AI & Automation
Not the hype, not the doom — where AI actually touches work and childhood.
Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath: The Digital Delusion, AI in Schools, and Gen Z's Cognitive Decline
The first generation on record to score lower than its parents, and the neuroscientist who says the laptops did it.
With Jared Cooney HorvathJoseph Ferris (Boopsy): Gen X, the Barbell Generation, and Embracing the Suck
Boopsy makes Gen X funny, then makes it land: the feral latchkey childhood, parenting from trauma, and the barbell squeeze of caring for aging parents and grown kids at once.
With Joseph FerrisTim Estes: AI and the Internet Kids Deserve
Most talk about kids and tech is about keeping them off it. Tim Estes makes the case for building technology safe enough that a child can actually use it.
With Tim EstesIs This AI? - The Credibility Hedge, Deepfakes, and Why We Are Learning to Doubt What Is Real
A deepfake President interrupted a Father's Day ballgame, and it took Ryan Vet a few seconds to catch it. On the moment skepticism stops being wisdom.
Solo essay by Ryan VetNicki Petrossi: Scrolling 2 Death, AI Companion Bots, and the Fight to Keep Kids Safe Online
The former social media exec now fighting Big Tech, and why keeping your kid off these platforms is an act of love, not deprivation.
With Nicki PetrossiWhat the Class of 2026 Is Really Bringing to the Workforce: Loneliness, AI, and the Mentor Gap
The first class whose entire college experience was shaped by generative AI is walking off the stage. Ryan Vet on what is actually waiting for them.
Solo essay by Ryan VetWe've Never Been More Alone - Why the Most Connected Generation Is the Loneliest in History
The Surgeon General compared loneliness to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Ryan Vet on why the most connected generation in history is also the loneliest.
Solo essay by Ryan VetGen Alpha Turned 13 - The Generational Prism on Growing Up in 2026
The first Gen Alpha teenagers have arrived. Ryan Vet uses age 13, across four generations, as a lens on the world each one walked into.
Solo essay by Ryan VetWhat We Lost When Life Got Easier - Washing Machines, Dishwashers, and The Velocity Gap
Washing machines were supposed to give mothers their time back. Ryan Vet on the productivity paradox, and why the goal may not be removing every obstacle.
Solo essay by Ryan VetThe Velocity Gap - Gen Z's Contradiction with AI
Cigarettes and seatbelts hit their reckoning together in the mid-1960s. Ryan Vet argues AI is at the same moment, with one difference: this time we can already see the costs.
Solo essay by Ryan VetFrom Valentine's Day to "Love Is Love" - A Generational Timepiece on How We Redefined Love
Same calendar date, radically different meanings. Ryan Vet traces love through five generational versions, from duty and permanence to connection without cost.
Solo essay by Ryan Vet85 Seconds to Midnight: The Leadership Pattern We Ignore
The clock is closer to midnight than it has ever been. Ryan Vet reads it not as a prediction but as a leadership pattern that keeps repeating.
Solo essay by Ryan VetThe Future of Parenting: The Impact of AI on Raising Gen Beta (kids born in 2026 and beyond)
Parents are pulling kids off screens and sending them outside, while watching them from inside an app. Ryan Vet on the parenting paradox Gen Beta inherits.
Solo essay by Ryan VetThe Future is Born: Gen Beta Has Arrived
Gen Beta arrived at midnight on New Year's Day. Ryan Vet explains why he draws the line at 2026, and why the label matters less than the tipping point behind it.
Solo essay by Ryan Vet2026 Predictions: AI, Education, Trust, and the Future of Society
2026 will not be remembered as a year of answers. Ryan Vet reads it as a year of signals, across polarity, AI, trust, credibility, and education.
Solo essay by Ryan VetThe Cost of Waiting: How Social Media Exposed Our Blind Spot About AI
Television we could see. Video games we could hear. Social media slipped into a pocket, and we hesitated. Ryan Vet on why AI will not give us that long.
Solo essay by Ryan VetWhen AI Becomes Santa: What Black Friday Just Told Us About the Next Generation
Record Black Friday spending was not the sound of cash registers. Ryan Vet reads it as algorithms whispering suggestions and a pendulum swinging from stuff to moments.
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