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The Last Trick
September 14, 2026
Don Hall
The Last Trick
September 14, 2026
Don Hall

There was no thunder, no glowing doorway, no mysterious wind blowing through the apartment, and no choir of angels politely alerting me that physics had submitted its resignation.

The deck simply felt heavier.

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September 14, 2026
Don Hall

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I Believe… [AI is Coming]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 8/11/25 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 8/11/25

I Believe… [AI is Coming]

...that AI won’t just replace jobs—it’ll replace purpose. And when people lose that, they don’t riot—they just quietly stop existing in any way that matters.

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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of October 6, 2024
David Himmel, Post-It Wall Notes David Himmel 10/11/24 David Himmel, Post-It Wall Notes David Himmel 10/11/24

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of October 6, 2024

Ennui sounds cute and romantic because it’s French. But the French have a long history of violence and rape, and ennui may well have been the catalyst to most of it.

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I Believe... [Small but Potent]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 8/7/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 8/7/23

I Believe... [Small but Potent]

...that four differently spiced and garnished sliders is vastly better than one full-sized hamburger.

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Striking Out?
Don Hall Don Hall 7/22/23 Don Hall Don Hall 7/22/23

Striking Out?

Any time it is workers versus greed plus new technology, the workers lose. Every time.

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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of July 16, 2023
David Himmel, Post-It Wall Notes David Himmel 7/21/23 David Himmel, Post-It Wall Notes David Himmel 7/21/23

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of July 16, 2023

“Neurodiversity” is the new “irreconcilable differences.”

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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 30, 2023
David Himmel, Post-It Wall Notes David Himmel 5/5/23 David Himmel, Post-It Wall Notes David Himmel 5/5/23

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 30, 2023

“AI expert” is a 2023 phrase that gives me the same feeling as “Social media expert” in 2009. As new as it is and as fast as it’s changing, how can you consider yourself or anyone else an expert? We should be mindful of the foreboding foreshadowing in front of us.

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Another Strike at the Arts in America
Don Hall Don Hall 5/4/23 Don Hall Don Hall 5/4/23

Another Strike at the Arts in America

I’m defiantly in the camp of the writers on this one (as I would be in any fight between those doing the work versus those raking in billions of dollars) but the fight against new technology is a losing one historically.

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AI Generated Minutes
Joe Janes, Minutes of Our Last Mtg Joe Janes 2/22/23 Joe Janes, Minutes of Our Last Mtg Joe Janes 2/22/23

AI Generated Minutes

God is dead.

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