The Hilarious Truth About AI World Domination (And Why the “Loading Wheel” Will Save Us)
There is a persistent fear that artificial intelligence will someday take over the world. I have concerns. Not about the takeover. About the efficiency. Before AI starts rearranging civilization, assigning us numbers, replacing governments, or deciding…
The Glowing Triangle: How Convenience and Screen Time Are Costing Us Real Connection
Is it not alarming how quickly our attention can be redirected without our ever realizing it? One moment, everything we do is centered on one subject, such as our health. The next, we are staring at that glowing triangle, sneering at people who think…
“Big Salad” Scares and Glowing Rectangles: Why Our Convenient World Is Making Us Anxious
The recent scare from “Big Salad” had, or still has, depending on when you read this piece, the world clutching its pearls. If the scare is still current, exhale. We will make it through this. It is going to be all right. Perhaps this is less a warning…
Snail Farts, Silver Cups, and Openus Wallettus
Somewhere between my coffee and my better judgment, my phone coughed up another miracle cure. This one was dressed real nice. It had ancient Egypt in one pocket, medieval Europe in the other, and enough confidence to make a used-car salesman blush. The…
Trying to Find Their Way Home
Pull up a chair. This one is being written by your old uncle, the one you rarely speak to, and that may be too bad because you might have missed something. He is a little strange, sure. Around here, we call him Disco Grandpa. He has been known to chair…
The Package Is Not Always The Problem
Somewhere along the way, food got loud. One crowd says everything in a package is poison. Another crowd says it does not matter as long as the label has the right numbers. Then somebody else walks in wearing a lab coat made out of opinions and starts…
The Tool Is Not The Boss
I have talked to a hammer before, and usually after I smashed a thumb. I have said a few unkind words to a socket wrench too, especially after dropping a starter on my face. That wrench did not warn me. It did not apologize. It did not offer comfort,…
Pick Up More Than the Fork
There are days when I look at what passes for news and wonder if the whole world needs to pull over, shut the engine off, and let the smoke clear. Not real news. I can handle real news, but this? No. I shut whatever this is off. Tell me where war is…
Trying To Find Their Way Home
Pull up a chair. This one is being written by your old uncle, the one you rarely speak to, and that may be too bad because you might have missed something. He is a little strange, sure. Around here we call him Disco Grandpa. He has been known to chair…
Something To Think About From The Workbench
We are not drifting through the noise. We are not sifting through it. Just drifting lets the current decide where we come ashore. Sifting makes us part of the work. We have to pick up the claim, turn it over, shake loose the fear, and see what remains.…