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Our increasingly technologically-driven world needs humans at the helm, and not just techies
We keep being told that automation is going to impact virtually everything in our lives. Work, shopping, communicating, driving, health care, you name it. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and biotech are going to become the foundation for pretty well all we … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurship & Business, History and Politics, Just wondering
Tagged 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, AI, airplane autopilot, artificial intelligence, Arts graduates, bias, Boeing, computer programmers, computers, humanities and social sciences, job recruitment, machine learning, public awareness, public policy, semi-autonomous cars, societal impacts, software engineers, Yuval Harari
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A couple of questions
Jo Robinson has got me thinking. She is one of the first bloggers I ever followed, some 7 years ago. She lives in South Africa (and was in rural Zimbabwe when I first encountered her in the blogosphere, which fascinated … Continue reading
Posted in Just wondering
Tagged blogging, children, Creativity, inspiration, motivation, thinking
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Top posts of 2018 – and top countries for readership
The last day of 2018. People are writing about the top news stories of 2018. About the top sports stories of 2018. The biggest tragedies of 2018. The most devastating weather events of 2018. And on it goes. This morning … Continue reading
Posted in Just wondering, Writing
Tagged 2018, blog stats, blogging, motivation, top countries, top posts, Writing for children, year in review
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Peace on earth, goodwill towards all: wouldn’t that be nice!
It’s the Christmas season. Whether you lean more towards spiritual traditions or secular ones – or both – it’s the time when songs and greeting cards ring out with heartwarming messages of Peace, Joy, Love, and Goodwill towards all. Hmm. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Just wondering, Odds and Ends
Tagged Brexit, Christmas, despair, Goodwill to all, hope, joy, Leonard Cohen, light, love, peace, Trump
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We should be practicing for retirement our whole life
Recently I wrote a blog post in which I observed that in many ways our 9-year old grandson was practicing being retired during the week he spent with us in August. Of course, it was a tongue-in-cheek comment, a throw-away … Continue reading
Posted in Just wondering, Odds and Ends
Tagged aging, Creativity, honesty, humility, inspiration, joy, Julia Cameron, purpose, resilience, Retirement, wonder
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