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The Machines are here

  I do not want to be seen as a prophet of doom. Nor do I see myself as a modern-day Isaiah, Hosea, Jeremiah or Daniel who constantly warned Israel about their behaviour, their worshipping of other false gods, and trying to be like other surrounding tribes until they were conquered by Assyria, Babylon, or Rome. But the issue of AI is evident to me, and I must see it in the face, as I am working in that area. I use it regularly to do my work, and it makes my job more effective and easier. A simple example, I had a meeting with my boss recently, and we talked about technical and other topics. An AI was taking minutes of our more than one-hour-long meeting. In the minutes, the key points we discussed were neatly laid out, including the main points and actions to be taken. The non-work-related stuff was summarised as "discussed weekend plans and shared updates about families, while also discussing the similar nature of political parties and their tendency not to fulfil their promises...
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Further explaination of the universe

  Stephen Hawking, a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author, has always tried to explain complex astrophysical phenomena in simple language that everyone can understand. The subtitle of this book is "a further explanation of a science classic made more accessible". To his surprise, his book A Brief History of Time was a bestseller and was on the top ten list for 237 weeks and sold one copy for every 750 people on Earth. The book was a remarkable success for a modern physics book. Many people were asking for a sequel to the book. A Brief History of Time explained how Newtonian Astrophysics described the laws that control planets and stars' movement. This book takes into consideration the most recent theoretical and observational results. How light speed is finite and constant at 299,792,458 m/s. Since the speed of light is constant, to explain the different observations for different observers, time must be relative. Producing the twin paradox, i.e., time slows d...

The future we fear - decivilization, piracy and localisation

  This is a book that tries to predict the future based on what is happening currently. In summary, the future looks dire for everyone, but some are worse than others. In some areas, it is just a mild inconvenience, it could be not drinking Coke but drinking Pepsi instead. But in others, it is a total societal collapse, massive starvation, and a Mad Max-like environment where all institutions are gone and everyone is out for himself. There would be deglobalisation, leading to decivilisation in some areas. No electricity, a disjointed food supply, communication and everything that made modern living a luxury is gone or is made more expensive. But there is one exception: America, he says that America will survive, except for a few inconveniences, and this is because not only is it far from the rest of the world. Also, because it is vast, and the land is plentiful, it has almost all of the minerals and products that can be found within its borders it is also protected by two great oce...

The world according to the Corleone family

"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.”    Michael Corleone The film The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is based on the book "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo, who also wrote the screenplay. The Godfather has entered our culture, and its actors and actresses have become icons. The Godfather follows the Corleone family's rise and conflicts in the mafia world, as patriarch Vito Corleone, played by Marlon Brando,   leads with wisdom and ruthlessness. Michael, his youngest son, played by Al Pacino evolves from a reluctant outsider to the cold, calculated head of the family. The book and the film title "The Godfather" follow his rise, and with each activity, we see similarities to that of a great superpower, in this case, the USA. It. "For in his chronicling of the rise, fall, and rebirth of the Corleone Mafia empire, Coppola presents two hauntingly prophetic messages that speak directly to America today: that the fall of the powerful i...

The end of a massive killer - The Malaria vaccine story

  A program on BBC iPlayer tells the story of the search for the first Malaria vaccine. T his is an exciting story. It has everything, from an exciting detective story to romance, horror, thriller, and finance. The individuals involved go from country to country, from London, Oxford, and New York to Villages in Africa and India. It involves multi-million organisations and sole individuals working against the system. It is recorded that one child dies every minute from Malaria, and it is a significant killer in a large number of countries. This program tells the story of how the Oxford University Team, the same team that developed the COVID-19 vaccine AstraZencetra as part of the Academic Vaccine Development Program. They had produced about 3 billion doses and had been used in 170 countries. This was also helped by a grant from the EU. Malaria was endemic throughout the Western world. It got its name from Rome.  The "bad air" ( Medival Latin' mala aria' ) surrounding ...

Opening of Parliament

During King Charles III's opening of Parliament, the British had a series of customs and traditions that reminded them of their tremendous and complicated past. King Charles III's third time carrying out this duty will be his first State Opening with Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour government in power, following 14 years of Conservative rule. These traditions might seem strange to others, but they maintain the status quo and prevent unforeseen circumstances. The Monarch does not make laws. Since June 1215, at the signing of Magna Carter at Runnymead, the King's power has been restricted, and the Monarch is constantly reminded they are not above the law. The King reigns, but he does not rule. His government rules, and as head of state in the UK, the King is constitutionally obliged to follow the government's advice. It sought to prevent the King from exploiting his power and placed limits on royal authority by establishing law as a power. The UK has a Constituti...