 3 AM and told me to deliver tomorrow’s wedding ceremony, could I do it? Here’s what clearing that bar buys you.
Most arguments about AI writing are stuck on whether to use it. That’s the wrong question. My e-bike has five levels of pedal assist, and they map almost exactly onto how to work with AI — from doing it all yourself to being carried. The real skill isn’t avoiding the motor or surrendering to it. It’s knowing which ride you’re on.
Every freelancer hears it eventually. ‘You’re just one person.’ Here’s the case I made 30 years ago — and why the answer hasn’t changed.
What happens when humans stop visiting the Moon—and start being from it? As lunar colonies grow, children will eventually be born there whose bodies can’t survive Earth’s gravity. The Moon stops being a destination and becomes a one-way door, reshaping biology, politics, and even religion. This essay imagines those future Lunari and how they might see Earth as a distant, half-remembered origin rather than home.