CareerGPT and Web Domain Drama

Hello, and happy Sunday! We’re hiring for two roles (a managing editor and a freelance news writer) on the editorial team at Every—scroll down for details. Otherwise, we’re off tomorrow for Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day and will be back on Tuesday with a brand-new essay. In the meantime, read on for everything we published this week and our take on the latest tech news.—Kate Lee

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"The Disappearance of an Internet Domain" by Gareth Edwards: A tiny island in the Indian Ocean could potentially shake up the tech world The UK's decision to transfer the Chagos Islands to Mauritius means the end of the .io domain, which has long been the home of gaming sites and Github. Read this for a look at how real-world politics can impact your startup.

"I Hired ChatGPT as My Career Coach" by Katie Parrott/Learning Curve:  After losing her job, Katie Parrott used ChatGPT as her personal career advisor, testing it for five qualities—originality, accountability, structure, empathy, and clarity—to see if she could finally figure out what she wants to do with her life. The results were mixed, but surprisingly useful. Read this for a practical guide on how to use AI for career guidance.

"A Guide to Lifelong Learning—With AI" by Rhea Purohit/AI and I: Two of the smartest people we know, podcaster Dwarkesh Patel and Shopify’s former director of production engineering Simon Eskildsen, are using AI to keep learning. They’re curating quality information, generating flashcards, using spaced repetition, and more with LLMs. Read this if you want practical tips on how to use AI to soak up knowledge. 

"Five New Thinking Styles for Working With AI" by Dan Shipper/Chain of Thought: As AI shifts us from thinking more like engineers than scientists, our entire intellectual framework is due for an upgrade. Dan Shipper outlines five new mental models for the AI age, from essences to sequences, rules to patterns, process to intuition, sculpting to gardening, and explanations to predictions. Read this if you want to prepare yourself for thinking differently in the future.

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