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Fearless but Not Foolish About AI

Posted on April 6, 2026 by Stacey Voorn

The AI train is leaving. Are there risks? Absolutely. Should smarter people than me be working on guardrails? Yesterday. But waiting for perfect safety before boarding isn’t caution — it just increases the certainty of getting left behind.

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Accidentally Retired (and Finally Owning It)

Posted on March 25, 2026 by Stacey Voorn

For most of my life, what I did defined a large part of who I was. Without a job title, I had to figure out how to measure my value on my own terms—a slightly unsettling but ultimately freeing exercise.

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Good Stuff is Still Happening

Posted on April 17, 2025April 17, 2025 by Stacey Voorn

I recently received some thoughtful feedback from my offspring that my writing can be a…

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One Gen-Xer’s Christmastime confession

Posted on December 4, 2019February 8, 2025 by Stacey Voorn

An agnostic humanist from generation X, that unapologetically loves Christmastime. 

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Gen-X, when dating was real

Posted on July 26, 2019February 8, 2025 by Stacey Voorn

At no point was dating easy. Watching my high school and college aged offspring and…

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Gen-X, before the remote control took control

Posted on April 12, 2019February 8, 2025 by Stacey Voorn

Whenever given the opportunity to add a remote control to our life my computer scientist…

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Gen-X, keeping communication real

Posted on March 1, 2019February 8, 2025 by Stacey Voorn

The year I graduated from college President Reagan had just finished his last term, the…

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Gen-X, resilient, adaptive communicators.

Posted on February 15, 2019February 8, 2025 by Stacey Voorn

My grandparents lived on a ranch, and in the 70s their telephone was a party…

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Gen-X, end of the printed newspaper?

Posted on February 9, 2019February 8, 2025 by Stacey Voorn

My GenZ children are far more likely to get their breaking news from a clever…

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Gen-X, Latchkey Kids to Strategic Risk Takers

Posted on February 1, 2019February 8, 2025 by Stacey Voorn

When I was in fourth grade my Baby Boomer parents thought it was a good…

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