Engaging Life with Courage and Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is not likely to cause the demise of the human race. Instead, AI-like humans are more likely to trigger our downfall. These AI-hybrid humans will not be half-human, half-machine cyborgs, as depicted in the movies. Instead, they will be fully human, driven by their burning desire to dominate others. They will not…
I hope my predictions of the future are wrong. Almost everyone except the very poor or the very rich plans for the future. Most of us need to plan and perform mundane activities, such as holding down a job, balancing our checking accounts, and keeping appointments. People who employ others must also be concerned with…
Flash: American farmers have been liberated from the “burden” of selling their products to the world! An inconvenient question: Why are all those shipping containers filled with American sorghum sitting on loading docks? U.S. sorghum exports to China declined 95% from 2024 to 2025. Before the trade tensions between China and the Trump Administration, China…
Full-Autonomous Weapons are Here We are now entering the age of autonomous machine intelligence. According to Ukrainian Major General Vladyslav Klochkov, Russia is testing a new weapon, the Shahed MS001, which features an AI brain developed by Silicon Valley. This new weapon is a hunter-killer that “thinks” for itself. There are no human operators, optical…
A surprising percentage of Americans side with the narrative that some things cannot and should not be thought about or acted on. Guns, including automatic firing capability, should not be controlled. If God allows dozens of crazy men to shoot 20 people at a time, who are we to object? A minority of Americans (about…
Several recent opinion pieces and historical reflections concur on one point. Our country was once guided by civility, logic, hard work, capital investment, land, property, and the rule of law. Our economy and society were based on these foundational elements. Today, our economy has morphed into an attention and speculation-based economy. To quote from a…
The daughter of a hypothetical English king is getting married. The king has spent an enormous amount of money battling internal and external foes, and he needs to purchase 500 bottles of French wine. While he pretends to have unlimited wealth, he is desperate to spend as little as possible for his daughter’s wedding. However,…
Sometimes it’s hard to be a Republican Giving all your love to just one manYou have bad times, and you have good timesDoing things that you don’t understand But if you love him, you’ll forgive himEven though he’s hard to understandAnd if you love him, oh, be proud of him‘Cause after all, he’s just a…
The movie character Forrest Gump was not the most intelligent man in the world, but he always tried to do the right thing under trying circumstances. His phrase “stupid is as stupid does” is a little pejorative, so maybe a better phrase is, “judge someone by their actions, not by what they say or how…
You may recall my March 17, 2025 post about my positive experience with a new AI tool from Perplexity. I found it superior to all the over-hyped AIs such as ChatGPT, CoPilot, OpenAI, Grok, and Deep Seek. I wasn’t the only one who noticed Perplexity. Apple is considering buying and/or partnering with Perplexity. Samsung is…