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  1. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    Sentience takes a different path than Siri or Muse (opens the original)

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    I don’t have anything against agents, but I am scared of them. OpenClaw sounds scary. Claude and ChatGPT now promise agentic behavior, which I didn't ask for. And recently Meta released Muse, an independent app that is your agent for transactions that is super easy to use and is charming the pants off of my Thriends. But I don’t want to delegate transactions to AI anymore than I want AI to write my newsletters.Sentience is something different, and I am loving using it. It is a Digital Twin of me

  2. Issue · Aug 22, 2026

    IOS 27 + New Siri: It Will Be Magic (opens the original)

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    This newsletter started as a rant about IOS 27 (which I’ve been using in the Preview edition), but I was wrong to rant. Hear me out: The first issue I perceived was that the Preview edition is limited to using Apple’s own apps: Mail, Messages, Photos, Notes, Calendar, etc. And Apple’s biggest weakness is its apps, at least the ones I use. So testing IOS 27 with their apps is inevitably a disappointing experience. That is, until you start talking to the new Siri, the major new aspect of IOS 27.In

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