Average intelligence does not have it. — For the most part, human beings lack the ability to extrapolate what their current choices will bring forth in the future. Some are better at it than others, when it comes to their personal choices. They can, for instance, determine that if they refuse to do their job, they will…

So yesterday I went to the dermatologist… Hi guys, Thank you for bearing with me during a very difficult month. Yesterday, I finally got to see someone about the big ‘growth’ underneath my arm. It turns out that it wasn’t a wart. It was a very big cyst — in…

Yes and no. It depends on who it is a threat to. — I’ve been reading the articles and comments about ChatGPT on Medium. They’ve been interesting, and there has also been a lot of cognitive dissonance on the topic. For instance, the idea that ‘a writer’s hard work shouldn’t be replaced by technology,’ is rampant. Others dared to suggest that ChatGPT wasn’t…

It’s all about choosing carefully. — We are, I think, now all aware that snowy polar vortexes, rain storms, and rapidly advancing fire can wipe us out in a moment. With insurance companies increasingly going bankrupt as a result of black swan events, plus refusing to insure ‘acts of gods,’ unless one is very rich, there…

It’s every man for himself. But what about saving an industrial civilization? — In order to retain our industrial civilization as floods, fires, and hurricanes destroy our infrastructure, kill our food supplies, and take our lives, we should have started planning yesterday. However, savvy people can begin to take precautions now. In order to retain modern civilization, certain population numbers have to be…

It’s here. It’s not going away. All our lives are endangered. And an update on my health! This story is written for those who fully realize we are now deep into climate change. The turning point has been reached, and the weather events are going to have several effects. I…

We can’t change our world without changing our people… — I’ve long realized that we-the-people are the ones that drive everything that is happening on our earth. I also realized, in my mid-60s, that I could have been taught many things when I was young, but I wasn’t. In fact, parents simply didn’t teach their children those things — grandparents…

I’ve been asked… Hi guys, I’ve been a bit unresponsive to your comments, just acknowledging that I’ve read them, and I’ve been emailed how I am, so I just wanted to give you a heads up as to what is happening. My back pain is much better, provided I don’t…

I have to take a break to fix up some health concerns… — Hi Guys, About five or six weeks ago, I went to see a doctor about a ‘wart.’ It turns out that he thinks the wart is not a wart — it has ‘material’ underneath, and I need to see a dermatologist, and while it might be benign, it might not…