1. Card: No matter how bad things get, please remember: 1. Take a deep breath 2. There is a committee working on it Painting behind it: J. M. W. Turner, The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834 (1835). Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0.
  2. Card: It has read everything ever written and still opens with “Great question.” Painting behind it: Rembrandt, Aristotle with a Bust of Homer (1653). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0.
  3. Card: Every model was trained on the internet, which explains a great deal. Painting behind it: Jan Steen, The Dissolute Household (ca. 1663–64). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0.
  4. Card: Research (v.) to search until agreement appears Painting behind it: After Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Alchemist (after 1558). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0.
  5. Card: The bottleneck on nonsense used to be that somebody had to write it. Painting behind it: Jean Le Tavernier, Jean Miélot at his desk (after 1456). Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, public domain.
  6. Card: Outrage is the only renewable resource the internet learned to farm. Painting behind it: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Harvesters (1565). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0.
  7. Card: Every large organization eventually optimizes for not being blamed. Painting behind it: Mattia Preti, Pilate Washing His Hands (1663). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0.
  8. Card: Somewhere a very well paid person is making sure you do not put this down. Painting behind it: Georges de La Tour, The Fortune-Teller (probably 1630s). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0.
  9. Card: Your screen time report is the only honest thing on your phone. Painting behind it: Pieter Claesz, Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill (1628). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0.
  10. Card: The layoff was approved by people who have never had one. Painting behind it: Rembrandt, The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild (1662). Rijksmuseum, public domain.