HeyJaredScratch
Scratch is a column that celebrates human agency in a culture awash in cheap consumer goods and A.I. It's about creating — instead of buying or simply accepting — the stuff, nature, and purpose of our lives. It's about what we make that makes us human.
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- 12
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- Sep 29, 2026
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- Jul 21, 2026
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A.I. Doesn’t Get the Joke (opens the original)
A.I. Doesn’t Get the Joke (opens the original)
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Flint, Steel, and Spark (opens the original)
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If there were a Least Realistic Character prize in classic children’s literature, Sam Gribley, the 12-year-old hero of My Side of the Mountain, would give The Cat a run for his Hat.Sam runs away from his New York City home for no apparent reason, carrying a penknife, an axe, a flint and steel, and a remarkable ability to remember the details of a survival book he read at the New York Public Library. When he finds his great-grandfather’s now-forested former farm in the Catskills, he burns out the
Flint, Steel, and Spark (opens the original)
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Your Money or Your Life (opens the original)
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