• Midstream Musings – we scale ourselves and return Sisyphus …
- Fox & the ants (interdependency) It was a lean season in the valley. Even an abandoned scarecrow had been stripped of its straw, ripped to rags moving in a dry breeze. Faceless. A solitary, scrawny fox had slowly descended into the plain. Hunger gnawed at Jasper, but also the pain […]
- Pondering the 21st century freemium 2.0 landscape … Terms of the Tree (resistance is futile) imagine … A splendid mythological garden … light glints marvelously from the surface of a tranquil creek nearby … on a mild rise, a magnificent tree festooned with fabulous, colorful fruit fills the air with […]
- I’ve had some long conversations with an aspiring screenwriter about a collection of short stories, with a working title of The Ditbit’s Guide to Blending in with AIs. An evolving landscape: The great realignment of humans and AIs left a landscape littered with un-, sub-, semi- and supernatural agency. – […]
- This article (below) is an interesting take on a classic fable, one of Aesop’s. Like the fable The Ant and the Grasshopper, The Fox & the Grapes [1] is part of the moral fabric of the American psyche (and elsewhere). The oft-quoted moral of the fable is: There are many […]
- My personal word of the year is demonize. But … A commentary on how “we are using our free time” … an ongoing “cultural conversation about humanity and technology.” • AP News > “How to sum up 2024? The Oxford University Press word of the year is ‘brain rot’” (December […]
- So, more legacy of Benjamin Franklin, the myth of the 'self-made' man. This article (below) traces the conflation of piety & profit, faith & finance, into the late 20th century in the tech industry, particularly Silicon Valley culture. This is something which I personally saw while working as a software […]
- Humans carve [split] the world cleanly in two when they feel threatened. … Complexity is intolerable; ambivalence is cowardly. … That kind of clarity … [leaves] no room for doubt — or for reality. … When politicians and activists split us apart, and hear only from extremists, they lose touch […]
- This Psychology Today article poses an interesting question regarding storytelling and sense of meaning. Is there a relationship between skill at storytelling and sense of meaning & purpose in life? Might workshopping that with an AI help or harm one's voice? Will AIs be storytellers – "organizing the colorful but […]
- Regarding my statement that: We need a renewed sense of common purpose, an overarching social ethic highlighting interdependence rather than ascendance. • LA Times > Opinion > "Where does resilience come from?" by Lucy Jones (1-11-2025) – We need 'social capital' — strong community bonds that are the reason and […]
- Here's Torrance Memorial's take on the 'recipe' for a long, healthy life. • Torrance Memorial > Advantage > Healthy Living Over 55 > "Living Longer & Thriving" (Issue #34 Winter 2025) – Tips for Blue Zone living. The Blue Zone Recipe for a Long, Healthy Life > Habits Plant-filled diet […]