One: Fuel costs – I understand analytically why fuel costs are at all-time highs. I understand that Ukraine blowing up huge portions of Russia’s refining capability is screwing everything. Iran – who? The Straight of Hormuz is no longer a/the major factor. But I don’t understand why the production in the Western hemisphere is not […]
Why Trump May Ultimately Be Judged Differently Than Other Presidents
Today, I propose a theory to explain Donald Trump, his remaining term and legacy and what it might mean to you and me. There are hundreds of metrics judging a Presidency, covering everything from stats on the original election, popularity, and economic metrics. One key measure is a ranking of success or effectiveness relative to […]
AI Redux – Addressing the Hubbub of What Transpired This Past Week
In the past few weeks, we have been warned of AIs dangers including the prospects that humanity could be wiped out, perhaps even in a ten-year threshold. Synthesizing the news, I published my own declaration, summarizing: yes, it may happen and if and when it does, the most likely outcome will be to throw us back […]
AI is Ready to Become Your Peer, Master, or Conqueror
We learn this week, that AI is going to kill us all. Actually, just a ten percent chance and maybe a ten-year time frame? Do you feel better now? Now Congress is going to ‘study’ it. Anthropic pledges to ‘slow down’. Double assurances. Just a few weeks ago, I suggested the timing of political change is folding, […]
The Coming Tragic Legacy of the Lindsay Clancy Case
I tried to ignore the Lindsay Clancy thing for weeks, not because I had a specific aspect to avoid but rather, because I first estimated it to be just another in an unending stream of tragic stories based in acute post-modern failure, primarily the flourishing fruit of progressivism. Then, I caught wind of the aftermath, […]
The Real Score About Young People Socialism and Getting Along in Life
It is now being said with some regularity that young people are being enticed to socialism en masse. I question this. Not that it hasn’t been the case before that revolutions favor the young. Not that it is no longer true that: if you’re not socialist in your youth, you have no heart, and, if […]