Feeling free flowing thoughts today, so…
Some Thoughts:
- I start the Barbienheimer run tonight, so I’ll have the data on that by Saturday.
- Ordered a book (that should arrive by the weekend) on using ChatGPT as a writing tool. I don’t know what to think about such things beyond the stir it is apparently causing for the Screen Writer’s Guild. I do want to use it as a shock and awe moment when I slap it down in front of my novel writing students and ask them if they ‘think this is next?’
- In my own writing world I have a lot of text to develop over the next 30 days. I am expected to have a detailed sketch (outline plus!) of one project in the next thirty as well as a full deliverable of another in the same time period. So, these weak 1 hour (MAX) sessions I’ve been conducting since returning to the desert are not going to cut it. I need to shake off the transfer rust and get down to work. 2 hours tommorow, back in the gym, and get my head back screwed on straight.
- At least two of the classes I’m teaching are ending, so that is les mental energy spent in other directions. On the other hand, the paychecks stop too…
- I didn’t win either big lotto. Someone bought a winning ticket in LA though. Ah well, I guess its back to earning generational wealth the really really hard way.
- I listened to the Podcast getting all the attention where Saquon Barkley said he could sit out, and yeah… lotta smoke and no fire. No wonder the dude gets pissed. He worked very hard in that cast to explain who he was as a man and a teammate and how he wants to play and even why the contract dispute was what it was, but the media keeps pushing a particular narrative that is negative. It came down to this: The tag gives him 10 mil guaranteed. If they tag him a second time, he is earning 22 total. The contract offers gave him less money guaranteed. So, why take a deal to get a paycut? Does he hold out? He said he really needed to sit down with his people (including teammates) and think about it. I say no. He basically said no himself.
- The most interesting thing on that podcast was the way the money dude talking explained that how much money you make/have is a reflection of your contribution to society. He cited the coincidence of wants as a baseline to understanding why money matters. However, I am calling hard bullshit on the guy. That money manager whose entire life is about manipulating wealth for the wealthy is not necessary contributing more to society than your average rights activist or trash collector. His entire premise is flawed.
- On the other hand, he speaks the language of the corporation, which is the language of this growing dystopian future. No, it won’t be cyberpunk world. It will be something else–something worse.