Seneca was Right!

The Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca, known as Seneca, was right about many things:

• Prepare for the worst case scenario.
• Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
• Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
• There are more things, Lucilius, that frighten us than injure us, and we suffer more in imagination than in reality.
• Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
• Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
• All cruelty springs from weakness.
• Time heals what reason cannot.
• One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
• As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
• Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.

Technology is like Alcohol, Too Much is Debilitating!

Internet Technology, especially social media platforms, are like alcohol. Too much is debilitating and socially disruptive. A little bit goes a long way.

Have a walk and a talk with family and friends. Sit down and play cards or a game with people, real people, not robots which I call "robs" for obvious reasons.

Live your life on your terms, not as an addict.

Remember when a phone meant Freedom?

Do you remember when a phone meant Freedom?

When phones were connected by wire, people were free.

Maintain your personal Agency and your Privacy

In social science, Agency is defined as the capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.

Many modern technologies are designed to take away your various freedoms or agency. Cell phone tracking, arbitrary facial recognition, digital cash, payment services of all kinds, loyalty cards etc. These are all forms of Techno Slavery.

Every one of these owns or controls something that was only yours in the past. A true loss of freedom is happening continually to all of us.

Slow TechnoSlavery down whenever you can. As an example: purchase with cash when you can, turn your cell phone off when not in use, clear your location history, don't post anything personal on social media, lie to all pollsters. In short: PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY or what you have left of it. It isn't too late to start.