As I was walking back to the bathroom on my near-empty flight from New York City, I noticed one of the stewardesses using ChatGPT to write something. It resonated with what my brother had said earlier in the day. He reminded me that this is how things are now, and what we are really trying to figure out is if the masses are going to gravitate to one of the two main public models (Claude and ChatGPT) or if the price point is such that they’re going to go the way of Napster et al, and start using these freely available Chinese models. I know Americans. We want it free and fast. We’re going to use that free Chinese… until the government says we cannot.
Freedom. MAGA.
I realized something else too. MAGA doesn’t actually GAF, and a lot of the people who are “MAGA” are not political beyond this moment and the idea that they are attached to something so polarizing and scarily powerful. In other words, they’re fair-weather fans who can claim the winning team. I’m not saying this is everyone, but the least mature of the bunch are certainly of that flavor. This isn’t merely the rank-and-file voters that consume Fox News and lose all sense of perspective. Some of the people we voted in are mentally mean girls and bullies. Consider Lorena Boebert. Recently she snapped a photo during a closed hearing and sent it off to her influencer friend who immediately posted it. Illegally. Both of them were chasing clout. They wanted to look cool and connected and show off like, well, mean girls. This is the script for so many cyber-bullying commercials and after-school specials. Now the specific here are a bit more interesting—Boebert sided with the Republicans to keep the hearing private vs. public while the person being interviewed, Hillary Clinton, vocally clamored for it to be public. When the photo was snapped they complained she was trying to hide stuff and keep the haring out of the public eye. That’s the spin. Reality is meaningless in this regard. They just want to win and don’t care what the reality looks like after they take the victory photo.
This is why Iran is not going to end well. Everything since we screwed this up back in the 70’s tells us Iran isn’t going to end well.
Some Thoughts:
- Absolutely Bonkers Headline of the Day: I don’t even need to post it. Y’all know we invaded Iran and took out the entire leadership. Cool, huh? Maybe to the people who don’t realize we’ve done this stupid dance before…
- Youngest ran his first meet of his JR season. Not bad. Near PR’s across the spectrum. Needs to get his lick back.