Alice Robb

2 months ago | corriere.it | Naomi Watts |Alice Robb

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Mar 21, 2025 | bloomberg.com | Alice Robb

When I was in middle school, I was so quiet that I secretly looked forward to exams: At least no one would expect me to talk. I dreaded recess and found relief in ballet class, where silence was the rule. Two decades later, the necessity of spending hours alone is my least favorite thing about being a writer. But I have occasionally wondered: Is my 12-year-old persona the “real” one? Am I somehow faking my enjoyment of parties?

Feb 7, 2025 | news.bloombergtax.com | Alice Robb

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Feb 7, 2025 | news.bloomberglaw.com | Alice Robb

In his 1973 book The Denial of Death, the anthropologist Ernest Becker argued that, in order to function in the world, we repress our knowledge of our own mortality. Our “deepest need is to be free of the anxiety of death and annihilation,” Becker writes. Until recently, I applied similarly avoidant logic to the existence of generative AI, and the threat it represented (i.e., the annihilation of my career as a writer).

Feb 7, 2025 | bloomberg.com | Alice Robb

In his 1973 book The Denial of Death, the anthropologist Ernest Becker argued that, in order to function in the world, we repress our knowledge of our own mortality. Our “deepest need is to be free of the anxiety of death and annihilation,” Becker writes. Until recently, I applied similarly avoidant logic to the existence of generative AI, and the threat it represented (i.e., the annihilation of my career as a writer).