Recently, Half was, not shrilling at me, exactly, but there was definitely a tone.

See, I refused to speak to the remote to find something, somewhere, on the TV, and Half got … exasperated.

Told me it was time to get with the times.

AI and the robot overlords make everything easier, no pressing buttons, just speak into the ether and commands are magically wished into existence.

No.

The house will not have Alexa or Siri or Cyberdyne Systems executing commands, thankyouverymuch. 

I’m not that lazy.  Not yet, anyway.  Anybody see “Wall-E”?  My 600-lb life, indeed.  43 stone?  Really?  Guess so.  With a diet Coke.

BUT! but, then methinks that so much of modern life is controlled and accessed by the robot overlords, so much so that a brand shiny new economy that doesn’t manufacture anything but creates everything.

Influencers have 7-figure lifestyles just by being narcissists.  “Look!  LOOK.  Look at my life and everything I do it in.  See?  Validate me.”

And here I am, jumping on the bandwagon.  Might get caught under the wheels but will still make the effort. 

We’re all indebted to the Internet, and the creep was sloooowwwwww.  theKid doesn’t even know a world without it. 

Many, many moons ago a work colleague volunteered as a coach for a youth league, and transported some of the kids in a pre-autolock era minivan, we’re talking ancient.  Easy ‘80’s, maybe early 90’s.  Anyhoo, this workperson thought all the kids were out of the vehicle and began to walk away … but heard a desperate thumping emanating from the van.  Turns to see one of the kids beating on the glass. 

Kid didn’t know how to unlock the door (had to pull up the little metal cap thingie) and was effectively trapped.

Huh.

Another former work buddy once told me that the purpose of government is to eliminate the ability of the individual to rely upon himself.

Folks get off the grid, use solar and raincatchers and grow their own food, but still have to pay property taxes or the lose their entire setup.

Huh.

Read a book a while ago, quite disturbing actually, about an EMP attack on the US, and what the nation would look like after.

There was cannibalism.  Same for McCarthy’s “The Road.”  People gonna people.

Methinks the point of this is that humans have created a society that we will have real difficulty existing apart from.  All the modern conveniences are really civilized shackles … if they ever come off, 95 percent of the human population likely will die within the year.

Mad Max-esque … well, really the Road Warrior, but funny how most folks didn’t (don’t) know that was a sequel.

Auntie Entity, a study in power.  Imperator Furiosa, indeed.  And no, MasterBlaster did not run Bartertown … he/they lived amongst the pigpoo and darkness, whereas she reigned from on high. 

That series bestowed the world with two of the most powerful female roles in modern memory.  And that laugh at the end.  “… Raggedy Man.”  Charlize Theron killed it.  No delicate flower, bred for breeding and slaughter, she. 

Wonder Woman had mythical powers.  The ladies of the apocalypse had to wits their way through that mess.  

I thought I had a point … not sure if I’m making it.

Social media and the rise of AI will be the downfall of mankind.

Well, the second one.

And it looks like the woman will instigate the cause of that one, too. 

“LonelyFans.”  Gotta love it.

Really, actually, don’t.  {Proverbs 31:30}