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I am listening to Secretary Linda McMahon House hearing and I wish that lawmakers would model how to engage in civil disagreements. There's too much rudeness. Rep. Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. is a stand out counter example of how to disagree respectfully.

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Department of irony. During moments of writing procrastination, I look at my metrics. The main source of traffic to my story about how students are using AI in a way that harms their learning is ChatGPT.

Department of irony. During moments of writing procrastination, I look at my metrics. The main source of traffic to my story about how students are using AI in a way that harms their learning is ChatGPT.
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It was an honor to speak at the National Press Foundation earlier this week. But now see that 1) I need one of those warm-toned ring lights and 2) I need to tidy up my home office!

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BREAKING: MIT just completed the first brain scan study of ChatGPT users & the results are terrifying. Turns out, AI isn't making us more productive. It's making us cognitively bankrupt. Here's what 4 months of data revealed: (hint: we've been measuring productivity all wrong)

BREAKING: MIT just completed the first brain scan study of ChatGPT users & the results are terrifying.

Turns out, AI isn't making us more productive. It's making us cognitively bankrupt.

Here's what 4 months of data revealed:

(hint: we've been measuring productivity all wrong)
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83.3% of ChatGPT users couldn't quote from essays they wrote minutes earlier. Let that sink in. You write something, hit save, and your brain has already forgotten it because ChatGPT did the thinking.

83.3% of ChatGPT users couldn't quote from essays they wrote minutes earlier.

Let that sink in.

You write something, hit save, and your brain has already forgotten it because ChatGPT did the thinking.
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Brain scans revealed the damage: neural connections collapsed from 79 to just 42. That's a 47% reduction in brain connectivity. If your computer lost half its processing power, you'd call it broken. That's what's happening to ChatGPT users' brains.

Brain scans revealed the damage: neural connections collapsed from 79 to just 42.

That's a 47% reduction in brain connectivity.

If your computer lost half its processing power, you'd call it broken. That's what's happening to ChatGPT users' brains.
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Kudos to Anthropic for being so open about its trials and failures. I wish all tech, and especially ed tech, would be as forthcoming. anthropic.com/research/proje…

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So what do we know today? 1. Good chat with Jill Barshay of The Hechinger Report on education stories today: static.wixstatic.com/mp3/809f13_c5a…. Crazy times. 2. State High's Hayden Cunningham headed to Greece: gopsusports.com/news/2025/07/3…. 3. No show Friday, busy eating hot dogs. Back Monday AM.

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I had a fun time talking with Scott Geesey and Jeff Byers on Let's Talk this morning. 98.7 FM The Fox in State College, PA. (Thank you for having me on your show.) static.wixstatic.com/mp3/809f13_c5a….