Rediscover the Ordinary

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The High Priestess of the Ordinary

Committed anxious types like me rarely find a poem opening as enticing as this one from the late Mary Oliver: I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the…

The AI Bubble Is No Ordinary Bubble

The American stock market is booming, thanks to artificial intelligence. Tech giants are borrowing billions to acquire AI talent, purchase chips and hardware, and construct data centers. And market watchers…