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AI, Musk and Trump Add Up to a Turbulent 2025 for Tech
Will TikTok survive in the US? Will Wall Street grow impatient with artificial intelligence? Hold on tight.
Hold on tight.
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You may have heard that the Oxford dictionary’s “word of the year” this year was “brain rot.”
I found that interesting for two reasons. The first is that it is clearly two words. The second is that unlike prior words of the year — like 2013’s “selfie” or last year’s “rizz” — “brain rot” is neither new nor changed from its original intended meaning. Its first use was recorded in 1854 and said to be “indicative of a general decline in mental and intellectual effort” — which, well, yeah.