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    The Understudy

    Susie and I went to Casey’s school play yesterday, The Little Mermaid. All kids, ages 9 to 16. Small theater. It was parent’s day. Glad we got to go. Casey played one of the eels—Flotsam—and he did very, very well…

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    Dreamt I would meet Jocko Willink

    I am reading two books by Jocko Willink—actually re-reading ‘Extreme Ownership’, and ‘Discipline Equals Freedom’ Jocko is a Navy Seal and was the commander of Seal Team 3, task unit: Bruiser, the same unit American Sniper Chris Kyle served with…

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    For Love

    Josh Ritter sings in his tune Snow is Gone: “I’m singing for the love of it, have mercy on the man who sings to be adored.” 00

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    AI + Feeling Inferior

    “Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower.” —Alan Kay   00

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    AI- Get It?

    “By far, the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.” —Eliezer Yudkowsky 00

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    AI

    “Artificial intelligence will reach human levels by around 2029. Follow that out further to, say, 2045, we will have multiplied the intelligence, the human biological machine intelligence of our civilization a billion-fold.” —Ray Kurzweil 00

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    Worry Didn’t Work

    I found my journals from college and early work days, I am shocked, aghast, and dismayed over the excessive amount of worrying, fretting, and general insecurity of my mood, attitude, and belief in myself – or rather lack of belief.…

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    Power Underestimated

    “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” —Leo Buscaglia 00

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    Don’t Make me Listen

    I drank coffee w a young man in his early 20’s the other night, he was doing me a favor. It was depressing. He confessed not liking conversations with older people. Why? Pause. “…because i don’t like having to brace…

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    Elon Musk and Secular Faith

    “If you can believe, all things are possible for him who believes.” -Jesus I’ve seen nothing to suggest that Elon Musk believes in God, but he exemplifies a type of strong-willed determined faith that transforms impossible into possible by denying…

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