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WEDNESDAY, 31 OCTOBER 2018
Every company now has an AI assistant.
It's the only member of staff nobody's asked to come in on Fridays, and the only one getting your job.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. Your overdraft found it first.…
- Sleep when the baby sleeps. Also pay the mortgage when the baby pays the…
- Consistency is key. You've said "I'll go tomorrow" for three years. It's the only…
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
- Being single means nobody steals your duvet. It also means the duvet is the…
- You're "in your villain era". You returned a lukewarm coffee and apologised four times.…
- You swore you'd never sound like your parents. You just said "because I said…
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