Traipsing About
My ongoing experiment in living creatively, traveling intentionally, and reflecting on what makes life feel meaningful.
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Stacking up memory dividends (opens the original)
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Wassup, Traipser! Welcome to my newsletter about creativity, travel and living an intentional life. I started it writing online years ago when people still liked getting email; I didn’t use AI to write blogs (or emails) then, and I still don’t.Speaking of AI, this week this newsletter dives into:Memory dividendsAcquired tasteBook recs<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T9UZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-m
Should robots go to the gym for us? (opens the original)
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Wassup, Traipser! Dakota here with my newsletter about creativity, travel and living an intentional life, which I started years ago when quill pens were more popular than iPhones. I didn’t use AI to write then and I still don’t! (Please forgive typos.)Speaking of AI, this week this newsletter dives into:If/when to use AI.The enshittification of the internet thanks to AI.A take on the magic of being human.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable
Eight months on the road! (opens the original)
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Wassup, Traipser! Dakota here with my newsletter, which I started 13 years ago when typewriters were more popular than iPhones. AI wasn’t around then and I sure as hell don’t use it to write now. (It would scrub my jokes, probably comma splices too!) Vamoose, robots, this is MY newsletter about creativity, travel and living our best life.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zXMy!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-
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