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And the winner: Baby Boomers

Baby Boomers (born roughly 1946–1964) — especially those born in the mid-1950s to early 1960s — have witnessed the most dramatic arc of technological change over a lifetime, from pre-digital to post-digital society. 1. Born into an Analog World Black-and-white TV with 3 channels. No microwave ovens, calculators, or home air conditioning. Most transportation was mechanical — no GPS, No Power…

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Very cool concept. As a former Marine Biologist and now Sci-Fi writer, The CudaJet blends the best of both worlds for me. One thing I’m particularly curious about is the noise factor. Depending on the decibel level, it could be more than just a minor distraction—it could interfere significantly with both diver awareness and marine life communication. As a free diver (which is what these videos…

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Bombay By Boat IPA

TYPE: IPA BREWERY: moonlight Brewing Company LOCATION: Santa Rosa, CA CONTAINER: 4-pack COST: 12.99 ABV: 6.2% RATING: 4 swigs REVIEWED BY: Dave I found the can washed up on the rocks in Shelter Cove—intact, icy cold, label sun-bleached but legible: Moonlight Brewing — Bombay by Boat IPA. No one leaves a full IPA behind. I popped it open. That’s when I heard the truck. Old Taco, rust red, loaded…

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Dear Mr Cook

Apple, for decades, stood as the modern paragon of disruptive innovation—the company that made us feel the future before it arrived. But lately, it seems Apple is trading in its greatest asset: creative momentum. There’s a haunting symmetry between Apple’s current trajectory and the slow declines of once-mighty giants like Kodak and RIM. They too were titans. And like Apple today, they too began…

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Hollywood's Storytelling Crisis: A Call to Action

Once upon a time, the world looked to you for dreams. Your stories lit up the dark. You taught us to hope, to fight, to love bigger than we ever thought we could. You drew us into the theaters–Heck! My first real job, at fifteen, was that of being an usher at the Algonquin Theater in Manasquan, NJ, wearing a suit several sizes too big, where my pants were belted up around my rib cage and I could…

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The Pursuit

TYPE: IPA BREWERY: Six Point,  LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY CONTAINER: 6 pack cans COST: $11.99 ABV: 6.4 RATING: 4 Swigs REVIEWED BY: Dave It was just past 9:33 PM, where the road feels more like a memory than a direction. I’d just left Total Wine in West Palm Beach and the cashier wanted to see my ID–– weird, ’cause I’m well past the expiration date. The cans hissed a little in the bag, as she slid…

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1 Billion Robots And Counting

Isaac Asimov’s The Robots of Dawn presents a vision of intelligent, humanoid robots integrated into society, raising questions about ethics, autonomy, and the boundaries between human and machine. Fast-forward to today, and we see real-world counterparts emerging in unexpected ways. The, now, $1,000.00 Roomba, once seen as a novelty, now quietly symbolizes the normalization of domestic…

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Collision of Performance and Music

There are certain pieces of music that trigger a person’s opiate receptors–– a channel opened–– only they can hear. For me, the performance of, In this Shirt by The Irrepressibles is just that… This performance is a collision of art and music, together of which are greater than the sum of its parts. This combination or artistic expression transcends space and time–– they do not merely coexist––…

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DeepSeek - A bear in a honey pot

I’ve always been a strong proponent of A.I. seeing its potential much like the calculator controversy in the mid-70s. Back then, calculators were briefly banned from U.S. schools because the Board of Education feared they’d dumb down Americans’ proficiency in math and science. Of course, the use of calculators led to landing rovers on Mars. Sure, for every mouse trap there will always be a…

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Lift, Clean & Place

Growing up in the 1950s, the idea of a future without flying cars seemed unthinkable. It was certain we’d see them in our lifetimes. Back then, images of flying cars leaped off the pages of pulp fiction, igniting dreams of airborne highways cluttered with assorted crafts, zipping along on raised avenues. Over the years, countless prototypes have emerged, yet most relied on fixed-wing designs that…

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How Sci-Fi Novels Predicted the Future

Ask anyone if Time Travel exists and the vast majority of those asked will quickly tell you… No! Because they are looking to correct the past and the only direction that time travel exists in, is the future. So what is my proof? Well, I asked ChatGPT to summarize some of the earliest Sci-Fi novels that predicted the workings of the future: And the list was close to what I put together (I added…

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Anyone who has spent time with me discussing technology or science fiction knows that one of the most influential books I’ve ever read is Snow Crash (1992) by Neal Stephenson. For me, it was a trailblazer, lighting the way to ideas often overlooked by mainstream thinking. For anyone entering the field of information technology, it’s like a guidebook for imagining the future. But, amusingly, very…

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Blockchain Voting - not perfect, but a much stronger trap than what we have.

Just as every mousetrap eventually gives way to a more clever mouse, securing elections presents a similar challenge. Evidence of substantial voter fraud in recent U.S. presidential elections isn’t hard to find—I avoid conspiracy theories posted social as well as main stream media feeds, and rigorously fact-check my sources and there is direct evidence of fraud that the mainstream media does not…

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When it comes to asteroids-- close counts

On April 13, 2029, the asteroid Apophis (designated 99942) will pass within 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers) of Earth—an incredibly close distance in astronomical terms. This asteroid is about 1,100 feet (340 meters) in diameter. NASA assures us there is no risk of Apophis impacting Earth for at least the next century (really). If you’re curious, NASA’s website offers live tracking of the…

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Musk-TRUMP Interview: Cyber War and the Future of Technology Revealed

The night of August 12th 2024, I think the world caught up to Science Fiction: The Musk/TRUMP interview. It was set to start at 8:00 PM ET on the X platform. I logged in and made a bee line to Elon’s feed and tried to join the space, but in doing so the platform froze… As a career IT professional, with an expertise in enterprise monitoring–– having the ability to know what are inside the data…

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The Great Deception

As a writer of science fiction, I draw inspiration from the silent mentors of my past: George Orwell, Ayn Rand, Ursula K. Le Guin, and others. Like all writers of fiction, I hope to pass on something I have said that others will use as a compass for themselves. Reading George Orwell’s 1984 for the first time in the 70’s was pure fiction to me at the time, but like all Science Fiction they are…

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When will the battle between truth and artificial realities take place?

I came across a fascinating read on BBC.com about fake newspaper companies in the US, which are owned and operated out of Russia; their objective? To spread misinformation. Yes, nothing new here, but read between the lines, where Sci-Fi Writers gather their ideas and see the future in the rear-view mirror. Synopsis for novel, Feed©: “In the year 2224, the world is a place where truth and…