Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

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People often say that it’s healthy to want a partner, but not to need one. Does the same apply to AI chatbots? Three years ago, most people had never had a conversation with an AI. Today, many AI users consider their chatbots indispensable for processing a hard week, thinking through a career decision, managing anxiety, or feeling less alone at midnight. ChatGPT alone now reaches 800 million weekly active users, a number that doubled in a matter of months in early 2025. It took a decade before researchers began seriously examining what social media was doing to human connection. We…

A therapist struggles to balance his family life with the supernatural predicaments of his paranormal patients in the new graphic novel Parapsychologist. Co-written and co-created by Taki Soma and Mark Schey with artwork and colors by Cat Farris, lettering by Chris Northrop, and edits by Mary E. Brickthrower, Parapsychologist premieres digitally on March 31st as part of Amazon’s Comixology Originals line, and we’ve been provided with an exclusive preview from the graphic novel featuring a werewolf, a poltergeist, and a discussion of the Ultimate Evil. You can read our exclusive preview below, and we also have the official press release…

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Invisible promotions at work don’t serve to reward or value you. Here’s why.

Twins of differing ages, from infants and children to adults, experience the loss of their twin in different ways. But always, no matter what, this is a devastating, highly sensitive and traumatic event for the twin who survives. It is sad and frightening even for the surviving twin’s family and close friends, and takes a long time to process. Perhaps young twins suffer more and in a different way and for a longer time because communicating their sense of emptiness and loneliness is extremely difficult. In some situations, non-verbal children will have behavioral problems that serve as clues to the…

ALISON BEARD: Welcome to HBR On Leadership. I’m HBR Executive Editor Alison Beard. On this show, we share case studies and conversations with the world’s top business and management experts, hand-selected to help you unlock the best in those around you. We carefully curate this feed from across the HBR portfolio, aiming to help you unlock your next level of leadership. I hope you enjoy the episode. CURT NICKISCH: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I’m Curt Nickisch. I’ll confess when I hear someone say, “That person has a lot to learn,” I picture someone in over their…

Jeff is an engineer. He’s sharp, thoughtful, and great at his work. For years he’s led a team of eight people. They divide the work they’re assigned evenly among themselves, cover for each other when life gets hard, and celebrate with a steak dinner at the nearby Texas Roadhouse when a big project wraps up. But recently, everything’s changed. Jeff’s been told to lead a different sort of team, a team of AI agents. He began by assigning each AI agent a task, and then off they went, running without complaint or distraction. He even added an AI supervisor to…

The NFL will open the season on a Wednesday night for the second time ever, with the defending champion Seattle Seahawks set to host the first game of the 2026 season.The NFL announced on Wednesday that the Seahawks will play the traditional opener as Super Bowl champions on Sept. 9, a day earlier than usual with the league also having a Week 1 game in Australia between the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams.The opponent for Seattle on the game that will be broadcast on NBC will be determined later.The only other time the first game of the NFL…

Obsession is one of the most anticipated horror movies of the year, but it had to go through some changes before the final cut appeased the MPAA ratings board. According to ScreenRant, director Curry Barker trimmed some of his scenes as they were too graphic for an R rating. The film is at the very […]