(much) More than "Republicans" I would say "self-hating hyperindividualism", but that meme is a good starting point to get there

My daily #onthisday Almanac, today from 2006 to 2023:

dangerous #russia bloggers, #Vatican worries, depressing myths about workers & consumers and much more at:

https://stop.zona-m.net/2024/09/on-this-day-september-5/

#serendipity rules!

This may seem the craziest thing I've ever written. But is still much saner, and simpler, than the life we live today:

on life, work, mental #health, #money, (no) #BigTech, and everything else

https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/there-is-only-one-thing-that-really

Life skills workshops (#nutrition, #cooking, financial literacy) to help students transition to independent living

Sure, much of this stuff belongs to #parenting, NOT schools

But why aren't such courses mandatory in EVERY university?

#onthisday, 2009 to 2023:

defending web links
stupid attacks to #Syria
#permaculture fails
screens are bad
breaking up #facebook
Dugin's theories
drowning in #plastic
RSS IS STILL GREAT
Peak Car
Social Mobility Illusion

all this and more at https://stop.zona-m.net/2024/09/on-this-day-september-4/

"The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write anything for others to read."

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/why-ai-isnt-going-to-make-art

#artificialIntelligence #AI #creativity

Four years ago, I was

"depressed, not because I do not have full time work anymore, but exactly because I still (must) have it."

How many of you feel the same for the same reasons, today?

See "Let’s talk adults and purpose now" in https://stop.zona-m.net/2020/05/italylockdown-is-over.-lack-of-meaning-continues/

#bullshitJobs

Of aging, pensions, "experience" lost, and "innovation"

a hugely important, urgent theme:

https://stop.zona-m.net/2019/09/a-spectre-is-haunting-italy-the-spectre-of-quota-100/

Said in 2017:

"All fossil-fuel vehicles will vanish in 8 years in twin ‘death spiral’ for big oil and big autos, says study that’s shocking the industries"

https://financialpost.com/transportation/fossil-fuel-vehicles-will-vanish-in-8-years-in-twin-death-spiral-for-big-oil-and-big-autos-says-study-that-shocking-the-industry

#ElectricVehicles

Today's #onthisday almanac, because #serendipity and memory matter A LOT.

Selected links on interesting things in this day, from 2005 to 2023 (*):

https://buff.ly/3AP2PPx

Instantly Falsify reality with #AI!

proof n. 999999999999....

that #google sucks, #duckduckgo is much better:

https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/google-sucks-snow-white-is-woke-in

from my daily almanac (*)

"we know #pensions were underwater before the #covid19 crash. The situation is worse now" (in 2021...)

https://stop.zona-m.net/2021/09/pandemics-pension-funds-and-cheap-money/

(*) https://stop.zona-m.net/2024/09/on-this-day-september-2/

just read online, so, SO true:

"If human intelligence caught up with artificial intelligence, I'd have more clients."

also one more reason to have #UBI, and not because "AI is coming", see https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/ubi-ai-and-reality-always-in-the

@ReneeVoiceBrand @feloneouscat exactly.

@feloneouscat @ReneeVoiceBrand yes, that's the part that really depresses and infuriates me.

See my previous... hey, what are messages called here on #CoSo??? Not tweets, I assume?

@ReneeVoiceBrand I have no idea, but lots of people have all their relatives in a city different than the one they work in, so it's normal not to hear from each other for 3/4 days. Sad, but very normal.

It's the coworkers, janitor, security people etc... IN the building not noticing it that's inhumane