Thanks and happy (belated) Sunday to you! The economy is such that side hustles are imperative here in America for most people, even if they have a good paying full-time job. People will have to get very

You're right, the average Joe/Jane are addicted to a whole lot. It's important for all of us who want to retain our humanity to start thinking of a moral framework for how we use AI. I think there's a

You're not kidding. Few humans have proven to not be corrupted by power, it's the ultimate intoxicant for us. Andrew Yang is also pretty well-versed in tech from what I've seen. He's trying to get a viable

Thanks!

I can't wait to experience the Corvette! I can imagine my brother and I will probably swap cars (Vette and the Tesla) and go carve out some of these twisting country roads around here. There's a tire shop

I miss that visceral experience too. I owned only manual transmission cars from 1986 until 2013 just because they were less expensive and more reliable. They're hard to find in the US now! I can't see

Yeah, it dropped on Anthony Bourdain's birthday (6/25). The new generation of Vette is in a whole new class. I still don't know how the engineers packed so much into a car of that price range. It's a true

I do that with books too Nancy! I've vowed to only buy 2-3 at a time and not buy anymore until that batch is read. Otherwise things could quickly spiral out of control. Lol. We used to collect those model

The acceleration is crazy. My Model 3 will go from 0-60 in 4.2 seconds. It takes off with so much torque that it actually makes your vision blur. My 2022 is kind of a one trick pony though because the

I'm so sorry to hear about this horrible tragedy, Lizelle! Life doesn't seem fair sometimes, that's for sure. I hope they have a network of friends that can offer some support.

Great to see you writing again! As I was reading your post I was reminded of a trip I took in the 1990's to the deep south—McCondy Mississippi to be exact. We were visiting my ex-wife's grandmother who

Yes, that's been the pattern repeated since the Industrial Revolution. Profit over people (and the planet), every single time. I guess this time feels different because of the sheer gravity of the paradigm

That's the main problem. This next wave of tech will obliterate so many jobs that some kind of UBI will be a necessity for the average person to survive. I've heard productivity will increase so much with

I have seen that movie—it was so ahead of its time. I can totally see robot companions becoming normalized within the next five or so years.

You're welcome! There are so many writers that I regularly try to keep up with and support...life sometimes gets in the way though. Yeah, that is a good point about decentralization. If we had a centralized

I have seen articles about this Krisz but I haven't read the actual study! Thanks for the link. I think personal discipline in how we use these AIs will truly be the key. We all need to decide what level

You make a good point. It's not the tech that caused the problems but the greed behind how it's been used/applied that has caused most of the problems. Bernie and Joe did cover that point. I'm so glad

It is! According to most of the experts we have about a 20% chance that it will turn out badly for us. There's also the potential for great opportunities in it. I pray we have the collective wisdom and

This is one of those periods in time where it's difficult to predict the outcome. I think having the discipline to not lean too heavily on AI in our daily tasks will be the key element to retaining our

Very true!