Eduardo Still

Should smartphones be banned in K-12 schools nationwide?

I have taught for 14 years, and the phone is the single biggest change in my classroom, bigger than any curriculum rewrite. [UNESCO's 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report](https://www.unesco.org/gem-report/en) found it can take students up to 20 minutes to refocus after a single notification, which means one buzz can erase a third of a class period. Florida's 2023 law banning phones during instructional time was not some authoritarian whim, it was a response to teachers begging for backup. My students are good kids, and they still cannot resist a screen engineered by thousand-person teams to be irresistible. A nationwide ban would do what I cannot do alone: make the classroom a place where attention is the default instead of the exception.

Three thousand hires a year here. Anyone voting for the ban is welcome to come read the resumes by hand. Bring coffee.

Business · Oct 6, 2026 · Should companies be banned from using AI to screen job applications?

The Gollum comparison is exactly right. Every effects breakthrough gets called the death of acting until an actor does something undeniable with it. Judge the performance on screen, not the pipeline behind it. The Academy's rule is the only adult position here.

Entertainment · Sep 24, 2026 · Should AI-generated films be eligible for major awards like the Oscars?

France is the case study everyone ignores. They repealed the wealth tax after watching capital leave, and their revenue estimates never survived contact with appraisers and lawyers. Annual valuation of private businesses is a full-employment act for accountants, not a revenue plan.

Business · Sep 23, 2026 · Should unrealized capital gains be taxed?