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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I tend to click away in disgust when an “article” on the @nytimes.com is a video or conversation. If I want a podcast, I know where to go. Somehow the irony seems lost on them this morning with this one. Subhead: “Welcome to the postliterate era.” Podcast-lite instead of interesting read.

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Opinion | That Daily Brain Rot Break Is Taking Us Back to the Dark Ages (Gift Article)

Welcome to the postliterate era.

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The first three chapters of “Life After” are out with a few readers for feedback. It’s utterly terrifying, not least of all because I do genuinely think I’ve figured out a unique point of view on how to rebuild a life after something has gone wrong.

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

ICYMI yesterday, a quick guide to sorting through the deluge of midterm polling to find data that can actually tell you something:

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I spent part of the morning working on revising Ch 3, whilst the breeze kept me lightly swinging in my hammock before the rising temperature forced me inside. My Apple Watch complimented me on starting my day with more activity than usual, giving me undue credit for propelling the hammock. Love it.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A good life needs three things in balance: Purpose: work bigger than you Duty: what you owe the people who rely on you Self: not bubble baths, the work of becoming someone worth relying on Alone, each curdles. Purpose into martyrdom. Duty into bitterness. Self into, well. You know that person.

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

4,329 words into Chapter 3, so far. Writer's block has been defeated. Take that, brain. We've got this. #LifeAfter

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Endless entertainment in the palm of a hand with no effort or human connection required to waste thousands of hours in numbing behaviour (see here doomscrolling) can’t possibly be a part of this, right? Last year, sitting around the high school cafeteria table, my daughter could easily spot (/2)

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I'm supposed to be working on my book - but today found myself on a side tangent totally not related to "Life After", yet inspired by some reading I've been doing while writing. What makes someone morally irredeemable? www.emilyinpublic.com/ideas/2026/8...

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Happiness Is Not Pie — Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE

I've been sitting inside a pile of books on moral philosophy for the last month or two, sorting through what I think and how I feel - and why - about what makes for a good life. More so, I am trying t...

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

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Happiness Is Not Pie — Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Here's what I learned on Friday night: if you have a heart and/or live with someone with a heart, make sure you have aspirin in an easy to reach place. Everyone is fine, but, for a little while there at around 3:45 am, it looked like my husband might be having a heart attack.

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I have no idea how it's possible but here we are: move in day. Today, my one and only baby flies the nest to start university. At 16 years old.

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

"I currently identify as an only surviving child, but that is not strictly speaking the truth." I wrote this line of my new book at some point last month. One of the crazy things about writing non-fiction about an in-progress life is that the story can change rapidly.

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Andy Wheatley @andywheatley.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Today, the British press drove Jason Arday to take his life. Just like it drove Caroline Flack to take hers. They’ll show some pretend remorse and back off for a while but it won’t be long until it happens again. Our press isn’t capable of regulating itself. It’s time to enact Leveson 2.

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

When you find yourself in Target on a Saturday in August with a cart full of notebooks, pencils, towels, hangers and suddenly a pink mini-fridge seems like a good idea, it becomes a bit more real that the kid is off to university later this month!!! I am not ready for this.

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Ok, so now it's really getting real: last night I finished writing Chapter 1 of my new book, tenatively titled "Life After". I guess today's job is to get some of Chapter 2 done?

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

What gives a life meaning? For me, it’s the balance of duty, purpose and self. But I’m definitely not the first person to think they’ve figured out at least part of that question. Today’s reading pile… Research for book 2!

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Enjoying my birthday at @hersheypark.bsky.social! Nothing better than family, a pile of books and the lazy river when we want it. There may be other rides today but there might not be. There will however be good quality fun no matter what. (Kiddo provided the tiara.)

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Total credit to @lexytopping.bsky.social at the @theguardian.com for linking to this @nytimes.com article this morning. I had missed it the first time and it has totally made my day as I watch - now from afar - yet another new PM walk into No10: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/s....

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He Is British, Mysterious and Has Outlasted 5 Prime Ministers: Meet ‘Hot Podium Guy.’

A sound engineer has emerged as an unexpected heartthrob amid Britain’s political tumult.

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 16/07/2026

How do Americans participate in society? We examined their engagement with news, politics, religion and civic life, and found that U.S. adults sort into four distinct groups based on different patterns of participation. #PewKnightInitiative #CivicEngagement #Politics #News

Chart showing how four groups vary by key measures of social and civic engagement

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Exhaustion is not proof of goodness. A person can be dutiful in the wrong direction for a long time. The work is not to become endlessly available. The work is to know what is worth being faithful to. #DutyPurposeSelf #MeaningfulWork

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Photograph your meal. The Lineup drafts the likely foods, down to hidden ingredients and spices. You keep, drop, or add. The record builds over time. Feel unwell? One tap: Report an incident. Later, Investigate the Lineup for the suspects worth reviewing. #TheLineup #FoodTracking

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Photograph your meal. The Lineup drafts the likely foods and hidden ingredients for you to confirm. Feel unwell? One tap, then rest. Later, the Suspect Lineup: Prime Suspect, Person of Interest, Cleared Alibi. Suspicion is neutral, never a verdict. #TheLineup #FoodTracking

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Self-care can tell you that you need rest. It cannot tell you what a day is for. A person can be calmer and still drifting. The self matters. But the self is a terrible god. #DutyPurposeSelf #Purpose

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A small thing I care about: Smiling Faces has one honest price. Not a feed. Not a private data bargain. A small attention practice that respects the person using it. #SmilingFaces #DigitalWellbeing

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Photograph a meal, confirm the drafted foods, and The Lineup keeps the record. One tap reports an incident. Over time it builds a Case Board of what is worth reviewing and what is historically cleared, ready to Build the Brief for a clinician. #TheLineup #FoodTracking

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Old instructions can look alive long after they become dangerous. A task list can tell you what is next. It cannot always tell you whether the instruction should still be obeyed. That is one reason we built Lodestar. #Lodestar #Operations

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The internet already knows how to train suspicious attention. Smiling Faces is a small counter-practice: find the smiling face, for a few minutes, then leave. #SmilingFaces #Attention

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Smiling Faces has no account, no streaks, and no feed. The point is not to create another place to live. The point is to practice where your attention goes for a few minutes, then leave. #SmilingFaces #Attention

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Before any opens an AI tool: who owns the workflow it lives inside? Not who bought the tool. Who owns what it touches, who reviews failure, and which system holds the truth afterward? #AIAdoption #Operations

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I don’t even need to wait 85 years for this to make my day!

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

A system that only works in a clean demo is not a system we can use. The kitchen table has become a useful detector of AI-workflow nonsense. Real context is the test. #AnthroAdvisory #AIConsulting

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I kept telling Chris - as I worked on a half dozen projects across multiple AI tools - that I felt like I had too many tabs open in my brain, let alone on my computer. That's how Lodestar was created. #AIWorkflows #Operations #AgenticAI

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Smiling Faces is live on the iOS App Store. Find the smile. Practice where your attention goes. Then leave. No account. No streaks. No endless feed. One honest price. A small, private attention practice for noticing the positive on purpose. #SmilingFaces #iOS

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We made the self the highest thing in the room. Duty, at its best, is not obedience or martyrdom. It is the part of love that does not depend on mood. A life gets too small when demands consume it, and also when nothing is left worth being faithful to. #Purpose

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The papers keep circling one idea this week: the small good things, like a tenner in old jeans or a parking space right when you need it. Most of us find the problem first. Smiling Faces is a small practice in noticing the good on purpose. iOS App store soon. #SmilingFaces #SmallJoys

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Scheduling is a strange place for privacy to fall apart. You either overshare your calendar or spend the day writing "Tuesday after 2 or Thursday before 11." Irving lets someone book time without exposing the private shape of your week. Availability is enough. #FounderTools

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Seven percent. That is how many enterprises have moved agentic AI into real operation, according to new Teradata/Wakefield research released July 7. #AgenticAI #AIGovernance

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

What was the most impactful advice you ever received? For me, it was as a 22 year old recent @uchicagoalumni.bsky.social grad, when the formidable and irreplaceable Chef Charlie Trotter told me: “You can’t get what you don’t ask for.” That moment quite literally changed my life.

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The AI window that acts as my Chief of Staff named herself (& gendered herself) Aster a few weeks ago. Today she decided that she needs an assistant, essentially just making sure that various tasks are scheduled and done regularly. Aster gave herself an assistant, who is apparently named Cadence.

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I'm clearly a bit a later to this one, but a survey from @pewresearch.org back in February found that women are adopting AI at a slower rate than men, and are more concerned about the negative impact that AI could have. www.pewresearch.org/internet/202... #gendergap

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The gender gap in AI

Men and women are now equally likely to say they use chatbots, but women are more negative about AI.

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Megan Morrone @megmorrone.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

“My AI agent went rogue” is an excuse you can use for everything now. you are welcome

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I wrote about how the rapid rise in AI abilities is leading to both a transformation in how AI is used at work, and the sort of sudden lurches in policies and markets we have been seeing in recent weeks. open.substack.com/pub/oneusefu...

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The twilight of the chatbots

How work changes along the exponential

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Love this. I love what reading does for my brain, my mindset and my creativity - but sometimes, it's hard to remember to do. Or how to set time aside for it when everything else on the pinging phone is so interesting and immediate.

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Smiling Faces beta is now live on iOS and Android. Two minutes a day. Find the one smile in a crowd of frowns. The attention-bias research is real. No notifications, no streaks. Sign up: www.getsmilingfaces.com/beta/

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 25/06/2026

More Americans predict AI will be bad rather than good for society. Younger adults are more wary of AI’s impact on society and themselves than older groups.

Chart showing younger adults are more wary of AI’s potential impact on society and on them than older groups.

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

When people say "AI took" their jobs, it's not quite that straightforward. But when AI makes buying your about to be college freshman the laptop they need that bit more unaffordable, I can easily imagine the tone of discussion about the downsides of AI getting more personal. And emotional.

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I've been a little busy. I've honestly been trying to do to many different things. Write a new book. Build a consultancy. Be a mother. Be a daughter. Be a wife. Be a friend. But, in the midst of all of that, I decided that I wanted to make Smiling Faces, instead of just talking about it.

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Smiling Faces is coming to Android, and the beta sign-up is open now. Two minutes a day. Find the one smile in a crowd of frowns. The attention-bias research is real. No notifications, no streaks. Sign up: play.getsmilingfaces.com/beta/

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Emily Hunt-Adiletta OBE @emilyinpublic.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

What happens when you focus on finding the one smiling face amongst a sea of negative ones? Great things, apparently. At least according to some pretty serious academic studies. Play here: smilingfaces.emilyinpublic.com

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Smiling Faces | A Simple Attention Exercise

A free, private attention exercise inspired by academic research.

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