Companies Going GaGa Over AI!

Tech titans have gone full heel.

Bosses are salivating over A.I.’s overblown promises to make human jobs obsolete.

Workers suspect they are being pressured into using A.I. to hasten their own demise.

The Pentagon is bullish on A.I. weapons, ushering in a new age of existential dread.

Desperate people are turning to chatbots for connection. (NYT)

You name it. It’s happening!

Comparison Is The Thief Of Joy!

Do you constantly compare yourself to certain people or another person?

If so, it is a terrible waste of your time.

And is SELF DESTRUCTIVE!

Let me tell you about a vascular surgeon I know.

He is very short. Probably about 5.3 feet tall.

Can you imagine the ridicule he endured while growing up?

He also endured a 4 year bachelor’s degree, 4 years of medical school and 5 years of specialized training.

I wonder if he was envious of most men who are much taller.

But, he went about making the most of himself.

And that is what each of must do.

Don’t continue comparing yourself to others.

No, make the most of yourself and the opportunities available to you!

If not today, when?

Kids Need More Recess Time!

Recess isn’t just a fun break for grade schoolers.

It’s crucial to good health and good grades for kids of all ages.

That’s the message from a leading pediatricians group, which just released the first new guidance in 13 years about this unstructured time at school and how it needs to be protected.

The updated policy statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics comes after years of shrinking recesses and worsening children’s health.

The group “has always supported play – free play for kids – but it’s been increasingly threatened over time.”

This is occurring partly by the drive for higher test scores, said Dr. Robert Murray, a lead author.

Social development on the playground is as important as intellectual development in the classroom!

“It has a very powerful benefit if it’s used to the fullest.” (CNN)

Well, How Will You Treat Her Today And All Her Tomorrows?

Yes!

I’m serious.

We should treat all the women in our lives with the love we showed yesterday!

And do it everyday.

I made a trip to the grocery store yesterday.

You should have seen all the men running out the door with flowers for their lady.

Will those men bring her flowers on any other day of the year?

If not, why not?

She is a gift from GOD and should be treated as such!!!

Moms (Best People On Earth!)

There is no greator love than a mother for her child!

It involves all the physical, psychological and emotional ties that uniquely bind the two together.

Even before birth, the mother is nurturing 24/7.

She gives all of herself and keeps on giving as long as she lives.

She is her child’s greatest “fan” throughout his or her lifetime.

Sometimes mom receives love in return from her child throughout her life. Sometimes not.

There is no greater act of love than a mother’s for her child.

And it is given freely without conditions!

Celebrate your mom every day, even if she is not perfect.

Helpful Information For Seniors?

I have not researched the following information.

I am offering it only as an example of resources designed to make the later years more manageable.

Positive Aging SourceBook has always been committed to serving the readers by listing every senior housing option whether they are paid advertisers or not.

We understand that readers need all of the available choices to make an informed decision.

Positive Aging SourceBook understands the complex and emotional aspects to decision-making that our reader goes through.

That’s why every issue features dozens of articles written by foremost experts on aging issues and real-life stories detailing solutions that have worked for others. (NYT)

Do You Have A “Road Less Traveled?”

ROBERT FROST 1916

“Two roads diverged in a wood and I took the one less traveled by.

And that has made all the difference.”

The phrase is widely used to encourage an unconventional path

and taking personal responsibility for one’s life!

Can you think of a direction for your life that could bring you more happiness?

Maybe you are living on that path now.

Or, maybe another path could “make all the difference.”

Social Media Doesn’t Strengthen Friendships!

Using social media isn’t likely to strengthen your friendships and could even make you lonelier.

This is the result of a study published Wednesday in Public Health Reports, the official journal of the US Public Health Service.

Adults with a greater percentage of social media connections whom they hadn’t ever met in person were lonelier.

This was according to the survey of over 1,500 Americans ages 30 to 70 years old.

What’s more, connecting with more close friends on social media didn’t make people less lonely.

Much research shows that having offline friends makes people less lonely.

But connecting with friends online clearly is “just not the same.” (CNN)

Ted Turner: He had an idea!

Ted Turner died today at the age of 87!

He had a simple idea that he built into an international empire.

THE IDEA:

People shouldn’t come home at 6:30PM and have to wait for the news at 11PM.

The News should be available 24/7 to people around the world!

If a worldwide audience saw the same news together, there might be fewer wars.

He was a risk taker and visionary!

May he rest in peace!

Your Beliefs Affect Your Lifespan!

A Yale University researcher found that people who have positive views about aging live, on average, 7 ½ years longer than those who don’t.

How does that happen? How could that be?

A positive view of aging might be something like believing that growth is possible at any age versus a negative view of aging that involves inevitable decline. Which one is true? They’re both true.

Belief itself is not what changes your biology. It’s just the first step.

What happens to somebody when they believe growth is possible at any age versus somebody else who says, “Aging involves inevitable decline”?

How does the person who says, “I’m having a senior moment” behave? They behave old.

So, it turns out it’s not magic. Your beliefs become your biology by way of behavior. (CNN)