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On staying human in a changing world.
October 14, 2026
I Turned 50. Now What?
I turned 50 this year and took the question to Sanibel Island — shoes off, feet in the sand, a bucket of shells with my seven-year-old — to find out what the second half is for.
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August 11, 2026
You Are Not Behind. You Are Running on Empty. There Is a Difference.
I spent a year teaching people how to close the Presence Gap, and by June I was living in it myself. So this summer I did the thing I had been telling everyone else they were allowed to do.
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June 15, 2026
Pass It On: A Rubber Duck, New Friends, and Teaching in an AI World
A thousand educators in Orlando, a black rubber duck stamped Teach with AI, and the instruction that came with it: do not keep it — share it, find your people, pass it on.
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May 30, 2026
How Do We Stay Human? What I Learned About AI from K-12 Teachers
A Saturday with Miami-Dade educators who gave up a rare day off to figure out AI in the classroom together, and what it taught me about the real curriculum.
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