owe one

With a debt consolidation loan, you’ll only owe one lender instead of multiple.

Jenny, the Alexa-like device in “Smart,” which opened on Thursday at Ensemble Studio Theater, asks philosophical questions about A.I. that by now feel consolingly benign, like whether it can replace the care we owe one another or fulfill our need for love.

You also owe one to the many teachers who spend their days trying to build up those students you spent seconds tearing down.

We owe one another solidarity as we assess the economic and political power of the forces arrayed against us.

And we owe one another a generous measure of appreciation for all the ways we have made progress toward "a more perfect union" even as we recognize that we are far from delivering on the American promise.