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Minders Keepers

Those hired to mind the "shop" have kept the "shop"

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Kale Zelden
Nov 18, 2023
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fantastical castle made entirely of books, with towers and turrets stacked high with tomes of all shapes and sizes. Generative AI

Thought experiment:

What if the people who were hired to mind the shop were not interested in the business? What if you owned a shop with a collection wide and deep, containing priceless works and you hired people to mind it, study it, protect it, and promote it? What would your expectations be?

Would you expect these minders to mock it? Would you expect…

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