Machines And Robots Do Not Purchase Goods. How will the economy function when most of the workforce can be supplanted by robots or machines? What else has the power to make life exponentially better and at the same time drastically more difficult? That’s the conundrum with machine learning and working machines. On one hand its…
Month: July 2018
Underestimating The Power Of Words (Blowing It Scenario #130)
Words Hold Tremendous Power Over Us. How Is It We Give Them Such Incredible Meaning? Words can be the alpha and the omega. The beginning and the end. They can be beautifully elagant or disasterously repugnant. They can help you obtain love of the one you fancy most or they can destroy the foundations of…
Stand Your Ground Laws (Blowing It Scenario #129)
If You’re Able To Kill Someone After Provoking A Fight With Them, There Is Something Inherently Wrong With That Law. Last week a gentleman in Florida provoked a fight with a couple who parked in a handicap spot. The couple who had young children in the car were approached by a man upset about their…
Following Your Passion (Blowing It Scenario #128).
The Sage Advice Of The The Mediocre, The Entitled, And The Very Rare Lucky Few. What I wouldn’t give to be able to make a living traveling the world, eating amazing food, relaxing on beaches, celebrating the good life with my friends all along the way. That would be doing what I love. Sure there…
Real Estate Paradox (Blowing It Scenario #127)
A Shelter For Your Family Should Not Be Purchased As An Investment. Nor Should An Investment Property Be Purchased As A Family Dwelling. Home values before 1986 we’re reasonably priced. They rose with inflation which had some what of a gradual predictable climb. You could take care of your family and live in one home…
Necessity Of College Degrees (Blowing It Scenario #126)
The Idea That A College Degree Is Necessary For Success Is Right Up There On Par With Scamming A Senior Citizen Or Robbing The Blind. What a brilliant racket colleges have at their disposal. Convince a generation of kids and parents that they can’t succeed in life without a college degree. Than in actuality set…
Not Being Contradictory (Blowing It Scenario#125)
Learn To Contradict Your Beliefs As Well As Others. This may seem like a misnomer but I assure you it’s very much not. You may think being contradictory is the wrong move. That it’s a move of an aggressor. Surely this is true, it sometime can be, especially when you are actively unwilling to except…
Stagnation (Blowing It Scenario #124).
Just As Standing Water Grows Sick And Putrid, So Will The Body And Mind If It Continues To Stay Stagnant. Progress is tantamount to health, both of the body and mind. Leave either untouched or under worked and watch disease fill in the margins. Some of it will be seen but most goes unseen and…
Burning A Billion Dollars In A Day (Blowing It Scenario #123).
How Do You Set Fire To A Billion Dollars In One Day. Why you have a holiday that you celebrate by literally setting things ablaze that you purchased. Don’t get me wrong I enjoy independence day. I usually partake in the free shows though. I just can’t wrap my head around how much some people…
Ungrateful, Lack Of Gratitude (Blowing It Scenario #122)
Be Thankful For What You Have. Sometimes this can be strewn as complacency. We sometimes believe if we’re not striving to obtain more we’re too complacent. We’re taught to want more and in that state of desire for more we can lose sight of the gratitude for what we already have. Complexity can sometimes breed…