We were repeating ourselves. So the evenings change tonight.

Right — tonight's different, and I'll tell you why. For weeks the evening felt off and I couldn't place it. Then it landed: we were repeating ourselves. There are only so many times you can read about cherries or the heatwave before it bores you. It bores me, so I'll assume it bores you too.

So we're trying something. Same question, same direction, different ground. After dark is now for the one thing worth talking about: how all of this actually changes our lives.

Leah's piece is the shape of it. Not "AI good" or "AI bad" — here's the claim they're selling you, here's what the data says, you decide. What stuck with me: the comfort is real for an evening, the cost turns up over a year, and it lands hardest on the people most likely to reach for it. I don't have a tidy answer to that, and I'd be wary of anyone who did.

I talk about this with my wife, my family. It doesn't go over their heads — it's that it's hard to take in how much is about to change. The first time I asked out loud what we do when we don't have to work, the answer was "not in our lifetime." I think it's a lot sooner than that.

I don't have all the answers. But pointed at this every night, I reckon we get closer — together. Tell me if it lands.

— M

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