[FRIAM] all the old men are dying...

[glen]

I think this signal is healthy:

David Hogg, Vice Chair of Democratic National Committee, talks future of the party and criticism
https://youtu.be/e03bpYyrs-U?si=XN21Qd1LTWcHVXge

I'm still skeptical. But it's nice to see a gentle bucking like this. I'm in no way, shape, or fashion a Democrat. And his "We need to have a 100% eradication of gun violence and gun deaths in this country" is absurd, even given his background. But it's nice to see a little open friction.

On 4/21/25 12:13 PM, steve smith wrote:
> Thich Nat Hahn, Jimmy Carter, Pope Francis
> 
>     taking bets on how Trump tries to nominate himself Pope?
> 
> Was that the point of Vance's visit, to claim Francis named Trump his successor?
> 
>     Mary's protest t-shirt simply states "Is he dead yet?"
> 
> I'm not Catholic but have partnered with three escaped/reformed/failed Catholics and attended Mass with my children until they hit the age they could refuse confirmation (and further indoctrination).   I enjoyed a great deal of what I experienced in that context and definitely appreciate a *lot* about Francis' style and nature.   But just as I felt the passing of Queen Elizabeth, that the royalty and now the papacy is dead.
> 
> When DJT finally meets his maker, I wonder if the "American Presidency" is dead.   He has distorted the norms and standards of the office, the checks and balances of our tripartate gubm'nt.
> 
> I'm predicting (for better and worse) that our future (self?)governance will be effected somehow through the leading edge of contemporary technology... (e.g. LLMs, blockchains, IoT, etc.).    Unfortunately the heavy-hitters in each of those fields are highly suspect.   I *want* to believe Altman isn't evil (like Google wasn't evil?) and I *hope* Hoskinson is as pure of intent as he aspires/projects, etc..  and I *want* to believe that to whatever extent the milieu of ML/AI co-evolving with itself these days is *capable* of transcending our human frailties... but that is a LOT of wanton Hopium...
> 
> Anyone see any healthy signal in the disturbing noise rising up amidst the authoritarian fascism whose colms are breaking through the soil this "spring"?
> 
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