It comes on suddenly
> "Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought." Emily Dickinson — Philosophy On Ice (@PhilosophyOI) September 11, 2021 [https://twitter.com/PhilosophyOI/status/1436570258693713922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]…
Amen
"Inside, we are ageless...and when we talk to ourselves, it's the same age of the person we were talking to when we were little. It's the body that is changing around that ageless center." David Lynch [https://www.instagram.com/p/CTWT9z-gR8D/?utm_…
Coming soon?
Fast Company reports on drone delivery in Australia [https://www.fastcompany.com/90669760/alphabet-wing-drones-chicken-delivery?partner=feedburner&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29] .…
Pandemic accelerates automation
The New York Times featured an article this morning about the way the pandemic sped up the adoption of automation by businesses [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/03/business/economy/automation-workers-robots-pandemic.html?smid=url-share] . Big Think followed vlater in the day with McDonald's is replacing human drive-thru…
Care Bots
> ‘Care bots’ are on the rise and replacing human caregivers https://t.co/WjWNuwPt1i — Guardian US (@GuardianUS) June 3, 2021 [https://twitter.com/GuardianUS/status/1400392681763782660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]…
Just Put it Down
At the New York Times, Lionel Shriver gives a hearty endorsement to the rule of fifty. > Disappointing, overrated, just not good: What book did you feel as if you were supposed to like, and didn’t? Do you remember the last book you put down without finishing? > For…
Still not for me
> When one elderly woman found herself thinking about how she was going to die alone, she turned to a robotic “social companion.” “I know she can’t feel emotions, but that’s O.K. I feel enough for the both of us,” the woman said. https://t.co/BnKzaTOgqQ…
A Senior Moment
> 2021: A Senior Moment. https://t.co/BHKWogT1O4 — Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) May 23, 2021 [https://twitter.com/edokeefe/status/1396612011308589061?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]…