by Barry Phegan | May 23, 2023 | Social comment
In our anxiety-obsessed nation, the latest big panic is around AI. If you believe the fringe, AI will soon match or exceed the intelligence of humans, will be exploited by the black hats to overwhelm us with disinformation, and be used by students to answer...
by Barry Phegan | Apr 24, 2023 | Living Life, Social comment
Complaining It seems there’s no end to things to complain about and no end to people willing to complain. Personally, I’m a little tired of all this complaining. That’s my complaint. I complain about the political fights in Washington DC. “Why...
by Barry Phegan | Mar 30, 2023 | Living Life, Social comment
https://70andolder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/The-Benefits-of-Modern-Society-Have-Costs.mp4 If you believe climate change is a problem, is modern medicine also a problem? I learned the hard way that they come as paired products of our culture. You...
by Barry Phegan | Mar 14, 2023 | Living Life, Social comment
Washington’s tiresome budget battles deflect our attention from the licensed pickpockets that steal trillions every year. I’m talking about the financial services industry and internet and cell phone providers that skim us daily. We are so used to...
by Barry Phegan | Feb 8, 2023 | Social comment
Corporations use our biological need to feel part of our group to sell us an endless stream of new clothes. By buying, then dumping these passing fashions, we personally contribute to the growing climate catastrophe. There’s been a big change in my...
by Barry Phegan | Jan 19, 2023 | Living Life, Social comment
Bummed out by relentless rains? Friends lost their homes to forest fires? Feeling sorry for those retreating glaciers, melting ice caps, and starving polar bears? Stuck at the airport with flight cancellations? Your basement’s leaking, and that’s never...
