A little more food, for thought --


Are You a Robot?


The question is frequently asked:
"Are you a robot?"

Consider those who designed the question --
Are they, robots?


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jrm
27 April 2023

My Survey


You should have received
an app,
enabling you to complete
a survey
of our latest
coffee-break.

Hopefully,
you will fill it out.

The company I've
contracted
to run the survey,
promises an adequate
return on my investment.

This approach to
interpersonal relationships
is the answer to
K-plans and Social Security.

See you at coffee,
tomorrow!


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jrm
27 June 2022

Humanity's Legacy

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The End

There was nobody to hear
rolling thunder,
in a hot, dry,
dark sky.

Humanity's receipt,
for not believing
in a global warming --
until it was too late.

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or,

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A New Beginning

We survived global warming!

How we successfully met
humanity's greatest challenge,
only history can tell.

But,

A legacy was left,
for our descendants.

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jrm
30 July 2022

The New Aliens


Entanglement,
is their new environment.

Communication,
at a distance?

Name your distance.
It's irrelevant.

Space-time surprises.
Black holes have boundaries.

We all have boundaries.
No information is lost.

History repeats --
around infinities . . .

Around the new aliens.


* * *


jrm
15 Aug. 2022

For Julie , :o)

Hi Jim! *waves* Nice poems :)

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The world is, still, spooky things at a distance, Julie. Good to see you on DPC! Now, how about one,
from you!

Addressing
the Elephant
in the Room


And, so, we try
to do our best,
to improve our worldly lives.

But constraints have arisen.

A hike in North Dakota,
where a local fellow told me
about rabbit cycles.

Knowledge gained,
about the "magic number"
of fish in a bowl.

Mr. Malthus'
observations on
human population sizes.

Are there too many of us?
Do our numbers, alone,
cause global warming?

Could we avoid economic collapse
if we humanely
reduce our global impact?

Who will compensate the poor,
if they, also, are asked to reduce
their future family sizes?

How to explain, about their
desired sacrificial contribution,
brought about by the world's affluent?

Will democratic ways suffice,
or will authoritarian steps be needed,
via, say, the United Nations?


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jrm
12 Sept 2022

Nice one, Jim :)

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Julie --

It's, certainly, a tough subject to deal with -- our darling children/future tots.

Ref., for a prose approach, in the March issue of "Scientific American", "The Eight-Billion-Person Bomb",
by Naomi Oreskes, p. 76.

Poor Timing?


Remove resource pressure
on Europe,
via Bering Strait-
underground railway?

However,

Oil drilling might be authorized
in Alaska's
North Slope.

Repercussions?

More global warming?

To be discussed.


* * *

j.r.m. 15 March 2023

ps, ref. "Prisoners of Geography", by Tim Marshall

Virtualitis


We are dying
of . . .
Repeat?

We are dying
of . . .
Repeat?

The repetitious world
dominates our senses --

It's virtual business --
and
virtual schooling.

Life is survival.
Life is survival.

Stay out of our way
in a new world.

Virtualitis.
Virtualitis.

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jrm
22 March 2023

To elaborate, a bit. . .


Signs of the Times

Boarded up pharmacy windows.

Increasingly . . .

Flashing red lights, sirens,
from fire trucks, and ambulances;
rotating blue lights from
police cars.

Repetitious music
in coffee houses.

All seats taken by virtual workers
and their clients.

Most people glued to their cell phones,
as opposed to reading.

Don't like it?

Consider joining your real friends?

Don't like it?

It could get worse,
before it gets better.

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jrm
3 April 2023

This poem was inspired by reading/pictures seen, in, "Your Brain on Art", by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross.
It's ultimate interpretation is up to you, the reader, of course! My heart goes out to those, in the real world,
who are obliged to walk those paths>


Paths to Take

No way out.
No way in.
There's no doubt,
when you begin.

Faces hidden
in the trees.
Paths you're bidden --
lives appease?

Will you join them?
No more cares?
New directions, taken?
Hopes to spare?

There's no doubt,
when you begin.


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jrm
4 April 2023

Sparkling Light

A sparkle of hope
In a sea of dispair.
That is what you mean.

A sparkle of light
In the vastness of space.
That's what you are.

A drop of respect
Falls on your wisdom,
Which I admire so much.

A drop of my tears
Rolls down your eyes,
That see it all.

A breeze of love
In your storm of anger,
Is what I give, to you.

A breeze of joy
In my achy head,
Is what I send to you.

Sparkling light,
That's what you are,
That's what you mean,
That's what I see,
That's what you give,
That's what you send, to me.

Wisdom and joy,
Love and respect,
You are,
You mean.

I see
We will give
That sparkling light.
To you.
To you.

To you.

DJ'16

*Track 1 on As It Shone*

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A much-needed sparkling light, Julie.

A much-needed sparkling light, Julie.

I agree, Jim.

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We've braved the belly of the beast,
We've learned that quiet isn't always peace,
and the norms and notions
of what just is
isn't always just-ice.
And yet the dawn is ours
before we knew it.
Somehow we do it.
Somehow we've weathered and witnessed
a nation that isn't broken,
but simply unfinished

Amanda Gorman

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We've braved the belly of the beast,
We've learned that quiet isn't always peace,
and the norms and notions
of what just is
isn't always just-ice.
And yet the dawn is ours
before we knew it.
Somehow we do it.
Somehow we've weathered and witnessed
a nation that isn't broken,
but simply unfinished

Amanda Gorman

Such a nice poem, thank you, Vic.

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Same for me, Vic.

jim

AI's Limits

If AI should unionize,
will we have gone too far?

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jrm

25 Oct. 2023