Stick a fork in it

[saw]

Capitalism has not handed us sexy new innovations
to clear the log jams of of a clogged, dying economy
so we could just consume our way out of the myriad of problems we face

and there isn't a good reason to believe that artificial intellegence
is conducive to humans health and our ability to survive, no
captitalism has dug a a ditch so deep and wide we won't be able to pole vault to the greener grass

human behavior cannot be impelled by competition and our addiction to expanding profit
so as to lead us all to the verdant pastures of plenty for everyone,
and the A.I. gods will be more ruthless than the demogogues that try to control them.

as a species we must adapt, instead of believing in magic and fantastical solutions
presented to us and forced down our throats. Technology owned by soulless billionaires
are asking for our blind faith as we approach our existential fork in the road

the real fork to be concerned about
is the one stuck in our butts,
because that's how we will know, We are done.

not much an old man can do to stop it
but I hope the youth will rise up in protest
and show the world what real imagination can accomplish

resistance is the only way forward
NO NO NO
take your sickness with you to your bunkers....or Mars

[saw]

After dealing with the insurance company back and forth for over a month I am certain any response you get comes from a list of pre-crafted answers, that may or may not really answer your questions...In this case there is a human involved, that goes down the list, and inserts the response that he or she deems most appropriate for the situation.....adding details that will clear things up is frowned upon...No... Forbidden....being opaque is no longer a skill.....its just appling number 1 thru 25...Cut and paste is the new customer service....and if you're not happy they can just avoid you....of course you will be even less happy if that happens, but So What.....it's odd because when i watch the baseball game, most ads fall under 3 categories....prescription drugs, organized gambling, and car insurance......with car insurance all he big names lay it on thick....repeating what their gimmick is over and over....so i would assume they very much want new business....so perhaps the end game is getting you to switch companies...and once they have you....they can just give you one of the 25 annoying responses....

[mnaz]

A-men!

[sasha]

"Customer service" is an oxymoron; a thing of the past, a relic of the days of mom-and-pop enterprises who recognized & respected the symbiosis between business owners and their patrons. It no longer means "How may I help you? What can I do for you?" - it's become to mean "Here's how you can best serve us. Here's what you're going to do." It's infuriating. It's always been about the flow of cash from our pockets to theirs - one step removed from "You shoe my horse, I'll fix that gate for you". But that one-to-one relationship is gone. Now we are merely resources to b exploited. Cash mines. Revenue streams. And they've mostly got us by the balls. "Don't like paying $3 for a wilted head of lettuce? Too bad. Good luck finding any better next door." For every one of us who gets his back up and walks away (you listening, PayPal?), there are more than enough lined up behind us to take our place without a ripple. Business as usual.

[saw]

well said Roy...it's exasperating.....there are no alternatives....we are being forced into servitude by these slimy business models...utilities continue to rise....food....gas......they are Pushers....got us hooked on these necessities and their convenience to our way of life....and now the price of these drugs just went up

[saw]

speaking of forks in the road,

Dostoevsky said, Perhaps it is better to suffer and know the truth, than to be happy in delusion.

but Kafka said, I would rather keep my illusions for they are often kinder than the truth.

So perhaps the question might be, do you want the truth, or do you want the illusion ?

A lot of my friends have chosen the illusion...they tell me I just can't take the news....and i understand that

there probably isn't a right answer to that question

I suppose many are on the fence

some can take a little truth.....but not too much truth

some may feel are that they are at that existential fork in the road.....but I imagine some are living in the old world that they were

relatively comfortable in