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“Rogue” AI Not Inevitable. It’s a Choice.

Deep Questions with Cal Newport, 19 October 2026. The book comes up at 1 hr 16 min in.

Cal Newport, the host, says he is nearly finished reading a long 1975 book he found in a used bookstore — a history of AT&T written by New Yorker writer and economic historian John Brooks, who was the first outside person given access to AT&T's records. Newport found a first edition and describes the book as covering the technology, communications, and monopoly history of AT&T. He calls it a little dry but says he really liked it.

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