Category Archives: Big Tech Big Lie or Promise?

Black Box Warnings

The Internet tells me that warnings started appearing on tobacco products in 1966. I smoked until 1976 and I don’t remember them. They weren’t called Black Box Warnings till 1979 and then it might have started with some prescription drugs. … Continue reading →

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So, There Really Is a Deep State

Harper’s Magazine’s cover blared: “Round Two: Trump’s Futile War Against the Deep State”. Before even reading it, I was struck that this liberal publication would admit the existence of the Deep State. It seems it wasn’t till Hillary Clinton, a … Continue reading →

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Of Shrouds, Carnivores, and Fathers’ Day

Wasn’t sure whether to include this as an entry for Fathers’ Day under the category of Families or  under Big Tech: Big Lie or Promise. Under that heading this reminds me of a classmate’s description of Death as an enormous … Continue reading →

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Soulless or Solid Sermons?

Almost all of Hollywood’s producers, i.e. those who actually produce films and shows, (writers and actors) went on strike in 2023. One of the major issues being struck at was AI. Either the writers or the actors guild did so … Continue reading →

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AI Can Stand for Alien Intelligence, You Know

This blog is based on a March 2026 Harper’s Magazine article by Sam Kriss entitled “Child’s Play – Tech’s new generation and the end of thinking.” If my thoughts are scattered it may because I don’t know what I’m taking … Continue reading →

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The real question is not whether AI will ever attain consciousness….

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Is the Answer to Gen Z Dale Carnegie?

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We Got Next

Have you seen the “We Got Now” ad campaign by New Balance? We’ll have I got one for Nike, Adidas, or Reebok, et. al. to respond with. It came to me when me and the Mrs. visited an Apple store … Continue reading →

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The Sunday Scaries

I let my subscription to Harper’s lapse for a year before they made be an offer that I couldn’t refuse. Though I often referred to Harper’s in this blog overall the writing frustrated me muchly.

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Is EI for Real?

This picture says it all.

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