One of my longtime dreams was to visit Hong Kong, especially the Chungking neighborhood that's the set of one of my favorite movies (Chungking Express starring Tony Leung and Faye Wong).

Sadly, that's not ever going to happen. I can't imagine being forced to hand over my account passwords or face one year in jail.

(Also, this was once the type of news that made me glad to live in America but now I see this type of stuff and wonder, "How long until I see this here?")

WSJ gift link:
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/hong-kong-national-security-law-john-lee-7a42643f?st=NXaaMt&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

OpenClaw showed us that people really like the idea of a personal assistant but also how incredibly bad things can get without security controls.

@nielsprovos built IronCurtain as a research project to show what a personal assistant might look like if architected with security and reliability in mind.

https://www.provos.org/p/ironcurtain-secure-personal-assistant/

RE: https://thingy.social/@malcircuit/116290027307902048

Really important piece in Psychology Today about the danger of over-reliance on AI especially for children.

From the article:
I mentioned Michael Gerlich's study on the negative correlation between AI offloading and critical thinking in a recent piece, "Why Kids Can’t Resist Cognitive Offloading," but I missed a critical distinction. Participants over 46 showed higher critical thinking scores alongside lower AI reliance. Participant between 17-25 showed the inverse.

In my view, the most likely explanation for this is not generational preference but biological development. The older group probably offloaded tasks they already knew how to perform. The younger group offloaded task they never learned how to perform. These neural pathways for source evaluation and constructing arguments were never formed. You can’t atrophy a muscle that was never built.