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AI Is Bringing Back the Dead, And We Need to Talk About It
This is what grief actually looks like. Not an algorithm. Not a chatbot. Not a subscription service. This. And that distinction matters more than the tech industry would like you to think. I've been sitting with this one for a while. That's not something I usually say. Most of what I write about, I feel clear on. Scams make me angry. Privacy violations make me frustrated. Bad tech policy makes me want to write to my MP. The emotion is usually straightforward. This one is diff
Michael Routhier
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Oracle Just Laid Off 30,000 Workers. Older Adults Pay the Price.
Oracle cut up to 30,000 jobs to fund its AI push — and older, experienced workers are bearing the brunt. Here's what this means for adults 55+ and what comes next
Michael Routhier
Apr 37 min read
How the Tech Industry Deliberately Left Older Adults Behind
The digital exclusion of adults 55 and older was not an accident. It was not the natural outcome of technological progress moving faster than people could keep up. It was a deliberate choice, made by technology companies during the most critical period of the internet's development, and the evidence is now documented and undeniable. The Dot-Com Era: When the Choice Was Made (1990–2001) When the World Wide Web emerged commercially in the 1990s, the technology industry faced a
Michael Routhier
Mar 233 min read
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