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• Fiction writing builds the scenario-planning muscles AI can't replicate.
• A novelist's research discipline outperforms a slide deck's worth of analysis.
• Creative imagination is a strategic asset — not a soft skill.

Earlier this year, I shook a strategy leader out of her deeply held convictions by asking

• After moving to Japan, I started taking day trips beyond the usual Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka travel circuit.
• Places like Saitama were easy to reach by train, but felt different from Japan's bigger cities.
• Wakayama City, Kobe, and Nara are a few of my other favorite spots for food, scenery, and shopping.

The first time I visited Japan, I followed the so-called Golden Route and

It's hard not to find the premise of Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary instantly compelling: Something is slowly killing the sun and threatening life on Earth. That same mysterious force, dubbed the Astrophage, also destroyed every nearby star — except one. Our only hope is to visit that solar system and figure out what helped it survive. And there's just one middle school science teacher who can do

Free promotions often come with a catch. Sure, you can get some limited-edition merch or a brand-new device, but most of the time you need to spend some cash to qualify. Can you claim that this type of "free giveaway" is free at all? It's a grey area, at best.

But sometimes you really can get something for nothing: Dairy Queen recently gave away cones for free, Krispy Kreme handed out green

• Anthropic conducted a massive survey of roughly 81,000 Claude users in December.
• The newly released results show the extent to which even AI users are worried about the technology.
• One software engineer wondered if this is how coachmen felt when cars were invented.

Anthropic's Claude has already conquered tech stocks. Its users are wondering if they are now in

Pokémon officially turned 30 a few weeks ago (feel old yet?), but the merch drops are still going strong. Case in point: PopSockets just launched its brand new Pokémon Day and Night collection on March 19.

As the name implies, the lineup gives you two distinct aesthetics to choose from: pastel, sun-soaked designs or moody, dark-purple galaxy themes.

• The Treasury Department will take over management of millions of student-loan borrowers' accounts.
• The transition will occur in phases, and affected borrowers should continue paying their federal servicer.
• Advocates raised concerns about the Treasury's ability to manage the

• Taylor Frankie Paul is the star of "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" and was set to lead "The Bachelorette."
• Reports surfaced alleging a domestic violence incident between Paul and her ex, Dakota Mortensen.
• A spokesperson for Disney Entertainment Television confirmed Paul's season will not air.

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