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“The bootstrap paradox. This occurs “when something is created out of nothing or something is causing itself”, says Barak Shoshany. Suppose, he suggests, that a time machine appears in your room right now. An older version of you steps out, announces they are from 10 years in the future, and gives you the plans for the…
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I have seen the bombardment of adTrolling of the APP, Blinkist. The message seems to be that if you are not using this APP then you will fall behind of those who do. In a nutshell, it is the digital, cleverly updated, version of CliffsNotes (I’m surprised the APP Icon is not yellow and black…
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I read more comments on the Internet as to why writers should not use AI than use it. I am going to remind everyone of the calculator. Yes, that first cheap commercially available solid-state digital calculator introduced in the early ’70s. I had one of the first calculators (Texas Instruments SR-50) in my school because…
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There are so many genres for a writer to choose from, so why does a writer choose that one genre to dedicate a life’s work to? I started as a reader and I read everything from fiction to non-fiction to fantasy, autobiography, history, science, religion, ideology, SciFi, detective, thriller, sappy love to harlequin— it didn’t…
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“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.” George Orwell, 1984
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From my early years, my gaze upon the Cosmos felt like a beckoning homeward. The allure of what lay beyond our planet captivated me, and began my quest to observe this curiosity through the eyepiece of the budget telescopes I accumulated—many sourced from garage sales or serendipitous finds during trash pick-up days. And through those…
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I recently attended the off-Broadway musical production, In CORPO, which explores the modern-day stranglehold of Corporate America over its employees,. Where thoughts are not private and all are gaslighted into thinking they cannot survive outside of CORPO. Though the production itself was not as clean as it could have been, the overall message got my…
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Please take a moment to watch this short 12-minute film produced entirely by artificial intelligence. Pay close attention to each shot and appreciate the advancements made in AI-generated content. If Hollywood was not unnerved by the stellar productions coming out of South Korea, they will be soiling their pants of what is to come from…
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Watching the WWDC Apple presentation showcasing their innovative and cutting-edge product, Apple Vision Pro (image above), I firmly believe that Apple has finally achieved the tipping point for truly wearable AR technology, surpassing their predecessors such as Meta, Sony, Valve, HTC, HP, and others who couldn’t reach this level. Fact is finally visible in the…