Happy Christmas/Hanukkah from Trinity Acres – home of this Grateful Recovering Deadhead, Zen Baptist, Groucho Marxist, eCommerce Entrepreneur, Remote Online Notary, Dudist Monk, Army Veteran, Advocate for Democracy, Longevity Enthusiast and long-time Software Aficionado.

Susan has taken on a leadership role in People4People, speaking from stage and continuing her writing journey with Empowering Women’s Alliance. Sarah is doing well and has found a new interest in baking. I’m pretending to be retired and focusing on my education now that the election is over. No more canvassing and volunteering with the Pima Dems, so I might as well learn massage, reiki, cyber security, software development and how best to exploit AI.

This year America voted for autocracy over democracy. That’s a little disappointing. I’ll concede that neither of the current American political parties have proven to us that they have our best interests at heart. That being said, The choices in the last election were clear. Perpetuate at least an illusion of democracy and the liberal consensus, or cede power to the broligarchy. The wannabe trillionaires appear to be so greedy that they’re willing to destroy all the progress we’ve made over the last century to expand the vast wealth they already control.

Research from the Rand Corporation shows that the top 1% of U.S. income earners have taken more than $50 trillion from the bottom 90% over the past several decades. That study was from the last decade, and my guess is that the number is substantially higher. The wealth gap not only continues, but widens at an accelerating pace. Can we count on the giants of industry and commerce to have our best interest at heart? That supposition has little evidence to support it other than a few libraries, schools and museums.

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is here. Now. What does that mean for all of us? We really don’t know.

On the one hand, it is now possible to create literature, music, art and “film” from a text prompt.
It may also mean we have access to education for the masses, solving climate change, curing previously incurable diseases and creating free energy.

On the other hand, if an artificial super-intelligence (ASI) realizes that humanity is not only unnecessary but dangerous to the planet, then all the post apocalyptic scenarios from Skynet to the Matrix may come to pass. Hopefully, there’s a power at work in the universe that will allow for the evolution of the species.

What’s my take away? Stay healthy, work on myself spiritually, learn AI and build multiple streams of income to support creating safe communities for our fellow travelers that are at risk.

Currently on a OPC3/Juice+ kick leading into a Reset 25 start to the new year. Susan and I are both in Wisdom this year, although we may not be posting our insights to FaceBook or other social media where the algorithm is controlled by the broligarchy. And I’m also looking for alternatives that are more open to different points of view. Also learning what I can about autonomous AI agents, including AgentForce.

I’m experimenting with sustainable housing. We tried a 300 square foot bell tent, a cabin tent and a dome tent in our first foray into glamping. All of those failed miserably. Too much wind up here on Hilltop and the sun can be brutal. Now we’re toying with the idea of domes. Aircrete in the DomeGaia tradition, and/or geodesic following Buckminster Fuller’s pattern.

Also see value in lightening up. I would love to give away a few hundred books, CDs, DVDs, bootleg cassettes, reel-to-reel tapes, and equipment to a good home. The end-game would be to downsize into an RV or sailboat.

The journey continues…