Books<Youtube?
While I agree with the sentiment that attention spans are dwindling and people are too distracted by consumerism, I suspect there is a bit of boomer doom sprinkled in.
Yes, people are not reading as much. They are watching tv, or going out to drink, or working on their next side hustle, but was this ever different? People have been distracted and refuse to learn since distractions were available.
We so easily forget the progress we have made. Look at YouTube! It's a free resource with nearly unlimited useful information. Need to fix your washer? YouTube. Need to know how to cook something? YouTube. yes, I can read a cookbook or instruction manual, but being able to see what is going on is a huge boost to people's ability to accomplish the task.
Yes, reading is dying, but maybe it's not only a bad thing.
Source: https://www.thefp.com/p/niall-ferguson-without-books-we-will-be-barbarians?amp%3Butm_medium=organic-social&%3Butm_source=twitter&https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefp.com%2Fsubscribe=
Apple Intelligence…
Where has apple been in the ai race? While Google has arguably advanced farther than anyone else controlling the entire ai stack from custom hardware to its own models, apple not only has fallen behind with Siri, they don't have any fill scale hardware or even a competing model; instead relying on chat gpt when things get hard.
Where is the apple that shook up the compute works with m1 apple silicon? Where is the apple that dominates chip design, power efficiency, and raw performance? Apple seems to be in a prime position to dominate, yet they don't seem to have any roadmap for success.
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/01/apple-ai.html
AI in Education
It's great to see educators embrace technology. instead of having students use ai to complete work that was already arguably meaningless, have students with in tandem with ai to be more prepared for the job market they're will experience.
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/uneasy-time-to-be-a-computer-science-student-at-stanford-2025-11