Galactic Traveller

if looks could kill...

They're preying on insecurities to do it. Yes, you can write an essay - but can you write a good essay, they ask you. Do you not want to improve your output? Do you not want people to think of you as competent and very clever? Why go through the mortifying process of failing and failing and failing until you succeed if you can just skip the "learning" part of doing, and simply generate a ready-made product?

I'm preaching to the choir here obviously but it's a concerning thing to witness nonetheless. My kid is 6 next week and I've been teaching her that failing at things is morally neutral and in fact necessary even before the advent of AI, but it's becoming ever more important that we teach the kids that criticism and failure and discomfort aren't necessarily bad things, but just a part of the growth process.

If you actually knew your history, you would realise that Ireland and Israel are mirror images, and they've strong historical ties, especially when it comes to Zionism.

​The first Chief Rabbi of Israel, Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, was known as the "Sinn Féin Rabbi." He was fluent in Irish, supported the First Dáil, and was a comrade to Irish revolutionaries. He saw Zionism and Irish Republicanism as the same movement: the liberation of ancient indigenous people.

​In the 1940s, Zionist groups like the Irgun and Lehi used the Irish War of Independence as their tactical manual, studying Michael Collins to learn how to force the British Empire into retreat. Robert Briscoe embodied this bond, a proud Jew and IRA veteran who became the Lord Mayor of Dublin.

Zionism is the return of a displaced people to their native land and the right to self-determination, which is the definition of the Irish struggle.