The continuing development of AI concerns a lot of people, from those who might lose jobs to it, to forward thinkers who wonder what it means for the future of humanity, to those who might benefit from it, such as from its use in medicine.
Author: Barbara W. Klaser
The benefits of a job guarantee and-or a universal basic income
What would a jobs guarantee mean to Americans? No more unemployment for anyone who wants to and is able to work. For the past few years there’s been some debate over a Universal Basic Income (UBI) versus a Jobs Guarantee. This seems to be an either or debate, but I wonder if both are not needed, for different but related reasons. They should also be combined with child care, elder care, and other basic needs filled, such as some forms of basic education beyond K-12, and the ability to make a smooth transition when voluntarily changing careers.
Money and Life Purpose
Money and life purpose seem to be sometimes circular topics that spiral in opposite directions, at least they seem to have always been for me. What I wanted to do for work was not what I found I must do to make money. Or, when I finally had a little more money, suddenly I’d have…
What is going on with Arctic sea ice?
A rather concerning look at sea ice in the Arctic: Sea ice is an important driver for global weather, and depends on an upper layer of fresher water to form in the first place. In other words it’s self-perpetuating. If summer sea ice disappears, the winter sea ice may not be as likely to form…
A thousand disguises
“We meet ourselves time and time again in a thousand disguises on the path of life.†~Carl Jung I always feel as if Halloween/Samhain is really the end of the year, and a new one begins in November. Maybe that’s how it was at some time or other in some civilization or another. I feel…
The Song of Wandering Aengus
The Song of Wandering Aengus
by William Butler Yeats
“I went out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
July new moon
The new moon influences me to throw things out, physically, mentally, emotionally. If I don’t want something to grow, that is sometimes the only answer.
New moon
I haven’t been paying as much attention to the moon as I usually do. Then today I found myself having a bit of a down day, quiet, introspective, but with a very busy mind. I realized the moon is turning today—rather tomorrow—ending its waning and getting ready to grow in the sky. No wonder I’ve…
Prayer beads
The use of prayer beads spans many religious faiths.
Four lions in the Crystal Tarot
Yesterday the Four of Wands came up in a reading with the Crystal Tarot. Later the King of Wands appeared in a separate reading with the same deck. Both cards have lions in their images.