Trendsspeaking topic
If automation and AI are supposed to free us from work, why do we keep talking about working more? Do we fear free time because we wouldn't know what to do, or because we wouldn't know who to be?
— online discourse
practice with this topic
Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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