Thirteen years of school means a lot of my work has been marked, so when the federal government released a 40-page paper called A Digital Detox this week, I thought it was only fair that I mark theirs. The paper argues that screens are the reason students are falling behind, and by the measures it uses they probably are, which would be a damning finding if anyone involved had bothered to ask whether those measures mean anything at all. For a document so concerned about the damage done by screens, it was, of course, published as a PDF.
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Writing
Essays on AI, the liberal arts, and what software should leave to people.
2026
Computer Science Has Finished Its Job: Have You Considered Theater?
Why the arts will be more valuable than STEM.
Sept 2026 · 4 min
People Don't Actually Want to be Replaced
The goal of technology has always been to make people better at what they do — not to do it for them.
May 2026 · 9 min
Keep Thinking
AI doesn't threaten thinking — it demands we decide which thinking matters most.
Mar 2026 · 5 min
Why AI Proves That the Liberal Arts Are More Important Than Ever
The AI revolution isn't making the liberal arts obsolete—it's proving they were the indispensable foundation all along.
Mar 2026 · 22 min