Aaron Miller

Aaron Miller

Weekly Digest - Nov 9-15, 2025

Here's what I published from Sunday, November 9, 2025 to Saturday, November 15, 2025: Cheating Is Expensive for Everyone Apropos to my post from last week on AI and Universities, here’s Yascha Mounk on the topic, noting the terrible incentives involved. If (1) AI is treated as

Unique, Quality Branding Is Hard

Something I’ve never really posted or blogged about ever before is the tech space, but if you looked at my RSS feeds you‘d see more tech news than anything else. It’s a long-running hobby. In the consumer tech space, it’s really hard to establish a brand

Cynicism Isn’t Intelligence

Most of us valorize people who don’t like people. But it turns out cynicism is not a sign of wisdom, and more often it’s the opposite. In studies of over 200,000 individuals across thirty nations, cynics scored less well on tasks that measure cognitive ability, problem-solving, and

Weekly Digest - Nov 2-8, 2025

Here's what I published from Sunday, November 2, 2025 to Saturday, November 8, 2025: Orick, CA - October 14, 2025 This was a magical day. Here's one morning and two evening photos from Orick, CA. 💬 Comment on this post The difference between “accomplished” and “good” We