And it was... amazing? Like, the quality of discussion was extremely high, students ended up doing a ton of live thinking and live tweaking and pushing on each other. It wasn't the same as writing, but it most of the students were seriously thinking, and pushing, and applying.

It is important to remember that the future is not yet written. The arts, journalism, science, education, medicine, and our chances to be human together are all worth fighting for --- and not surrendering to the maw of Big Tech.

/fin