Once working colonies become a thing, any organic matter will be worth its weight in uranium.

Also, in my area I see a lot of beautiful old pre-1950s houses get torn down to be replaced by a dozen shoebox condominiums stacked three high.

It’s kinda problematic. ‘Rainbow kryptonite’ would be more appropriate,

https://www.dexerto.com/comics/superman-pink-kryptonite-supergirl-2520937/

Talk to anyone who was old enough to vote for Clinton.

It wasn’t a big dramatic floor fight in Congress. People started talking about doing away with the ATF, and the idea seemed to be gaining momentum, and then it just…vanished.

I like to post that in 1960, we had a minimum wage of $1.00/hour and the average US home cost $11,000.00

Whenever I do, someone will point out that houses today are, on average, bigger.

They never mention tiny homes and six people sharing a two bedroom apartment…

I see no advantage to students using AI and many problems.

Unless and until I see an advantage to a new tech, I hold my reserve. Obviously, a typewriter will give you better copy than a quill pen, and a word processor beats both.

But all three of those require the writer to come up with their own ideas.

First, you’ve proven my point about how the interwebs can lead us into stupid, inane, meaningless arguments that prove nothing.

Second, comic book Batman always carries krytonite in case Supes goes rogue, and that beats some surfing gear any day of the week.

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Old theaters

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/great-old-american-theaters-article

This is one of my favorite stories.

The ATF completely screwed up the raid on the Branch Davidian Church in Waco back in 1993. It was indenfesnable and a lot of people started saying that the Agency should be abolished and its responsibilities moved to the FBI.

“Small government” GOPs blocked any mention of the idea, because they were worried about having the FBI looking into gun crimes.

And at the time it was true.

If all the knowledge you have in your society can be memorized and recited, writing it down means it can be changed.

On the other hand, if you have a society where you know of that there are over 500,000 types of beetles, it might be a better idea to come up with a way to record that information without memorization.

Just because an idea is new/old doesn’t mean it’s good/bad.

Things have to be judged on their own merits.

I like to put it this way.

Television is like binoculars and the internet is like a microscope.

Watch TV and you’ll see all sorts of things from a distance, and kind of get an idea of how they interconnect. A good general idea of what’s going on.

Use the internet and you’ll end up spending six months arguing over which version of Batman had the most effective utility belt.

A while back, someone suggested that only women should be allowed to own handguns, and that the guns should all be painted baby pink.

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/why-nra-blocking-obamas-surgeon-general-nominee/

Obama wanted to do this, but the NRA blocked his choice for Surgeon General.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/06/wait-what-new-research-says-internet-use-is-killing-your-memory/#:~:text=That’s the main takeaway from new research by,technologyso ubiquitous that opting out is nearly unimaginable.

Such men are dangerous!

I know that I learn better when I write things down on paper.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-learning-secret-don-t-take-notes-with-a-laptop/

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/06/wait-what-new-research-says-internet-use-is-killing-your-memory/#:~:text=That’s the main takeaway from new research by,technologyso ubiquitous that opting out is nearly unimaginable.

I don’t know who Charlie is, but I know he don’t surf!!

https://youtu.be/1PzfbIIwvU0

None of these ideas are my original thoughts. I’m paraphrasing a bunch of other folks.

Similar things happened to music in the 1960s and movies in the 1970s. The old system had fallen apart and no one in charge had any idea what to do. The only thing they could think of was to throw cash at anything that moved and hope for the best.

That’s why in the 1960s you could have bands as diverse as Frank Zappa and Bob Dylan, and Sha-Na-Na and Iron Butterfly etc etc all getting a chance. They guys [it was 99% men] who understood Sinatra and Bing Crosby just went with whatever the kids seemed interested in.

Same thing in the 1970s with movies. ‘Star Wars’ was a giant gamble, but the studio heads figured they had to try something.

Cut to today. Entertainment industry has figured out how to keep the machine moving. We’ll keep getting Taylor Swift and Marvel movies until the next generation stops paying.

Obviously, this is only scratching the surface.

It’s too bad you didn’t get to post that on Juneteenth.