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FRIDAY, 24 OCTOBER 1975
You said you're "so busy" this week.
Your screen time says eleven hours a day. Busy is one word for it. Scrolling is the other.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
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- Love yourself first. Someone has to, and nobody else applied.
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- Nobody has ever said "thank goodness it's Monday". Except a manager, and he meant…
- Skipping your daily coffee won't buy you a house. Nothing will. Have the coffee.
- You left them on read "to be mysterious". They didn't notice. They were also…
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