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But enough about you back to me… I like taking the stairs, rather than an escalator because it hurts a little and that’s good. If it’s 4-5 floors, I’m happy to get a little exercise. I still pay for several newspapers and publications and enjoy reading them, except now I do it online. I enjoy reading books – real books – because there’s a sensory appeal of the cover, pages and typography that is inwardly satisfying. Picking up, putting down a tablet .,, not so much. I like my computer, tablet and smartphone because they make it fast/easy to find important stuff, stay in touch with people and create. Of course, it’s gut-wrenching to put them down and know I’ll be out-of-touch just when someone wants something. I enjoy driving places. It’s even cathartic ... watching, anticipating all of the idiots around me is fun, challenging. I like the convenience of voice turn-by-turn directions. But getting lost now and then, finding places you never knew existed (or ever wanted to know) is interesting. If the house is really dirty, my wife will tell me what needs to be picked up. If something needs to be done in the yard, she’ll point it out to me. I have no desire for a bot to chase me around the house and yard … our African Grey does that. I don’t think I need a toaster that’s smarter than I am or a refrigerator to tell me what to pick up at the grocery store. You-know-who is smarter, she tells me. AI (artificial intelligence) is sorta’, kinda’ neat, but I also like to make decisions based on personal experience, discussions with friends/family and gut instinct. AI isn’t the Alpha-Omega solution. It has a long, long way to go. Web3 and ChatGTP sound like beautiful tools to create wonderful things without lifting a finger and doing stuff we didn’t really know we wanted to do/have done. But, there are times when a dose of human logic helps--even when you muck up. It’s the way life forms learn … trial and error. I admit it, I’m not a big fan of the Meta/Facebook, Instagram machines. The whole idea that it’s more important to put stuff from friends in front of me rather than news about the business, industry and world around me is dumb! I think people have a broad range of interests … things they’re really interested in, kinda’ interested in, not really interested in but think it’s nice to know and things they totally disagree with or make them wonder what the **** people are thinking/doing. I agree with Mitch Joel who heads Twist Communications and does the Six Pixels of Separation podcast up in Canada. I appreciate editorial/publishing professionals who spend their days creating and curating stories for me to consider, skim, read. They do all the hard work. I simply consume. The Meta/Facebook faithful are going to miss a helluva’ lot! Zuck had a good idea going – grabbing other people’s news and using his analytics to spoon-feed us what’s most important. Then he blew it for ratings. Elon knew Twitter needed to be overhauled so it could be the honest communications tool it