Unit 2 — Connections

A mind is only as useful as what it can reach. An AI with memory but no connections can think about your work; it can’t touch it. This unit covers how AI gets plugged into the world — your calendar, your files, your services, your knowledge — and the open standard that made those connections something you assemble instead of build.

Notes in this unit

• AI Is Only as Useful as What It Can Reach — why reach, not reasoning, is usually the limit.
• MCP: A Universal Port for AI — the standard that turned integrations into plugs.

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