Sense Check
Sense Checks slow a claim down before it becomes accepted wisdom. The focus is on numbers, definitions, incentives and the difference between what was promised and what actually happened. These articles are less interested in winning a shouting match than in finding the part that survives contact with evidence. Read the newest check first, or choose a topic when one kind of nonsense has arrived in bulk.
The AGI Gurus Selling Less Study and More Obedience Now
AI business gurus keep trying to bury school, but the receipts say study, mentors and human judgement matter more, not less, in the noisy…
Maktub, AI, and the Strange New End of Human Error Control
Automation and AI promise fewer errors, less waste and better quality control, while humans still trip over destiny, attention and bad systems today.
Political Creators Keep Preaching to the Converted Feed
Political creators keep talking to people who already agree, then act shocked when untouched voters do exactly what their feed hid from them all…
Rights, Reality and the Third-Space Toilet War in Britain
EHRC guidance shows democracy doing dull but necessary work: sex-based spaces, trans rights and common sense forced into one locked cubicle of law and…
The Payroll Trick Where Night Shift Rest Days Vanish Quietly
Shift-pattern maths turns night work into a bargain for companies, while workers lose rest days, health, and taxable pay in quiet little cuts. Count…
AI Tools Need Better Questions Before Bigger Data Farms
AI tools burn tokens, energy and money by guessing first and asking later. Better questions beat bigger data centres and endless edit loops every…
Claude Praise And The Luxury AI Subscription Theatre Act
Claude may code well, but the praise forgets image creation, voice, memory, language, limits and the quiet luxury tax on useful AI assistants right…
Perfect Crown And The Netizen Coronation Court Meltdown
A dry sense check on Perfect Crown, historical accuracy, public apologies and the online habit of turning fiction into civic punishment for sport online.
Great Art Takes Years Because the Present Is Busy Shopping
A dry roast on why great art, books and brands often need decades to reach people, while the present keeps asking for instant proof…
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