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On the Road Back to Local (opens the original)
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The Road Back to LocalI went to the farmers market this weekend. It was amazing, crowded and full of life.Families were walking between booths. Farmers were selling food they had grown. Local businesses were meeting customers face to face. People were talking to one another instead of staring at a screen or waiting for another package to arrive at the front door.What I saw was more than a market. I saw community. I saw connection.I also saw something we have slowly lost.For most of human history
My Thesis (opens the original)
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My concern about AI isn’t that the technology itself inevitably produces some dystopian future.My concern is more-what happens if technological capability scales faster than public consent, constitutional protections and government restraint.The fact that our own President down plays the leaders in charge of the top AI companies warnings of acceleration and scale is a significant concern and such a boomer take.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch
The Antihero Problem (opens the original)
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There is a disturbing trend developing in this country, and I think part of it can be traced to our cultural obsession with the antihero. I remember watching The Sopranos and finding myself relating to Tony Soprano, which, when you actually think about it, is an odd thing. Tony was objectively a terrible human being. He was violent, manipulative, unfaithful, and responsible for the deaths of other human beings. He was the villain. Yet the brilliance of The Sopranos was that we weren’t only shown
Flock This (opens the original)
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More cameras are appearing on roads, at intersections, near neighborhoods, and throughout communities. Even in my own town of Heber City, UT cameras have popped up on nearly every major intersection. They don’t necessarily look intimidating and unless you really look you wouldn’t even notice them. Most people drive past them without thinking twice.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o84m!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2
Drive an Old Truck and Save your Marriage (opens the original)
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There’s a lot of lessons in owning an old truck.I’ve owned old trucks my entire life. Whether it’s hauling hay, taking trash to the dump, or just getting work done around the property, old trucks have always been part of my life. As long as I’ve owned land, I’ve owned an old truck. And by the way, I still think the only tangible form of wealth is owning a piece of property.There’s something about an old truck.I have a 1980 Ford F-350, a 1986 F-350, and we’re building out a 1971 Highboy. One of t
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