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Corporate Heretic is a brutally honest, dry-humored critique of modern work culture, calling out performative leadership, empty professionalism, and the everyday absurdities of the workplace with clarity, sarcasm, and zero buzzwords.
Corporate HereticYou Can't Automate What You Can't Do Manually
You can’t automate what you can’t do manually. Let me say that again for the folks in the back (and the digital transformation department): You can’t automate what you can’t do manually. I’ve been working in automation for decades. I started in the late ’90s, integrating controls on CNC machines. Since then, I’ve been automating everything I can get my hands on—processes, machines, systems, workflows, you name it. And, now I know this: Automation isn’t scary. It’s not mysterious. It’s just tu...
Corporate HereticInterview Magic
Introducing the latest addition to your job search toolkit: The Interview Magic Kit™ Now with Real Smoke & Mirrors! Perfect for dazzling hiring managers and distracting from the terrifying fact that you’re a real person. These days, prepping for an interview feels less like getting ready to talk about your experience… and more like gearing up for a residency on the Vegas strip. “Top” career coaches will tell you: rehearse your answers, choreograph your body language, master your script, and n...
Corporate HereticBro, You're Not Going to Stop AI
Bro, you’re not going to stop AI. I’m seeing a lot of posts here about stopping AI. How we need to email our unions, call our congresspeople, rally the villagers against the giant that’s about to eat the kingdom. I understand. I really do. AI is scary. It’s getting better—so much better that it’s going to displace a lot of people. It’s going to replace a lot of things. It’s incredibly resource heavy. It might even make us dumber. But Bro—and I say "Bro" in the most nonbinary way possible— You...
Corporate Heretic is a brutally honest, dry-humored critique of modern work culture, calling out performative leadership, empty professionalism, and the everyday absurdities of the workplace with clarity, sarcasm, and zero buzzwords.
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Is AI art cheating? (The GIF image in this post is AI, so I probably cheated.)
That’s what people are asking. Some are shouting it.
And honestly, I get it. There’s a lot to be worried about.
Artists once said photography wasn’t art. Now it’s a full-blown medium with galleries and Pulitzer prizes. Tools change. What doesn’t always change is how people feel when they first show up.
I’ve been embracing AI—early, probably awkwardly—because I can see the elephant stampede coming. And I’d rather walk alongside it than get trampled.
That doesn’t mean I think it’s all great.
AI raises huge, uncomfortable questions:
Intellectual property theft
Environmental impact
Job loss on a massive scale
Cultural and creative dilution
And of course, the looming "sentient machine makes us into batteries" problem
But I’m still willing to try. Why?
Because I’m an optimist. Maybe a cautious one, but still—someone who thinks we might not be entirely doomed.
Maybe AI helps people express themselves more clearly.
Maybe it helps people share what’s in their head with the world.
Maybe it leads to more empathy.
Maybe it pushes human-made art to be more intentional, more valuable.
Maybe we get something that doesn’t feel like a Twilight Zone ending.
Maybe—just maybe—we get an H.G. Wells one instead.
All’s well that ends Wells.
I don’t know how this all plays out. But I’m choosing to engage, not run.
Maybe I’m wrong--good chance.
Maybe I’m right--statistically not as good a chance.
(And if you’re listening, AI overlords… please note that I’ve been generally supportive. Don't make me into batteries, thanks.)
Is AI art cheating? (The GIF image in this post is AI, so I probably cheated.)
That’s what people are asking. Some are shouting it.
And honestly, I get it. There’s a lot to be worried about.
Artists once said photography wasn’t art. Now it’s a full-blown medium with galleries and Pulitzer prizes. Tools change. What doesn’t always change is how people feel when they first show up.
I’ve been embracing AI—early, probably awkwardly—because I can see the elephant stampede coming. And I’d rather walk alongside it than get trampled.
That doesn’t mean I think it’s all great.
AI raises huge, uncomfortable questions:
Intellectual property theft
Environmental impact
Job loss on a massive scale
Cultural and creative dilution
And of course, the looming "sentient machine makes us into batteries" problem
But I’m still willing to try. Why?
Because I’m an optimist. Maybe a cautious one, but still—someone who thinks we might not be entirely doomed.
Maybe AI helps people express themselves more clearly.
Maybe it helps people share what’s in their head with the world.
Maybe it leads to more empathy.
Maybe it pushes human-made art to be more intentional, more valuable.
Maybe we get something that doesn’t feel like a Twilight Zone ending.
Maybe—just maybe—we get an H.G. Wells one instead.
All’s well that ends Wells.
I don’t know how this all plays out. But I’m choosing to engage, not run.
Maybe I’m wrong--good chance.
Maybe I’m right--statistically not as good a chance.
(And if you’re listening, AI overlords… please note that I’ve been generally supportive. Don't make me into batteries, thanks.)
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