Michael Erard
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Michael Erard|Essays
Word Made Flesh
Diagram of quote attributed to Groucho Marx, "Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana," from Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences by Kitty Burns Florey, illustrated by …
Michael Erard|Essays
The G Word
Ten years from now, jokey newspaper articles about corporate follies will mention why the Chevy Nova didn't sell in Latin America, the hilarity that ensued when company names (e.g., Pen Island) became URLs, and how Google waded into the …
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âSuddenly everyoneâs life got a lot more similarâ: AI isnât just imitating creativity, itâs homogenizing thinking Synthetic âVtubersâ rock Twitch: three gaming creators on what it means to livestream in the age of genAIRaphael Tsavkko Garcia|Analysis
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