Category Archives: Big Tech Big Lie or Promise?
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
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
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
The real question is not whether AI will ever attain consciousness….
Is the Answer to Gen Z Dale Carnegie?
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
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.
Is EI for Real?
This picture says it all.
From Luxury to Necessity and Then What?
Getting rid of our landline was one of the most liberating, yet disorienting things, and then it became a necessity. No more was there a limited location for connecting to the umbilical cord of modern society. With a cell phone, … Continue reading
Burr Under My Saddle
I don’t know who first referred to having a “burr under my saddle”, and the fact I studiously avoided looking it up while some won’t be able not to is proof of my pudding. (I forbore to look that up … Continue reading