this month a bunch of people closed their paypal accounts in response to a planned policy change that claimed the power to take $2500 from accounts that published misinformation. paypal claimed it was a mistake
https://dataintensive.net/ covers a huge number of tradeoffs involved in handling data and is my top technical book recommendation, glad to see it on your list
Before the meeting starts I confirm there is an agenda present, and ask the organizer to provide one if it's missing, and skip the meeting if no agenda is provided
I also usually ask at minute zero for the organizer to state the desired outcome of the meeting
There's a good amount of discussion on this topic in "The Mythical Man-Month". The entire book is discussing the factors that affect development timeframes and it specifically addresses whether AI can speed it up (albeit from 1975, 1986 and 1995 viewpoints, and comparing progress between those points.)
Coway AP-1512HH Mighty Air Purifier, based on Wirecutter reviews. Home ventilation isn't as good as the office, this makes a very noticeable difference with dust and cat hair. If needed I move it to the kitchen, it cleans up heavy smoke or odor from burgers/steaks/popcorn in about 45 minutes (for a ~6000 ft^3 volume)