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    Companion Essay: The GenAI Adoption Curve Is Not Following the Old Rules

    ByElmer Hall

    Why the speed of AI adoption is rewriting assumptions about innovation, work, planning, and competitive advantage. Companion Essay to the Two-Part “GenAI Adoption Curve” Series: The adoption of Generative AI is not just another technology cycle. It is a break in the historical pattern. For most of the modern industrial era, transformative technologies followed relatively…

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    Florida’s School Grade Gap: When School Ratings Look Better Than Student Mastery

    ByElmer Hall

    Why Florida’s School Performance Ratings need a second score: the Mastery Benchmark Index Florida’s 2025 school grades look good. Very good, in fact. According to the Florida Department of Education, 1,509 schools earned an A in 2025, 928 earned a B, and only 63 schools received a D or F in the reported school-grade table….

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    The AI Ban Written by AI: Plagiarism, Policy, and the Ghost of Wikipedia

    ByElmer Hall

    Subtitle: Everyone is using GenAI. The real question is whether we can learn to use it honestly, wisely, and well. The policy says, “No AI.” The teacher used AI to draft the policy. The student used AI to interpret the policy. The administrator used AI to summarize the violation. The committee will now meet for…

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    The Adoption Curve Went Vertical: Why GenAI Is Different from Every Technology Before It

    ByElmer Hall

    Innovation used to arrive slowly enough for institutions to prepare. Generative AI did not wait. The telegraph needed poles. The telephone needed wires. The automobile needed roads, gas stations, mechanics, insurance systems, and a century of traffic laws. The personal computer needed desks, software, training manuals, and people willing to admit they did not know…

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    The Fiscal Scissors Revisited: AI Productivity, Deflation, and U.S. Debt Dynamics

    ByElmer Hall

    Why rising productivity may ease interest rates—but complicate long-term fiscal sustainability Fiscal Scissors dynamics are evolving as AI-driven productivity reshapes the relationship between inflation, interest rates, and economic growth. What once appeared to be a straightforward tension between rising debt and higher borrowing costs is now a more complex system in which productivity gains simultaneously…

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    Future Causes and Impact Measures for Rotary: From Inputs to Human-Centered Impact

    ByElmer Hall

    How AI, attribution, and impact dashboards are transforming Rotary’s future causes and measurable outcomes (with accompanying white paper) The future causes and impact measures for Rotary are no longer defined by how much is given, but by what is changed. As expectations rise across philanthropy and sustainability, Rotary impact measurement is shifting toward human-centered impact…