# The Hash Key (Week of Jan 6)

> Your Weekly Digest to Hard Mode First (January 6-10, 2025)

**Published by:** [Hard Mode First](https://hardmodefirst.xyz/)
**Published on:** 2025-01-11
**Categories:** hashkey, weekly, digest
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## Content

Welcome to The Hash Key, your weekly digest to Hard Mode First. It's been a tough week, so I'll keep it brief. If you need a break from the news cycle this weekend, hope you can catch a post or two over a cup of coffee or in between museum-hopping with the kids. Openings and Closings January 6, 2025 Celebrating the end of an era: Lessons from Broadway's Suffs and the power of closure -Reflections on the ritualization of beginnings and endings in theatre -The importance of celebrating milestones as a team -What tech can learn from theatre's approach to transitions The Power of a Good Rejection January 7, 2025 Reframing rejection as a catalyst for a creative breakthrough -A six-year journey from book proposal rejection to AI-powered publishing -How rejection can redirect you to more innovative solutions -Finding relief instead of disappointment in traditional publishing limitations Some Novels I've Read Recently About the AI x Human Experience January 8, 2025 A curated reading list exploring AI's impact on society through fiction -Reviews of thought-provoking AI-themed novels like 'Hum' and 'Network Effect' -Exploration of themes like human-AI relationships and technological displacement -Recommendations for understanding AI's societal impact through storytelling When Real Life Feels Like Science Fiction January 9, 2025 The surreal experience of watching disasters unfold through digital screens -How technology is reshaping our experience of real-world events -The blurring lines between reality and AI-generated content -Social media's role in crisis documentation and communication How I Built an OOO AI Helper Bot with ChatGPT January 10, 2025 Lessons learned from creating an out-of-office chatbot for the holidays -Step-by-step process of building a custom GPT assistant -Insights on training AI with personal and professional context -Practical learning about user engagement with chatbots

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