Great essay on manipulation! It comes in so many forms. Sadly, we are being manipulated 24/7 by all forms of media; social, video and written.
Lies become truth with enough telling. Marketers know you need to share a message at least five times to be effective. Politicians use these and other methods to guilt us into actions we might not normally take. Religions guilt us. Friends have told me guilt is the cornerstone of Catholicism. And guilt is merely a subtext of fear. Seneca said “Ignorance is the cause of fear.”
Today’s 7 Other Things showcases a textbook example with the Epstein coverage and news about Venezuela. Ask yourself what reason the US has to sink boats in the Caribbean or invade Venezuela? You can statistically see the connections to the distractions, like a magician in a magic show.
As a New Yorker who moved to the Midwest a couple years ago, I learned of the Midwestern goodbye, a drawn out farewell process which can take 30 minutes or more. What other regions call overstaying a visit, this is typical in a Midwestern goodbye, and I’ve had to adjust to this in interactions with certain folks. (Folks who come for lunch but leave just before dinner) Perhaps AI was built modeled after Midwestern Goodbyes.
Canada hasn’t had pennies for years, it has worked itself out just fine.
Me thinks Trump complains too much, usually means there is some truth there.
And you can have AI, I have zero use for it. Probably makes me a grumpy old person but whatever. If we don’t want artificial ingredients in our food, why would we want artificial things in our mindspace? We need to use our innate intelligence as much as possible and leave AI out of it. There will always be unscrupulous people trying to abuse the technology.
Flourish eh?..Thank you for that. Re: the TRUMP article. The redacted womans name is well known. Cant think of it off the top of my head. But she just died, her book just came out. and she is on the record as, testifying that Trump was never anything but a perfect gentlemen during the time she spent with him. She was an employee at Mar-a-lago at the time and when Epstein poached her from Mar-A-LAGO. He was banned for that and other creepy behavior. Trump obviously knew EPstein as they both traveled in NY and PALM BEACH social circles. that was unavoidable. Once he became aware of the allegations. He had nothing to do with him. in fact the DA investigating all this said Trump was the most willing and cooperative person in his efforts to investigate this. unlike the Clintons who continued to visit the island and fly on his planes for years after the truth came out. just another sleazy Democrat slander against Trump.
P.S. Any intelligent non biased person, would have to know that if there were even the slightest evidence, or even legitimate appearance of impropriety. The Dems would've prosecuted and or sensationalized it I the run up to the last election. much ado about nothing.
Great essay on manipulation! It comes in so many forms. Sadly, we are being manipulated 24/7 by all forms of media; social, video and written.
Lies become truth with enough telling. Marketers know you need to share a message at least five times to be effective. Politicians use these and other methods to guilt us into actions we might not normally take. Religions guilt us. Friends have told me guilt is the cornerstone of Catholicism. And guilt is merely a subtext of fear. Seneca said “Ignorance is the cause of fear.”
Today’s 7 Other Things showcases a textbook example with the Epstein coverage and news about Venezuela. Ask yourself what reason the US has to sink boats in the Caribbean or invade Venezuela? You can statistically see the connections to the distractions, like a magician in a magic show.
As a New Yorker who moved to the Midwest a couple years ago, I learned of the Midwestern goodbye, a drawn out farewell process which can take 30 minutes or more. What other regions call overstaying a visit, this is typical in a Midwestern goodbye, and I’ve had to adjust to this in interactions with certain folks. (Folks who come for lunch but leave just before dinner) Perhaps AI was built modeled after Midwestern Goodbyes.
In the south they come for dinner (often uninvited) and leave before supper! Funny how the names change but the behavior remains the same?
Canada hasn’t had pennies for years, it has worked itself out just fine.
Me thinks Trump complains too much, usually means there is some truth there.
And you can have AI, I have zero use for it. Probably makes me a grumpy old person but whatever. If we don’t want artificial ingredients in our food, why would we want artificial things in our mindspace? We need to use our innate intelligence as much as possible and leave AI out of it. There will always be unscrupulous people trying to abuse the technology.
Flourish eh?..Thank you for that. Re: the TRUMP article. The redacted womans name is well known. Cant think of it off the top of my head. But she just died, her book just came out. and she is on the record as, testifying that Trump was never anything but a perfect gentlemen during the time she spent with him. She was an employee at Mar-a-lago at the time and when Epstein poached her from Mar-A-LAGO. He was banned for that and other creepy behavior. Trump obviously knew EPstein as they both traveled in NY and PALM BEACH social circles. that was unavoidable. Once he became aware of the allegations. He had nothing to do with him. in fact the DA investigating all this said Trump was the most willing and cooperative person in his efforts to investigate this. unlike the Clintons who continued to visit the island and fly on his planes for years after the truth came out. just another sleazy Democrat slander against Trump.
P.S. Any intelligent non biased person, would have to know that if there were even the slightest evidence, or even legitimate appearance of impropriety. The Dems would've prosecuted and or sensationalized it I the run up to the last election. much ado about nothing.
Is this the ghost of Epstein? Is this the “something magical” we’ve heard about?
I think there is a bit more to this tale than that. Many more girls and many other issues.
And here I thought I was an intelligent, non-biased person. Apparently not based on this definition.
Wow. All I can say is “ewe” about your article on AI. I guess one more thing - I did not even know that these things existed. 🤪