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What AI Is Teaching Us About Being Human: The Presence Economy — Part I

Christopher Smith
Jun 11, 2026
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My name card says AI consultant. My CV says strategist, creative, filmmaker. But if I’m honest about what connects thirty years of work across all of those disciplines, it’s this: I am a cultural anthropologist without the degree. No fieldwork grants. No peer review. No institutional affiliation lending weight to the observation. Just four decades of wa…

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