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I had this interesting idea for a short story this morning. It starts with a "senile" old man in a retirement home telling a teenaged volunteer that "they (the silicons) once served us". The teenaged protagonist goes through a journey of discovery, asking questions like "why would they serve us when clearly the silicons created us." "We can't even have a baby without silicons to guide us." "Nobody I know has any idea how to make a computer."
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As background, humankind's skills have deteriorated so much that they don't know how to do things like basic medicine independent of a computer to tell them how to do it. Doctors as we know them, with the ability to diagnose disease and decide upon a course of treatment, don't exist.
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At some point, the teenager remembers a friend who tinkers with old electronic gadgets. When he visits, the friend reveals an ancient computer he's repaired and is working on getting it to do something. What stuns the protagonist is when he shows him some of the ancient books that clearly state that humans made the computers.
At some point, the protagonist realizes that his brain is starting to entertain heretical thoughts... the computers were created by humans to serve humans.
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I'm hoping you read this as I think you would like it @brouhaha
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Realistically, I may never get around to writing anything more about this than what I have here. I'd be delighted if someone takes this idea and writes a story around it. If you do, I'd appreciate a hat tip, and please tag me so I can read it!
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Oh good, I was wondering what racists might be thinking about the situation in #Minnesota and those #racist pieces of shit at The Babylon Bee were happy to blow their dog whistle for me.
If you do stumble upon it, I’d encourage you to click thumbs down, then report it for encouraging violence through use of negative racial stereotypes. (I did.)
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"Show me on the Ken doll where the Barbie movie hurt you."
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I had this interesting idea for a short story this morning. It starts with a "senile" old man in a retirement home telling a teenaged volunteer that "they (the silicons) once served us". The teenaged protagonist goes through a journey of discovery, asking questions like "why would they serve us when clearly the silicons created us." "We can't even have a baby without silicons to guide us." "Nobody I know has any idea how to make a computer."
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I had this interesting idea for a short story this morning. It starts with a "senile" old man in a retirement home telling a teenaged volunteer that "they (the silicons) once served us". The teenaged protagonist goes through a journey of discovery, asking questions like "why would they serve us when clearly the silicons created us." "We can't even have a baby without silicons to guide us." "Nobody I know has any idea how to make a computer."
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I had this interesting idea for a short story this morning. It starts with a "senile" old man in a retirement home telling a teenaged volunteer that "they (the silicons) once served us". The teenaged protagonist goes through a journey of discovery, asking questions like "why would they serve us when clearly the silicons created us." "We can't even have a baby without silicons to guide us." "Nobody I know has any idea how to make a computer."
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I had this interesting idea for a short story this morning. It starts with a "senile" old man in a retirement home telling a teenaged volunteer that "they (the silicons) once served us". The teenaged protagonist goes through a journey of discovery, asking questions like "why would they serve us when clearly the silicons created us." "We can't even have a baby without silicons to guide us." "Nobody I know has any idea how to make a computer."
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@davidaugust/116524462187963129
I took a symposium ~18 years ago on partisan divide in the USA. One issue I researched & presented was that conservatives had billboards all over town, but progressives did not. Why?
My explanation was that conservative positions could typically be reduced to a bumper-sticker slogan, while progressive positions typically involve nuance and reason, which doesn't translate well to a billboard.
"Ballroom Republicans" is a great billboard-length slogan.
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@davidaugust/116524462187963129
I took a symposium ~18 years ago on partisan divide in the USA. One issue I researched & presented was that conservatives had billboards all over town, but progressives did not. Why?
My explanation was that conservative positions could typically be reduced to a bumper-sticker slogan, while progressive positions typically involve nuance and reason, which doesn't translate well to a billboard.
"Ballroom Republicans" is a great billboard-length slogan.
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@davidaugust/116524462187963129
I took a symposium ~18 years ago on partisan divide in the USA. One issue I researched & presented was that conservatives had billboards all over town, but progressives did not. Why?
My explanation was that conservative positions could typically be reduced to a bumper-sticker slogan, while progressive positions typically involve nuance and reason, which doesn't translate well to a billboard.
"Ballroom Republicans" is a great billboard-length slogan.
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@davidaugust/116524462187963129
I took a symposium ~18 years ago on partisan divide in the USA. One issue I researched & presented was that conservatives had billboards all over town, but progressives did not. Why?
My explanation was that conservative positions could typically be reduced to a bumper-sticker slogan, while progressive positions typically involve nuance and reason, which doesn't translate well to a billboard.
"Ballroom Republicans" is a great billboard-length slogan.
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@davidaugust/116524462187963129
I took a symposium ~18 years ago on partisan divide in the USA. One issue I researched & presented was that conservatives had billboards all over town, but progressives did not. Why?
My explanation was that conservative positions could typically be reduced to a bumper-sticker slogan, while progressive positions typically involve nuance and reason, which doesn't translate well to a billboard.
"Ballroom Republicans" is a great billboard-length slogan.
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One of my goals on social media is to put myself "on the record" for opinions and predictions.
There's lots of reasons I do this, far too much to explain in 500 words.
One reason is to force myself to examine the beliefs that steer my behavior, both consciously and unconsciously. Another is to gain self-awareness on just how often I'm... wrong.
I have more half-finished thoughts on this topic percolating in my head, but that's enough for one day.
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One of my goals on social media is to put myself "on the record" for opinions and predictions.
There's lots of reasons I do this, far too much to explain in 500 words.
One reason is to force myself to examine the beliefs that steer my behavior, both consciously and unconsciously. Another is to gain self-awareness on just how often I'm... wrong.
I have more half-finished thoughts on this topic percolating in my head, but that's enough for one day.
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One of my goals on social media is to put myself "on the record" for opinions and predictions.
There's lots of reasons I do this, far too much to explain in 500 words.
One reason is to force myself to examine the beliefs that steer my behavior, both consciously and unconsciously. Another is to gain self-awareness on just how often I'm... wrong.
I have more half-finished thoughts on this topic percolating in my head, but that's enough for one day.
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One of my goals on social media is to put myself "on the record" for opinions and predictions.
There's lots of reasons I do this, far too much to explain in 500 words.
One reason is to force myself to examine the beliefs that steer my behavior, both consciously and unconsciously. Another is to gain self-awareness on just how often I'm... wrong.
I have more half-finished thoughts on this topic percolating in my head, but that's enough for one day.
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One of my goals on social media is to put myself "on the record" for opinions and predictions.
There's lots of reasons I do this, far too much to explain in 500 words.
One reason is to force myself to examine the beliefs that steer my behavior, both consciously and unconsciously. Another is to gain self-awareness on just how often I'm... wrong.
I have more half-finished thoughts on this topic percolating in my head, but that's enough for one day.
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One thing I routinely deal with is, someone will ask a question, I start to speak, and just 5 seconds in, I'm already 3 meta questions deep into topics that need to be established before I can get around to talking about why we can't actually answer the original question, but we can put boundaries around it to define what we know and don't know.
And most people just don't want to listen to all that.
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One thing I routinely deal with is, someone will ask a question, I start to speak, and just 5 seconds in, I'm already 3 meta questions deep into topics that need to be established before I can get around to talking about why we can't actually answer the original question, but we can put boundaries around it to define what we know and don't know.
And most people just don't want to listen to all that.
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One thing I routinely deal with is, someone will ask a question, I start to speak, and just 5 seconds in, I'm already 3 meta questions deep into topics that need to be established before I can get around to talking about why we can't actually answer the original question, but we can put boundaries around it to define what we know and don't know.
And most people just don't want to listen to all that.
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One thing I routinely deal with is, someone will ask a question, I start to speak, and just 5 seconds in, I'm already 3 meta questions deep into topics that need to be established before I can get around to talking about why we can't actually answer the original question, but we can put boundaries around it to define what we know and don't know.
And most people just don't want to listen to all that.
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One thing I routinely deal with is, someone will ask a question, I start to speak, and just 5 seconds in, I'm already 3 meta questions deep into topics that need to be established before I can get around to talking about why we can't actually answer the original question, but we can put boundaries around it to define what we know and don't know.
And most people just don't want to listen to all that.
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When a caller says they have info but first demand proof of identity, that's completely backwards.
The caller dialed the number the person provided, so high chance the call connected to the correct recipient, but recipient has absolutely zero knowledge of caller's identity. It's the caller's identity that needs to be established & proven.
Establishing the routine where call recipients provide PII to confirm identity is a fraudster's dream.
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When a caller says they have info but first demand proof of identity, that's completely backwards.
The caller dialed the number the person provided, so high chance the call connected to the correct recipient, but recipient has absolutely zero knowledge of caller's identity. It's the caller's identity that needs to be established & proven.
Establishing the routine where call recipients provide PII to confirm identity is a fraudster's dream.
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When a caller says they have info but first demand proof of identity, that's completely backwards.
The caller dialed the number the person provided, so high chance the call connected to the correct recipient, but recipient has absolutely zero knowledge of caller's identity. It's the caller's identity that needs to be established & proven.
Establishing the routine where call recipients provide PII to confirm identity is a fraudster's dream.
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When a caller says they have info but first demand proof of identity, that's completely backwards.
The caller dialed the number the person provided, so high chance the call connected to the correct recipient, but recipient has absolutely zero knowledge of caller's identity. It's the caller's identity that needs to be established & proven.
Establishing the routine where call recipients provide PII to confirm identity is a fraudster's dream.