{
  "id": 17839,
  "title": "Quoting Bruce Schneier",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/30/quoting-bruce-schneier",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-07-30T18:25:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Simon Willison",
    "slug": "simon-willison",
    "url": "https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/30/bruce-schneier/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The writing assignments I give my students are gym tasks, not work tasks. I ask them to write policy memos not because the world needs more policy memos. I assign them because the very act of writing, which includes thinking and outlining and drafting and editing, making and criticizing and revising arguments, will help develop the critical thinking skills they will need in their future careers.…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}