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Tanzy Mai's avatar

I have never read Bright-sided, sounds good. I have read things that may be similar. I think you're pretty balanced and fair in your thinking actually.

Thank goodness you're not focused on conspiracy theories 😅 I mean, it's just a difficult way to live and life is hard enough.

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Sarah L. Crowder's avatar

Agreed!

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Tanzy Mai's avatar

Exceptionally Excellent Newsletter this week, loved The Updates😊

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Sarah L. Crowder's avatar

Thanks, Miss Tanzy! I am thinking about filing cabinet versus laundry basket file management ALL the time now. Like, I don't even remember where I saw that article first. I just know it has had an outsize impact on my understanding of generational differences. Hahaha!

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Tanzy Mai's avatar

Sorry I sound less like a realist and more pessimistic. Note to self, do not post comments while suffering from a migraine 😆

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Sarah L. Crowder's avatar

I'd rather you were honest than cheerful! Did you ever read "Bright-sided" by Barbara Ehrenreich? It's about how positive thinking can actually keep people from acknowledging negative realities. Like, for all of my positive psychology leanings, I'm still a pessimist.

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Tanzy Mai's avatar

It's actually a complicated topic.

There is a natural progression for the laundry basket system. It's probably going to be inevitable. Kids are smart, but do they actually know how things work?

I think some do, but most don't care 😅

I feel like we (people my age) are going to need to go back to school at some point with classes for people like me who just need to get current.

Also, AI is going to kick all of our asses.

The gap between the wealthy and the everyday Joe is going to increase exponentially.

I can feel it already as I am falling through the cracks.

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Sarah L. Crowder's avatar

You're not wrong. My primary source of paid work is going to be completely AI-based pretty soon, so I worry about that sometimes. I wish I could reassure you, but many aspects of the future look bleak to me, too.

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Tanzy Mai's avatar

Yep, robots in charge of our bank accounts, extremely scary😑

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Sarah L. Crowder's avatar

Let's hope they're regular robots and not Skynet.

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