The more these students and the rest of us turn to AI for comfort, reflection or advice, the easier it becomes to bypass the slow, messy and deeply human work of connecting – both with others and with ourselves. AI may not replace these relationships entirely, but it could displace them in some ways, making it easier to retreat inward, rather than... See more

On a week like this, I find myself oscillating between two strategies: staring directly at the crisis, and seeking temporary and necessary reprieve from it.

The truth is, the circulation of snackable, ‘life-altering’ content is way more than a quirky trend. It’s an embodiment of a much larger, manifesto-fication of personal beliefs in the digital era, where advice becomes typed and simplified for mass consumption. Of course, simplified forms of advice are not, in themselves, new. All the way back since... See more