The Pragmatic Role of AI in the Civilizational Transition (Fifth Installment in our Civilizational AI series)

And now for something entirely different: a unique walking seminar in Greece

I met my Greek friend George Anadiotis a decade ago in Berlin and we kept in touch by doing zooms every three weeks or so, something I do with about half a dozen other people. It’s my way to ensure a diet of intelligent conversations that I may not always find the occasion to do locally. It is one of the remaining blessings of the global internet.

When I…