Saturday, March 16, 2024

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

This is one of the key insights from the video in the post below:
What are these things? 

They look like evil clowns, like a combination of a dog and a black man, a caricature of a black man on a stick, like a circus prop. 

Are they clones? Ugly clones of a slave cast? Or this must be a joke? If these are aliens, they are the ugliest aliens I could imagine. 

Of course, this could be photoshopped, but what if it's not?

Friday, March 15, 2024

Changes on the Horizon

Just a quick update. I wanted to let you know that I am definitely planning on creating a new website, possibly with the same name, but different domain, which I will have complete ownership and creative control over. 

I will likely transfer most of the posts here and put them into some sort of archive on the new site, for anyone interested in reading them again.  I also may start using Grammarly, and try to fix any typos,  without changing the fundamental content or character of the posts, just to make them a little more polished for the new site.

It will primarily be a nonprofit website, in that I don't expect to make a living off of it, but I may put up either a donation button, or affiliate links, simply to help recoup the cost of web hosting, etc. 

It's a pretty huge project, and I'm just presently too busy right now to do it, but it is definitely something I'm planning on doing hopefully within the next few months and maybe sooner. 

Until then I will continue posting here sporadically, and also likely will not delete this blog, in case I change my mind and wish to come back, although much of the content will likely be removed except for a page with some information on it and some links. 

Anyway, here's something I just found that is really strange, scary, and extremely illuminating. I thought I'd share it here without comment. I'm not saying it's true, I'm not saying I believe it, but if you have an hour and a half to spare, it's very extremely interesting. And if you don't want to watch it on this blog, I will post a link below the video. 

https://www.bitchute.com/video/8Tdpwy8s6uHK/

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Adventures in Synchronicity

Here's an interesting story, and it's a short story, based on the memory of real events. 

There's a grocery store that I shop at nearby where I live, that I absolutely hate, but I only shop there for the convenience of it being close to where I live. 

So, there's an employee there, who looks like a younger, and much shorter version of Rick Steves, the travel guy who tells people how to travel Europe on the cheap if you are an affluent boomer. 

Anyway, this guy works there as a grocery bagger, aka "courtesy clerk", whom I've dealt with as a customer on numerous occasions, but never before had a conversation with, and whom I previously regarded as probably retarded, mostly based on his appearance and mannerisms, you know, short, over 40, and somewhat clueless looking. 

Well, anyway, as I'm waiting in line at the store today, this guy must have been on his break, and was waiting in line behind me, and he says hi, and I say hi back, and so out of a spontaneous urge to make small talk, I ask him how his day is going. 

He says:  "I'd rather be with my books." 

I say: What do you mean? Reading or writing?

He says: Both. I'm a published author. I'm working on a new book. 

I say: Oh, really? Is it nonfiction or fiction? 

He says: I'm writing a supernatural novel. It's a mystery and detective story with a strong focus on the supernatural. Specifically, it's about vampires. 

I say: Oh, that's very interesting...

(Etc. Etc.)

I said something about the creative process, about how having a job that doesn't require a lot of mental effort, but is physically demanding without being mentally draining, is a smart idea for creative people not wanting to be so mentally drained at the end of their work day that they can't create. 

It's very strange to think that some of the people you see bagging groceries and cashiering in grocery stores, may actually be former professionals with Master's degrees. 

Saturday, March 9, 2024

What You See When You Work From Home

This is a survey that I just made up, based on a real world example from the present now.

Let's say you have no idea what's going on here, what is your first impression? 

What do you think has happened, not just literally what you see, but what do you think happened before this scene occurred, what series of events do you think lead up to this conclusion?


I'll give you a hint: Is it oil, or is it blood? 

Could there be a dead body in the trunk? 

Or perhaps, this car is a decoy and there is something being smuggled out of here? 

Yeah, right outside of where I live, literally, within footsteps...cartel country. 

I could write another annoyances and grievances rant, but I think I will just leave it at this, and let the picture speak a thousand words. 

Sunday, March 3, 2024

It's the Ultimate Dystopian Nightmare

It's a very strange world we are now living in. I think it's some kind of delay to 2012, where the world didn't necessarily end, it just shifted into something different, and we are now finally seeing the reality of those changes unfolding before our very eyes. 

AI is here to stay. It's here to replace most peoples jobs, and it's here to change the way most people think.

Soon, whenever you search Google, or any other search engine, all the content appearing on the page, including all the websites available to preview, and to read in full, will all be generated by artificial intelligence. 

It's a lot like George Orwell's 1984

Newspeak is here. Examples: We've got some new words, with new definitions. Such as, "chest feeder", "cis-female", "non-binary", and "minor attracted person". Believe me there is more, that's just the tip of the iceberg. 

Also, the memory hole is here. With Long Covid and the dementia inducing effects of the vaccine, most people won't notice, people's minds are being poisoned and reconditioned to believe in a manufactured reality that is manipulated on an hourly basis.

It's not that alternative information won't be available, it's just that it won't be available to see on the mainstream channels, such as Google. You'll have to dig deep, and think like a computer hacker to find them, it's like the Matrix. That's what is currently happening. Okay, this has been happening for awhile, it didn't just happen over night, but I'm noticing a rapid acceleration, that things are changing fast, and before you know it, you will go to sleep and wake up one day and not recognize the world you live in. 

Everything is going to be extremely censored. Actually, it already is, but most people aren't aware of it, and at the same time, while there are still alternative information channels available if you know where to look, and you can still find information that challenges the official narrative, pretty soon, unless you are a super hacker, it's going to become increasingly difficult to find them, and if you don't know what you are doing you may find yourself arrested or heavily fined, simply for attempting to discover the truth.

Not only that, but, AI, and, by extension, 5G, is being rolled out with the intended purpose of replacing people. 

You see I think I know what's going on. They are bringing in all the migrants, all the illegal aliens, as a smoke screen, to hide the mass deaths from Covid, the vaccine, 5G, and the loss of jobs from AI, and that peoples attention will be diverted from the true cause, and put all their blame on the immigrants, which will, if the plan is successfully implemented, trigger a civil war.  

After which, depending on how things turn out, if the malevolent entities win, the only people who will be allowed to maintain their comfortable positions in society, and to live a relatively healthy and peaceful life in this dystopian nightmare, will be those who out of economic necessity and a devotion to self-preservation, are willing to bow down to the authority of the AI algorithm and to do its bidding. 

It's the ultimate dystopian nightmare. 

***

Due to unfortunate circumstances this account has been compromised, and I may have to end this blog very soon. I know, it's like a cliché, but this time, unfortunately, I feel like I have no other choice. 

I guess I'll just have to get my own website. 

I'll leave a link...somewhere. 

Anyway, here's something super insightful to watch. 

I've always liked this movie. Even though the guy on the left is the cliché slimy Jew: short, pudgy, ugly, and allergic to manual labor, and yet, who also, despite a high incidence of clinical depression and neurosis, always appears to thrive. But, it's a great movie. Someone in the comments of that video said that it was like the first podcast, in that it was an intelligent conversation viewable to others not directly participating in it. I would agree. It's absolutely brilliant. 

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Welcome to the Multidimensional Time Slip

Kind of sounds like a Pink Floyd song, doesn't it?


Interesting. I first listened to this album like 30 years ago, and it is still just as powerful now as it was back then.

Anyway, I am someone who enjoys utilizing a variety of different web browsers, and there are many reasons for doing this. 

For instance, it's a good way to separate your work, so you can do your research and recreation in one browser, and you do your work in another, basically it's a good way to stay organized. 

Personally, I use Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Brave, and others, which shall remain nameless. 

Guess what I was greeted with tonight, when I opened up my Brave browser?

Here I will show you as it appeared to me in real time: 


When I first saw this, I thought to myself, wow, this is like something right out of 1984, you know the movie and the book by George Orwell, but instead this time it is artificially enhanced by AI, and this one even has the mark of the beast on the forehead.

A view from the cockpit

What is this?



What is this?


My current rig. Outdated processing chip, but still kind of cool. 

I will have more to say about this subject in the near future. 

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Random Insight Number 02-20-24

So, I noticed that when I'm talking to someone in person, like, for instance, at the grocery store, and I move my hands when I talk, you know, "speaking with the hands", that I tend to have my left hand up and my right hand down, both hands held palms up, like a cup, which is an intuitive gesture of openness and honesty, and the complete opposite of this:
It's an unnatural positioning. It's a position depicting underhandedness and deception. In one hand the arm is raised as if wielding a sword, but a sword that you can't quite see. On the other hand, it's as if it could be reaching for a pocket knife. When I look at this picture and think about mirroring the positioning of the hands, I can't do it, it's like there is a force field preventing me from doing so. Not that it's physically impossible, but just that I think that there is a memory reminding me not to go there, similar to a child being told at a young age not to touch the hot stove, even though you haven't yet personally experienced the harm yourself, you trust the guidance of your elders.

Saturday, February 17, 2024

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Sunday, January 21, 2024

How to Read Twitter Without Having a Twitter Account

So, today I just want to share a tip with you, that you may not know about, which could be helpful to you. 

I don't have a Twitter account. I tried it for awhile, but didn't like it. Even though I'm well aware that it would most likely help increase traffic to this site, I'm just not very interested in social networking.

Anyway, since Musk has taken over Twitter, now X, I'm sure you've noticed changes that he's made, where you can no longer access a full Twitter feed and its comments without being signed into Twitter.  

Well, there are quite a few Twitter feeds that I like to read, but I didn't want to sign up for Twitter again just to be able to read them. 

So, I found a solution to the problem. It's called nitter.net. Just enter the @username of whatever Twitter page you want to read, and it will convert the entire Twitter page in full to nitter.net, enabling you to read it without ever needing to log into Twitter again. 

Pretty cool, huh?

I may at some point make a post listing interesting Twitter feeds, but for now, here's one that I just recently discovered, which has become a daily read. Their handle is @karma44921039. Here's a screenshot of their page converted to nitter.net. 

 

I have no idea who this person is. Anyone know? Are they a public figure, somebody famous? A journalist in real life, not just on Twitter? And also, is that profile picture really them? When I first saw it I thought that's a nice looking woman, but it's probably not what they really look like. Their probably either some bald headed fat dude in his 50s, or a pimple faced teenage prankster pretending to be this attractive woman. But then I noticed that if you look down at her legs, no offense, but she's got thunder thighs! I mean, seriously, if you're going to post a fake picture of yourself, would you pick one that makes you look fat? So, who knows, maybe it is real.

Anyway, it's a very interesting Twitter feed, lot's of thought provoking, mind expanding, video clips and memes. I highly recommend paying it a visit. Also, if you've never heard of nitter.net before, I hope you found this tip useful. 

January 28 Update: 

The Ministry of Truth "bots" must be "reading" my blog, because it now appears that nitter.net has been shut down. Here's the alternative: https://status.d420.de/

It's basically a list of regularly updated Nitter mirrors, as instances are shut down, new ones will appear on this list. That bastard Musk, it's only a matter of time before you'll need to upload your government issued ID just to read Twitter.

Saturday, January 13, 2024

Becoming Fruitarian for Breakfast and Lunch

So, it's been a long stretch since I last posted. I was sick around the holidays. Once again I cheated on my diet, and thought I could get away with eating a piece of raspberry coffee cake, but having been on a sugar-free diet for months without getting sick, just like that incident with the pumpkin Kringle, after having a piece of coffee cake, I was sick a few days later, not from food poisoning, but I think the sugar in it messed up my immunity. 

I was pretty much sick in bed for the first six days of the new year. I don't know what it was, if it was Covid, or the flu, or a bad cold, but I knew I was getting sick before I even felt sick, because my resting heart rate started to spike, and that is always a sign of impending illness. You see normally my 7-day resting heart-rate usually hovers between 57 and 61, but a couple days before I started feeling sick, it started steadily increasing into the 70s, which on my sickest day my heart rate never got below 85 bpm, which is not normal for me at all. 

Symptoms were mostly just runny nose, sore throat, headache, the chills, everything tasted bad, especially toothpaste, and I was dead tired and couldn't sleep, maybe I got two hours sleep total per day, and I just lay there uncomfortable all day and all night, waiting to get better. Of course, drinking plenty of fluids, and soups, and medicinal doses of garlic, but I ate relatively light because nothing tasted good. Actually, around day number three, I was starting to feel better, but then I drank some wine that night, like four glasses, and so I had a relapse, and was sick for another three days. I probably would have recovered faster had I not drank alcohol. 

Eventually I was well enough to watch YouTube videos in bed, and spent several hours watching these Jamaican diet gurus and assorted black nationalists, advocating eating a 100 percent organic raw fruit diet. They made some convincing arguments, and they were very healthy looking, and completely ripped muscularly, and like 90 percent of their diet was fruit. So I contemplated becoming a fruitarian, but then I realized I don't think I need to do that, but what I will do is substantially increase the amount of fruit I do eat, finally settling on eating an all fruit breakfast, and also having more fruit for lunch. Usually I start the day off with a cup of ginger tea, and either a cup of mango, or a cup of blueberries, and two bananas. If I'm still hungry, I will usually have a cup of Greek yogurt, a spoonful of peanut butter, and another banana, or a piece of Ezekiel bread with peanut butter on it. I also eat pears and apples and kiwi and pineapple and mixed berries and am looking forward to watermelon. I also buy organically grown fruit whenever possible. Despite what some ignorant people say, there is definitely a difference in the nutritional quality of non-organic versus organic non-GMO fruits and vegetables. Perhaps you could say the difference is subtle, but truthfully there is more power in subtlety than normally acknowledged.  

I never ate a high fruit diet before, I mean I ate some, but not a lot, because I thought too much sugar was bad for your health, but fruit sugar does not cause the same kind of health problems that refined sugar causes. And according to these Jamaican raw fruit health gurus on YouTube, they say that eating fruit can actually cure diabetes. Not only is the fruit nutrient dense, high in fiber and a good source of hydration, it really helps clean out and detoxify your digestive system. I believe it. Since I've been eating an all fruit breakfast over the last week or so, there is a noticeable improvement in my health, I'm sleeping better, and I just feel better. You know, eating fruit is holistic, is 100 times more effective than taking synthetic supplements. So as long as the stores are continuing to stock frozen and fresh fruit, I will stick with this partial fruitarian diet. 

Also, in case there's anyone still reading this blog who is in possession of freewill and a pulse and has been reading the blog long-term, you may remember that I posted about being vegetarian on more than one occasion, though I think I deleted those posts, but maybe you remember them. Anyway, since I'm on the topic of diet, I thought I should mention that I'm no longer vegetarian, and haven't been vegetarian for years. The thing is though even though I'm not vegetarian, I hardly eat any meat at all, it's like maybe once or twice a week, and not necessarily every week. So, my diet is probably like 90 percent vegetarian. Also, I avoid fried foods, and fast foods, because those foods are killers. I also never eat pork of any kind, no ham or bacon or sausage, or fake soy-based meat, which is just as bad for your health as deli meats. I only eat fish occasionally, usually tuna, or wild-caught salmon, and currently am off chicken, for some reason I just don't like the taste of chicken anymore, and actually when I do eat meat, I prefer red meat, and my absolute favorite is bison. I love bison. I season it with cayenne pepper and jalapeno peppers and onions. Usually a pound of bison lasts me a month. 

I recently, as in a couple days ago bought a sirloin beef roast from Trader Joe's, it's already cooked, you just heat it up, and I had it with steamed carrots and potatoes and peas and corn, and two glasses of wine, and it was the best meal I had in years. Absolutely delicious. I hadn't had a beef roast in probably 25 years. I guess it's because I had no experience cooking a beef roast before, and my mother was a strict vegetarian when I was growing up, and was repulsed by the sight and smell of meat, so I pretty much only ate meat at my dad's house and at either one of my grandmas. My grandma on my father's side used to make these huge elaborate meals every Sunday, every Sunday was like a holiday, she made enough food to feed an army, and the whole family was invited as an open invitation, though hardly anyone showed up and my grandma was bothered by that, but I was there almost every Sunday for my entire childhood and teenage years, and her favorite most commonly served Sunday meal was home cooked beef roast and mash potatoes and sweet corn and peas and homemade biscuits and applesauce. It was so good. So I grew up eating beef roast, once a week every week for several years. 

That's right, I was not a vegetarian as a kid or even as a teenager, there was only a short period of time in my 20s and 30s that I was vegetarian, and have never been vegan or had any desire to be vegan, as I love cheese and eggs and yogurt and would never willingly give up those things, and have never been overweight or unhealthy, but I would say my diet most closely resembles the Mediterranean diet, and although I've been a meat eater most of my life, I was never a big meat eater, as in I never ate meat everyday, or had more than one serving of meat a day, and at most only maybe ate meat a couple times a week. So when I'm not eating meat as a protein source, I'm usually having eggs, or some variation of beans and rice and vegetables and potatoes, and olives and cheese and mixed nuts (walnuts, almonds, sunflower seeds, peanuts and raisins), and like I said I enjoy eating red meat, especially lean cuts of beef steak and bison, a few times a month at most.

I honestly think this is a good diet for me, and really the only change I'm making for the new year is to increase my consumption of raw fruits, as I've already cut out refined sugar, chocolate, cookies and pastries, and most fried foods. 

Sunday, December 10, 2023

Yuval Harari and the AI Death Cult

I want to say one more thing about Yuval Noah Harari before I move on to other things. 

In one of his lectures he says: 

"Netflix tells us what to watch, and Amazon tells us what to buy. Eventually within ten or twenty or thirty years, such algorithms could also tell you what to study at college, and where to work, and whom to marry, and even for whom to vote."

Comments: He presents this like it's a good thing, but it's really about controlling people, eliminating consciousness, and destroying the human race. Because what ultimately makes people different from, and arguably better than, animals and machines, is our ability to reason, to think, to ask questions, and to make conscious choices. 

If you remove those elements, you get a person who no longer has free agency. Instead, you have a person who becomes the perfect consumer, the perfect conformist, the perfect dutiful robot who does what they are told and doesn't ask why. 

In another presentation, he talks about his experience of finding out he was gay, how long he struggled with it and how emotionally difficult it was for him, and how much better it would have been if he had simply been told he was gay from day one, basically saying that if only the technology had existed to determine a person's sexual preference at birth, the world would be a better place. 

In both of these examples he is suggesting that it is better to be told by some authority what you are, rather than having the freedom to figure it out for yourself and to ultimately make your own choices.

His philosophy embraces the rejection of free will, in favor of determinism, but since Harari also rejects God, his source of determinism comes not from God, or from the natural order of the universe, or even from reality itself, but rather is coming from Artificial Intelligence. I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but that's what that sounds like to me, he wants to remove the authority from God and from people, and to give it to AI. 

But the thing is AI is programmed by people, and AI is owned and ultimately controlled by people, the people who own all the data and who have all the money, who have their own political biases, conflicts of interest, and agendas, so its content is not neutral or objective, and is severely open to manipulation, and even hacking. It sounds like these people who agree with Harari, namely members of the World Economic Forum and advocates of technocracy and transhumanism, it's like they are some kind of weird cult that doesn't believe in God, but they seem to regard AI as something to replace God, something that will be the ultimate authority, and judge, and shaper of reality and determination of everything that a person is and does. 

So what happens if everything you do is determined by a computer algorithm? A computer program tells you what to buy, what to eat, what books to read, what to study in school, what career path to follow, who to be friends with, who to date, where to live, what to do, and what to think. When you take away a persons freedom to make their own choices and to think for themselves, the person becomes a slave to their "destiny", they become like a robot, a member of a hive, or a brainwashed member of a cult, with no consciousness of their own. And that's the society that Harari and the World Economic Forum he represents are seeking to create. 

It's basically Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

If you never read that book, or watched the movie, it's not a utopia, it's a dystopia. It's not about genuinely making the world a better place to live in for all, it's not about empowering people, it's about consolidating power, and increasing control of the many by the few. It's kind of like how things are now, but only 100 times worse. 

In case you didn't notice, I'm not a fan of Yuval Noah Harari. Although I haven't read his books yet, I've watched numerous interviews and have read several articles highlighting what he believes, and what he stands for, and I can honestly say that not only am I opposed to everything this guy represents, I truly believe that despite how supposedly smart and well read and how highly regarded he is by much of the global elite, I think my problem with him is not simply a matter of ideological difference, it's more so coming from my intuitive observation that this person is severely mentally ill, as in being a bona fide psychopath, and could quite possibly be a victim of mind control, and maybe even demonic possession. 

You know, after all he is a gay man, and gay men who engage in anal sex, are prone to contracting anal parasites, which from an occult perspective is said to be a potential pathway for possession, which typically manifests as corresponding symptoms of mental illness, lack of empathy, the rejection of the true and the beautiful, and the embrace of ugly perversions. 

I know that sounds crazy, especially if you don't believe in occult phenomena, but I'm just calling it like I see it, that this guy is clearly a very spiritually damaged person, and it shows most dramatically in his lack of empathy, and his egomaniac hubris. 

What makes his ideology so dangerous though is that Harari has the backing of extreme wealth, he appears to be one of the masterminds, or at least the primary intellectual spokesperson for the New World Order, and there is nothing more dangerous than a cabal of wealthy psychopaths, who not only reject God, because they think they are above God, but who also have the hubris to reject humanity, too, because they believe that they have the intellectual superiority to engineer something better. That because they've got AI and 5G and are soon to unleash an army of humanoid robots into the marketplace, who don't think, who don't reason, who don't question, and so they become perfect slaves, which is their ideal worker.

It's the ultimate act of egomaniac hubris, not only do they reject God, but they seek to usurp the power of God, by becoming gods themselves, and eventually eliminating the vast majority of humans by replacing us with AI powered robots engineered in a lab, and perhaps keeping a few of us around as genetically modified androids who have lost the ability to think, who they keep as pets and for other amusements, or perhaps to help supervise the robots when they end up not performing completely up to standards. 

It sounds like science fiction, but it's actually very real. These people are completely insane and they have so much money that they think they have the power to remake the world in their own image, even if it destroys the world in the process. This doesn't have to happen. People can resist, put up a fight, and stop it from being implemented, but the fact is this is definitely what they are planning, and Harari is the main spokesman for this agenda, which pretty much sounds like it's some kind of an AI death cult, promising immortality and superhuman abilities for the chosen ones of the elect, and death and enslavement for everybody else.

Monday, December 4, 2023

A Bleak Forecast for the Future

Harari "The Demon"
Beautiful nose,
but ugly soulless eyes
and pointy demon ears. 

Yuval Noah Harari on "useless people":

"The biggest question maybe in economics and politics in the coming decades will be what to do with all these useless people."

"The problem is boredom, and what to do with people, and how will they find some sense of meaning in life when they are basically meaningless, worthless. My best guess at present is a combination of drugs and computer games as a solution for most." 

Comments: What is a useless person? Someone who doesn't have a job? Someone who doesn't have any money? I lost my job to AI, does that mean I'm now useless? Does that mean that the homeless, the disabled, the children and the elderly, have no value either? 

Who says that having money and a job is the sole measure of a persons worth? I work for money but actually I value my free time much more highly than my time spent on the clock as an employee. What I do outside of work is personally more meaningful to me than what I do at work. So this concept that a persons value is solely determined by their occupation, and if they can be replaced by AI it now means this person is useless, is such a flawed and foreign concept to me.

Of course, you need to have some form of income, and having a job that contributes something of value is good for your mental health, but it is by no means the total measure of ones worth as a human being. Anyone who says otherwise is really diminishing the human experience, and is thinking in quite limited terms. I think that attitude is one that can only arise from a materialist perspective, one which is completely lacking in self-knowledge and wisdom. The notion that human beings value is solely determined by their economic contribution, is symptomatically arising from the blatant rejection of God, someone completely lacking the perspective which recognizes the sacred divinity inherent in all living things. 

To me the most valuable experiences in life cannot be measured in terms of money or economic output.

I think this whole concept of categorizing humans as either useful or useless, must be coming from the point of view of the slave master, which is who Harari represents: the people who own the data, are the people with all the money. People like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos and the Rockefellers and the Rothschilds. 

That's what we are really talking about here, the rich versus the poor, where the rich will get to live forever, and the poor will get to be euthanized and branded as obsolete. 

Harari says that they will be given drugs and video games, but why would they even bother to give them that? What do they get out of it? 

I think it's a lie. Instead, I think the people that Harari represent plan to kill everybody that they deem to be useless. Whether it's through vaccination, biological warfare, turbo cancer, guns and bombs and nuclear war, mass starvation, global warming, global cooling, death from freezing to death, or death from being cooked alive. 

What if they have the technology to control the weather, to cause floods and droughts, ice ages and blizzards, heatwaves and wildfires? What if they have the technology to trigger a pole reversal? The elite get to hunker down in their fallout shelter for 10 years, and have the knowledge and resources to resurface to start the world anew, with all the useless eaters removed. 

That's a dystopic vision. It may not happen, but it could. 

So what happens when AI and robotics replace all the jobs performed by people? I mean it could happen. I never thought truck drivers and cashiers and retail stockers could be replaced, but they can, with self-driving vehicles, self-checkout lanes, robot stockers and drones, it is theoretically possible for most jobs to be replaced by machines. Even professional jobs, doctors and nurses, writers and teachers, advice columnists and therapists, could be replaced by AI. For now the blue collar trades, like plumbers and electricians and police officers and firemen, seem secure, but even they eventually could be replaced by robots. Even prostitutes could be replaced by AI powered sex dolls that look like supermodels. 

Honestly, there's probably no job immune. If you haven't been laid off yet, it's coming, it's just a matter of time.  I think Harari knows this. And I think that's what it all comes down to, whether you are useful or useless comes down to whether you are rich or poor, whether you are in the club of very important people, or not.

Your only hope is if you have money and resources to survive without being somebody's employee. If you end up on welfare, or qualify for social security, you'll probably be put on a list for liquidation at some future time. 

Otherwise, the only other hope is that laws are drafted and enforced that forbid artificial intelligence from being allowed to replace every job. It doesn't have to happen. They could make it illegal. Even if they have the ability to develop robots and AI that can do every job that humans currently do, it doesn't mean they have to. Perhaps they could make sure to preserve enough jobs to keep people occupied. Also, working doesn't have to be all about making money, it could also be about improving physical fitness, about learning, socializing, and having fun. 

Also, I think learning is a huge factor in experiencing a meaningful life. Not everybody likes to read. That doesn't mean they aren't smart or don't know things. Some people prefer listening to podcasts, watching videos, and talking to smart people that teach them things directly, like an oral tradition of acquiring knowledge and skills, learning by listening, observing, and by actually doing, rather than reading. Many people hate school and would never want to go back. But learning doesn't have to be a chore, it doesn't even have to be useful, it can be fun. Even the poorest student must have things they are interested in, that they'd probably enjoy learning more about. Whether it's sports or cooking or woodworking or motorcycles, playing a musical instrument, or learning how to box, hobbies can be cultivated and should be encouraged. 

The fact that the only thing Harari can suggest to occupy these so-called useless people is to give them video games and drugs, and I suppose some sort of universal basic income, which is really a euphemism for welfare, instead of promoting education and the virtues of following ones own bliss for its own sake, and that it's possible to cultivate a sense of joy and wonder at any age, and doing so is absolutely instrumental to making life meaningful, even more so than money and occupation, suggests that this guy is not working in the interests of humanity, but rather is working as a dark force hellbent on our destruction.

I think the solution to the problem is clear. AI has got to go, and by extension this means 5G and the Internet of things. Of course, they say that it's here to stay, and failure to adapt is my problem not there's, but unless it's regulated, tightly controlled, and prevented from completely taken over every every aspect of our lives, it's going to lead to a massive extinction level die-off event, and I don't know how it's going to be stopped, but I know it must happen. It's either them or us. I see no other alternative. 

Otherwise, someday in the future you may find yourself living in a pod, eating bugs, and playing video games like a lobotomized zombie, while being slowly boiled alive like a frog in a witches cauldron, as they've got you drugged up on a slow drip of state sponsored euthanasia. You drank the Kool-Aid, and mistakenly thought you were going to live forever in this welfare utopia of video games and drugs, but all along it was all a big fat lie, and you were really just a pig being fattened up for slaughter. 

Friday, December 1, 2023

Running Update and Recommended Clothing

So I've been running for a few months now, and I'm definitely making good progress. I'm not feeling sore anymore after my runs, because I've learned the importance of warming up and stretching, which has made a world of difference. 

Am currently running about a 12 minute mile, which is slow, even for my age, but when I first started a few months ago, I was like in the 14 minute range, which is embarrassing, but you've got to start somewhere. I'm currently running two miles, 2 to 4 times a week, with the goal being to run 3 miles in 30 minutes or less. 

Before the pandemic, I was actually very fit, road my bike thousands of miles a year, for several years, and also did a lot of hiking, though only ran occasionally, and back in 2020 my VO2 max was about 38, which was good for my age group, but thanks to the pandemic, working from home and not riding my bike to and from work anymore, and also getting really sick in 2021, which was probably Covid, but I wasn't tested so I don't know for sure, I pretty much stopped exercising for a year, and my VO2 Max actually fell down to 32 for a bit, which is really bad, but over the last year my fitness has been substantially improving. 

I've finally been able to raise my VO2 Max back up to 37, which is in the good range for my age group, and I feel confident that I'll be able to raise it up to 40, which is in the excellent range, in a few months. 

I actually feel very good and am presently experiencing the best health of my life, and feel even stronger and healthier than I was before the pandemic, even though I'm three years older. 

Anyway, now that the weather has finally cooled down around here, with temps today in the 50s, I thought I'd mention some of the clothing items I wear for cooler weather running and cycling, which I've recently added to my wardrobe, which have turned out to be some of the best purchases I've ever made, that I now consider to be absolutely essential and would never want to go without. 

1) Neck Gaiter. 

Rain or shine, hot or cold, whether running, hiking, longboarding, or cycling, I never leave home without wearing a neck gaiter. When worn over your mouth and nose, it protects against dust, car exhaust, and bugs. It offers sun protection. It keeps you warm when cold, and it helps to keep you cool when hot. It can also be pulled up to cover your ears, or worn as a hat. I used to wear a bandana around my neck, but the neck gaiter seems more versatile, and also looks better.

2) Arm warmers. 

These are mostly marketed to cyclists, but they work for everything. I find them to be extremely useful, and I don't know how I went so long without trying them. Again, they are extremely versatile, use them to provide extra warmth, and also to provide sun protection. What's really nice about them is that it's easier to regulate your temperature then wearing long sleeves. They provide better ventilation, where not only can you roll your sleeves up, you can also roll them down, venting your armpits. They also take up very little space, so if you overheat, you can easily take them off, and pack them in a pocket.

3) Leg warmers. 

To me, because I live in the desert, it's usually very sunny all year round, and so even when it's cold outside, with the bright sunshine, it can feel pretty warm, and is easy to overheat, so cycling specific leg warmers can be preferable to wearing tights, and even pants, especially when running or cycling. I prefer to wear shorts, and the leg warmers make it easier to regulate your temperature, and are much easier to remove then pants when out in public, and just like the arm warmers, they take up very little room, and are easy to roll up and stuff in a pocket. 

4) Merino wool t-shirts. 

This is something I just upgraded to a couple months ago. I've previously been wearing synthetic fiber athletic t-shirts and cycling jerseys when exercising, but besides smelling really bad, the synthetic materials may also transfer to your skin, crossing the blood brain barrier, and may cause hormonal disruptions, which is definitely not good for your health. Also, because I use natural deodorant, which doesn't last very long, I was getting tired of leaving a trail of stink, whenever I'd go into stores. 

Ever since I switched to wearing a lightweight merino wool base layer, I've had no BO at all. It's truly a miracle fiber. I mean, I could wear the same shirt for two weeks, without showering, run or ride my bike everyday, and do an intense cardio work out, and there will be no bad odor whatsoever. Merino wool is like a natural deodorant. It actually has anti-bacterial properties. It just seems like I'm regulating my temperature better than before, it keeps me cool when it's hot and warm when it's cold, and I'm not sweating as much, and overall I'm feeling much more comfortable, I absolutely love it. 

I bought four lightweight merino wool t-shirts when they were on sale, because they can be kind of expensive, some brands being as much as $100 a piece, and I just rotate them. I wear them everyday, 24 hours a day, for running, for cycling, for sleeping, for everything. Merino wool has truly become a wardrobe essential. And if I ever have to dress up, or wear anything nicer, I will wear it as an undershirt. And I also plan on eventually upgrading to merino wool shorts and pants and underwear, but at over $40 a pair, it'll have to wait.

5) Patagonia Houdini Windbreaker. 

This was kind of expensive, but really worth it. I get so much use out of it. What I really like about it over other windbreakers I've tried, is that not only does it do a really good job at blocking the wind, it's super lightweight, packs down really small, and most importantly it's breathable. It keeps you warm when you need it to, but you will never overheat wearing this. It's the best wind breaker I've ever used, and I think it is well worth the extra price, especially if it will last for many years, which I think it will.

Of course, add to this list, a good pair of running shoes, running shorts, running cap, sunglasses, and a running watch with heart rate monitor. What do I use? 

Shoes? Brooks Ghost. Shorts? I've been wearing these Roadrunner Sports 5 inch inseam running shorts, and am very happy with them. Hat? Outdoor Research Sun Runner cap. Sunglasses? Bolle wraparound with polarized lenses. Watch? Garmin Instinct 2S. An extravagant purchase, but I use it all the time, and am very happy with it. 

Also, I always bring pepper spray, and depending on the temperature, or how far I plan to run, usually a small water bottle. I never wear headphones when running, as I run in an urban environment and need to be aware of my surroundings. And there are some terrible drivers here, that will run you over if you are not paying attention.