Engaging Life with Courage and Intelligence
Electric Vehicles (EVs) generally represent progress and promising technology. Like any innovative technology, there are successes and failures. In 1910, the USA had 400 gasoline-powered automobile companies. By 1940, there were 44, and in 1970, there were 7. Many of us recall the popularity of companies and brands such as DeLorean, Pontiac, Plymouth, Studebaker, DeSoto,…
Most of us think of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) as a racist organization created by “Lost Cause” Southerners after the Civil War, solely associated with the Democratic Party. However, this is not a correct fact. In 1924, the KKK dominated the Indiana governor’s office. The KKK’s influence in Indiana state politics caused Republican Edward…
If you have any money left from investing in Cryptocurrencies and political merchandise, you might be cautious with your AI investments. I believe in AI, but it may take years to have a return on investment. Even if or when AI makes money, how do you know if the AI company you invested in will…
I usually summarize the videos I create, but I will let Google’s Gemini Video Analyzer handle it. I guess I am putting myself out of a job, but maybe this is an example of working with a “good” AI? Anyhow, this is how Gemini summarized my video… Overview: Based on the sequence of images, this…
This is a video version of an audio recording from September 28 (Make America Grate Again). I used Burt Reynolds’ voice and Abraham Lincoln’s face. But you know you can always trust Honest Abe…
It is impossible to imagine a US administration that makes so many blunders. It would be polite to say that they are rookie mistakes. However, after a decade of ruling over the Republican Party, they can no longer use that excuse. To summarize one of the biggest economic blunders in American history, please listen to…
A recurring question has popped up recently. Why are some artificial intelligences (AIs) hallucinating? Is this science fiction or robot rumors? To make matters more interesting, it appears that as AIs improve, the problem gets worse. AI has achieved some remarkable milestones over the last fifty years. Yes, I said fifty years. AI is not…
Trump’s masked ICE haulers arrested 300 South Koreans last week in Georgia. Perhaps the Keystone Kops in Trump’s administration missed his tweets and speeches about America attracting foreign investment? Trump’s dramatic verbal campaign to bring foreign investment to the country has been undeniable. So, why did his masked ICE men arrest 300 South Korean workers…
Mark Twain once said that “History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.” Twain’s quote makes a lot of sense to many people, but today, he might be understating the case. President Trump seems to emulate the so-called Gilded Age beyond mere rhyming. He seems to be REPEATING the past. For example, before William…
Cookies can represent and fulfill many functions. Among them are to make people happy and to be used in hypothetical exercises. The President’s wife wrote Putin a letter about the children stolen during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, so we can imagine that a few Russian soldiers have compassion for these Ukrainian orphans. Cookies can…