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Paolo’s Weblog | We the People

A company’s Backbone skill, the single document every human and AI agent reads from, is really its constitution. And the most important thing a constitution contains is the rules for changing itself. Go to Source

Small Businesses Don’t Need an AI Department

Small businesses don't need an AI department; they need to fix leaky processes. We must stop copying corporate giants and build practical, never-sleeping workflows instead. Go to Source

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