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Online Meditation 🧘 Neurotech Research ⚡ Contemplative Writing

    Better to train AI on the books gathering dust in used bookstores than on the ephemeral noise of social media

    Posted on September 10, 2026September 10, 2026

    Better to train AI on the books gathering dust in used bookstores than on the ephemeral noise of social media. Only a fraction of that stock ever finds its way to readers, yet those books contain generations of human thought, including voices and ideas the digital age has left behind. Let AI read them and give that knowledge another life. This from a library science grad and used bookstore devotee.

    Last Updated on September 10, 2026 | Published: September 10, 2026

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