This is my first post since June of 2020. The country has changed so much since then. In deciding to resume my writing I thought where do I start? We have the same two elderly candidates from 4 years ago. The national debt is unsustainable and growing by $1 trillion every 30 days. Markets are…
We must reopen the country. Because we have no other choice. To think otherwise means you genuinely believe someone or something from the government will eradicate the virus while saving your livelihood and providing security at the same time. It will not happen. It has not happened in the first six months and nothing will…
The consensus on AI changing the world forever and soon is strong. I don’t see experts downplaying the impact or even willing to say it will take a few years. They’re all saying humanity will never be the same and they’re also saying AI is a threat to humanity. Like next week. Another consensus is…
In the early 2000s I was with a friend and we went to visit one of his family friends. This guy owned a couple of funeral homes and was also part of the local city government. We got to talking about current events, government, and the future. He said something that I think about to…
Technology has changed my job by creating the need to learn and use new tools constantly, to do essentially the same job. I have worked in marketing for 20 years. In those jobs despite the seniority level of the specific position the job had 2 main functions. Data work to setup and launch marketing campaigns…
So much of life is online that I wish I could meet new people and friends offline every day. My job is remote and so is my fiance’s. Like so much of America we spend our time at home staring at screens. Interacting with the same coworkers and friends week after week and year after…
To a large degree Email has become a wasteland of a marketing channel. The early days resulted in spam culture due to the ability to contact millions of your customers with content. The content was the same for all. But the millions at one time part was a new marketing disruption tool and intoxicating. The…
After the Mueller Report was made public, I did not think impeachment was the way to go. Trump would not be convicted, and it was a political loser. Almost certain to help Trump in the 2020 election. The Ukraine situation is much different. It is an egregious offense and Americans and Congress can not let…
My heart aches for workers and their families. Increasingly, the system is rigged against them and their isn’t much of a future. Or one that is easy to see anyway as a replacement for the declines in manufacturing, agricultural, and information technology jobs. The party they consistently vote for stabs them in the back. Constantly…
This summer is it. The field of 23 Democratic candidates will become a handful of legitimate candidates. Here is my take on where they stand, and what the summer has in store for them. Joe Biden I worry about a Joe Biden candidacy. Hillary and Obama’s sidekick. As if their portraits are tattooed on his…
The news that Facebook was letting Netflix and Spotify read private messages is not surprising to me. Nor should it be to anyone else. So glad it is happening though. Because people are starting to talk seriously about Privacy in the digital age. Maybe we all had to feel violated to do so, but this…
I am an Independent. But have mostly voted for Democrats. Not because I embrace liberalism, but I believed they were the only party that would operate somewhat on behalf of the 99%. I voted for George W. Bush in 2004 and what happened in the next 4 years made me feel terrible. Like the biggest…
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