Cleopatra by John William Waterhouse
“Such a nasty woman.” ( Donald Trump)
Inspired by the third Presidential debate 2016 and Huff Post article All Hail These 21 Nasty Ladies from Art History by Priscilla Frank .
One Liner Wednesday is hosted by Linda G Hill
Ahoy Mateys!! Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! And you can get a free dozen doughnuts from Krispy Kreme if you go to their store and talk like a pirate, or dress like a pirate! Harrrrrrr!!!!
Read about it here.
Cute pirate cat image via Petful on Flickr.
Maybe older people have to give up on the traditional and usual sources of employment and look to doing their own thing. One thing I believe is true, we should not give up on ourselves. I came across this video posted via DigiDame on the great website Senior Planet. It is some encouragement that is needed and deserved. Video of Gary Vaynerchuk talking about possibilities for people of all ages.
Forty-year old Gary Vaynerchuk, one of the most successful entrepreneurs and investors in the digital world, says it’s time for seniors to become big-time inventors and creators on the internet. He wants to get rid of the notion that only millennials can make millions by inventing new concepts using the smartphone and other mobile devices. (DigiDame)
(This article, authored by our Steering Committee member Ashton Applewhite, appeared in the New York Times on Sept. 3, 2016.) It might not seem that Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump have much in common. But they share something important with each other and with a whole lot of their fellow citizens. Both are job seekers. And […]
via You’re How Old? We’ll Be in Touch — The Radical Age Movement
Job discrimination toward older workers. This happens way too often. It will probably take a paradigm shift in attitudes and some government policy to make a change.
Featured image “Googlers” by Charles Haynes on Flickr
Hillary Clinton is to be the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States.
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Too often man becomes clever instead of becoming wise, he becomes inventive but not thoughtful–and sometimes…he can create himself right out of existence.—Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone (closing of “The Brain Center at Whipple’s”)
What are we celebrating you ask? I am celebrating my crowning achievement, the full automation of my company. It has taken longer than I anticipated because of a few unforeseen glitches, but now it is done. We can produce all of our products and run the entire business with machines. I no longer have to be concerned about minimum wage, 8 hour work days, sick time, health insurance, or occupational safety. I even save on the electricity needed to keep the lights on. After all, the machines don’t need lights. They can work in the dark.
Post inspired by China is Building a Model Army of Robot Workers by Will Knight, and The Working Class Meltdown by Rick Lowry.
“Approximately 100 million people are employed in manufacturing in China” (Will Knight). The article asks what will happen when they are replaced by robots. I ask what happens to people when they are displaced and unable to find adequate employment again?
This my post for Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers hosted by Priceless Joy
A pair of super-rich American technology gurus are planning to undergo surgery to install experimental implants directly into their brains. (Thanks to Allen at Division, who says “Do people not watch the movies?”)
via IT’LL BE GREAT UNTIL THEY GET HACKED — Dave Barry’s Blog
I read this story this morning as well via Drudge. My husband said he thought the story was a fake because it was in the Mirror. What do you think?
I have been following these reports about the robots that have been designed to look like beautiful women. Dave Barry and Matt Drudge have posted about this as well. One is a copy of Scarlet Johannson, which creeped me out enough. Couldn’t she sue the inventor for stealing her image? But now the second one, who looks Chinese, holds her head in a submissive manner, and addresses her male creators as “my lord.” There was a recent post on Salon.com by Jennifer Seaman Cook, “From Siri to sexbots: Female AI reinforces a toxic desire for passive, agreeable and easily dominated women”
My lord, indeed!
Featured Image from Ex Machina movie by Kanijoman on Flickr. In the film Ex Machina the female robot kills her creator.
I have found that those in their nonage
look upon me who is slightly more than middle age
as probably
nonagenarian or maybe even centenarian
These persons to whom I provide tutelage
have at times have had the temerity
to imply my antiquity
This causes me to query
Is ageism inborn or instilled by society?
This is my post for Stream of Consciousness Saturday hosted by Linda G Hill. The word for today is “no.”
Have you been paying attention to all the news about robots? Jobs that can be done by robots? Some day we may look back and say, “This is when it all began.”
I saw the movie Tobor the Great at a summer day camp when I was a little girl. I remember the line “Tobor is robot spelled backwards,” but I don’t know who said it or if it was me. I liked Tobor. On the movie poster it says “Man-made monster with every human emotion.” In the movie Tobor saves a little boy from enemy agents. The boy was able to communicate with Tobor telepathically. Another robot that was pretty nice was B9, the robot in the television show Lost in Space. He was always looking out for any threats to the Robinson family. Video via Tom Crimmins on You Tube:
In later years, the robots became more threatening. In 2001: A Space Odyssey the robot HAL is running the whole space ship and has a breakdown and decides to start killing off the crew.
Video via Qapla on You Tube:
And then Blade Runner and Matrix and others. In these films, after great battles, the humans are eventually victorious over the robots.
I have been thinking about robots more lately with all the news about robots replacing humans and an article on the Huff Post this morning, The Dark Meaning Behind the Word ‘Robot’ by Casey Williams. She brought up some interesting history. The word robot came from a Czech word “robotnik” which means slave. I am thinking,that if we aren’t careful, we will become the slaves. Ha!
This post is for Stream of Consciousness Saturday hosted by Linda G Hill. The prompt is “Ha.”
