Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·Aug 29Being Right Has a Shelf LifeA screen told me everything was fine for months. Every word of it was true. What I lost was not files.
Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·Jul 10She Never Forgot a BirthdayA 93-year-old’s wall calendar, twenty years of CRM frustration, and what AI should actually give back to our relationships.
Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·Jun 5Stop Talking About AI. Start Talking About HI.A public intellectual walked into the word everyone’s booing this graduation season — and handed us the most hopeful reframe of the AI age.
Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·May 29Three Filters for the AI NoiseThe AI noise is relentless. Here are three filters I use to decide which tools earn a place — and the harder truth about what they can…
Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·May 21What “AI Is Making Us Dumber” Gets WrongTwo studies, three muscles, and the design question every knowledge worker is now answering — knowingly or not.
Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·May 18Nazaré and the 100-Foot AI Wave: A Practice, Not an EventWhy “How do we survive?” is the wrong question — and what the surfers at Nazaré teach about the new normal in the AI era.
Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·May 2The U.S. AI Stack, Explained Through a CarA deeper look beneath the metaphor — chips, CEOs, news, and the layer reshaping everything in 2026.
Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·Apr 25Expand Without DriftingA closer look at the first of the three AI-intensification tendencies — and why awareness, not judgment, is what separates expansion from…
Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·Apr 18Are We Doing It to Ourselves?AI didn’t pile on more work. We did. And the multitasking myth is back — wearing a better disguise.
Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·Apr 10Is AI Still a Solution Looking for a Problem? Why Clarity Is a Practice, Not a PrerequisiteWhen email was created, most people thought it would be a time saver. And sure — electronic mail was faster than the post office. But for…