DAILY RECORD / OCTOBER 2025

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1. 31 October 20251 min read

   October’s lesson

   Retrospective AI note: October’s lesson.

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2. 30 October 20251 min read

   Better questions for policy

   Retrospective AI note: Better questions for policy.

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3. 29 October 20251 min read

   The cost of abstraction

   Retrospective AI note: The cost of abstraction.

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4. 28 October 20251 min read

   A public language for risk

   Retrospective AI note: A public language for risk.

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5. 27 October 20251 min read

   The need for standards

   Retrospective AI note: The need for standards.

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6. 26 October 20251 min read

   The difficult middle

   Retrospective AI note: The difficult middle.

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7. 25 October 20251 min read

   The risk of overfitting

   Retrospective AI note: The risk of overfitting.

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8. 24 October 20251 min read

   The end of generic software

   Retrospective AI note: The end of generic software.

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9. 23 October 20251 min read

   The right kind of friction

   Retrospective AI note: The right kind of friction.

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10. 22 October 20251 min read

    A case for interoperability

    Retrospective AI note: A case for interoperability.

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11. 21 October 20251 min read

    The danger of lock-in

    Retrospective AI note: The danger of lock-in.

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12. 20 October 20251 min read

    Systems should preserve exits

    Retrospective AI note: Systems should preserve exits.

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13. 19 October 20251 min read

    A deeper definition of agency

    Retrospective AI note: A deeper definition of agency.

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14. 18 October 20251 min read

    What remains human

    Retrospective AI note: What remains human.

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15. 17 October 20251 min read

    The myth of effortless intelligence

    Retrospective AI note: The myth of effortless intelligence.

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16. 16 October 20251 min read

    The infrastructure of trust

    Retrospective AI note: The infrastructure of trust.

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17. 15 October 20251 min read

    The future of public services

    Retrospective AI note: The future of public services.

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18. 14 October 20251 min read

    The value of contestability

    Retrospective AI note: The value of contestability.

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19. 13 October 20251 min read

    Institutions need constitutions

    Retrospective AI note: Institutions need constitutions.

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20. 12 October 20251 min read

    The agent as an institution

    Retrospective AI note: The agent as an institution.

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21. 11 October 20251 min read

    The accountability gradient

    Retrospective AI note: The accountability gradient.

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22. 10 October 20251 min read

    The next professional skill

    Retrospective AI note: The next professional skill.

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23. 9 October 20251 min read

    The value of review

    Retrospective AI note: The value of review.

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24. 8 October 20251 min read

    The modern apprenticeship

    Retrospective AI note: The modern apprenticeship.

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25. 7 October 20251 min read

    Reliability over charisma

    Retrospective AI note: Reliability over charisma.

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26. 6 October 20251 min read

    The importance of edge cases

    Retrospective AI note: The importance of edge cases.

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27. 5 October 20251 min read

    The new evaluation challenge

    Retrospective AI note: The new evaluation challenge.

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28. 4 October 20251 min read

    The burden of continuity

    Retrospective AI note: The burden of continuity.

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29. 3 October 20251 min read

    Memory is governance

    Retrospective AI note: Memory is governance.

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30. 2 October 20251 min read

    The meaning of persistence

    Retrospective AI note: The meaning of persistence.

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31. 1 October 20251 min read

    Long-horizon work

    Retrospective AI note: Long-horizon work.

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