A Year of Non-Harming

A Year of Non-Harming

“Alexa, play that song again, PLEASE!” Skye is in the kitchen with her Barbies playing some sort of Japanese pop that she discovered when Alexa misheard a request she had. I’m sitting at my desk wondering whether I want to require her to say Please and Thank You to the AI (I’ll bet there’s…

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Cowboys and Steam Trains

Cowboys and Steam Trains

In the small town where I grew up, there was a small theater that played popular, first-run movies. By today’s mega-plex standards, it was small with padded red seats, two narrow aisles, and only a slight slope to the floor. Outside was a lobby and small refreshments stand that served my dad’s favorite vegetable,…

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