Shared Links (weekly) Nov. 23, 2025
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Linked – Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”
I’m unsurprised by this and unsure why anyone would be surprised: Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use. I’ve pointed out before that the promise of AI taking over tasks and freeing employees up to do more strategic decision-making falls apart when considering how many…
Over-Simplistic Scientific Intelligence
And this really brings me back to my point, that we do a poor job of truly understanding science, statistics and cause and effect. We believe that algorithms have all been well-thought out, and produce a “true” result, even when they are trying to predict something as unpredictable as what traffic will look like 20 years from now. We assume social science studies are giving us the “right” answer for how to educate people, or train them for the best outcomes, without considering what we are teaching them about the larger world. We assume that we can tweak one belief, or one thing, without human beings reacting to those changes in unpredictable ways, all the while thinking our one change will cause the reaction we DO predict.
We assume a lot that should never be assumed. We over-simplify a world that actually has more influences than we can possibly account for, and assume that what is really a small statistical difference represents a universal truth.
It doesn’t. There are no simple answers. It takes hard work, hard discussions, and lots of listening to figure out the best way forward. Don’t wait for AI to tell you what to do, it may be missing quite a bit.
Linked – Mental health training for managers could save organisations millions of pounds, study finds
I’ve mentioned before that in some of the worst of my mental health struggles, I had a manager who helped me manage the process and was incredibly supportive of me doing what I needed to do, and I later had a manager who made the entire thing awkward and unbearable for me. This was at the same company. Nothing about the rules or the program changed, but my manager did. That made all the difference between me staying and being productive and walking out the door.
Shared Links (weekly) June 22, 2025
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Worth Reading – Gen Z, millennials: A college degree is a waste of money and time
When you’re looking at student loan debt and an uncertain job market, while being asked to learn new skills, it’s understandable to question what all that college was for in the first place. I’m not saying there’s no value in a college education. Still, the cost-benefit analysis is changing for many people right now, because learning and upskilling won’t stop when school is over. They keep going, and it’s only going to keep happening faster.
