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Hi, Samuel. Thanks for stopping by! Actually, the best thing you can do to start your morning right, in my opinion, is doing what you just did, hopping out of bed and reaching out to someone. Flex your mind-muscles and start moving around and planning your day, and you'll hopefully feel more pep in your step.

I haven't seen the new Indiana Jones movie, Dial of Destiny, but I do remember the old one from 1984, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Harrison Ford was already over 40 even back then in 1984. He's now 81, and it's pretty amazing that he's still acting in action/adventure films. I think I'll watch Dial of Destiny for that reason alone. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Wikipedia

If there were alien life near us, how would you believe we should react? In comparison to life on Earth I mean. Many animal species on Earth are becoming scarce/endangered. If humans went near alien life on another planet, without really having established a pattern of conservation on our own planet, would we endanger it?

I think that if life on Earth is possible, other life near Earth must also be possible. But I also think incredible things tend to be sensationalized...so I'm not sure.

Silo was pretty cool, suspenseful. I haven't seen Foundation or Invasion.

I'm looking forward to more opportunities in the world thanks to AI making research and writing quicker and easier. Ideas can come and go when it takes too much time to do something with them. I hope you have many good business and personal opportunities in the new year, and that the negative things in the world (environmental and health disasters) improve the more we gain an understanding of them.

Hi, Monica, thanks for sharing! I think that AI is more likely to transform people's ability to do creative work in their free time, as research for books becomes easier, and more people can record their thoughts more quickly. Great point about how it may affect advances in medical research!

Concerned gardener speaks out against ‘outrageous’ yet popular plant-growing rumor: ‘It’s a myth that just won’t disappear’ (msn.com)

What Makes Technology Good or Bad for Us? (berkeley.edu) I also found this article from Berkeley interesting: it says that technology can be better for us when we directly engage and communicate with each other online. Just looking at social media posts without responding to them tends to be a negative experience.

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