I haven’t written here in a long time. I didn’t stop paying attention, and I didn’t stop writing. I stepped back because writing for the algorithm began to feel like writing past myself. For years, my ...

When it comes to your writing, ask yourself a simple question: What’s my goal? In this digital age of blogging, social media attention, analytics, and likes, writers sometimes get lost. I know I did.

Spoiler alert: there's nothing in there. There’s even a technological counterattack, as companies roll out technology designed to detect software-composed writing. But the bottom line is that ChatGPT ...