Andrew McCluskey

the idea of empathy itself only dates to the late eighteenth century. The notion was invented by psycho-physiologist Wilhelm Wundt to describe our ability to experience another’s experience, and different, Wundt thought, from sympathy and compassion. Empathy is about the transmission of information; sympathy and compassion are reactions to that

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“You’re getting worse at [your art], but you’re becoming a great marketer for a product which is less and less good”

Young writers will not be obliged to draw attention to themselves by sensational pot-boilers, with a view to acquiring the economic independence needed for monumental works, for which, when the time at last comes, they will have lost the taste and the capacity.

“Technical and data skills that have been highly sought after for decades appear to be among the most exposed to advances in artificial intelligence.” They found that AI will replace 96% of a software engineer’s current skills.

What did these researchers find to be the most durable skills for the next era of work? The ones we’ve long derided as... See more