GM☕️☕️🌅✝️🤝God bless you for this!

Every generation falls into the same trap, damning new technology or progress as something bad or regressive. It is tempting to be scared of things you don’t understand, but I urge you to overcome the feeling and push forward. Please look at the recent history about kids and books, radio and tv, cars and horses, calculators and computers, etc, etc. Time and again we managed to overcome what seemed like a regression and turn it into progress. The best tool we have to predict the future is past performance. Don’t be afraid to, be curious and adventurous. YOLO after all 🫡

That's so true Mike, many times getting some mini trauma is enough to wake you from your stupor and change and adjust path, but have seen many now still ride it til the bitter end rather than change. I guess there is comfort in things staying the same and the pain of changing your beliefs and admitting you were wrong is not always forcing change depending where your ego is.

you are welcome any time. hope you get better soon.

What's your main use for AI at this point?

#asknostr

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#GM FREN HAVE A FABULOUS 🌟 DAY TODAY

Peng defined it as Capitalism with Chinese characteristics

So maybe the UK is Communism with British characteristics

They going to raid your offices soon for shitposting 🤣

Chinese capitalism!

I reserve cunt for much worse people as an American. 😂

you want me to read an article after i already read a book written in 1953 that explains how government violence causes poverty?

i think the onus is on you to read Human Action not me to read some hipster dumbass lefty shit

no need, Ludwig von Mises already wrote 900 pages about how markets work to make people less poor

poverty is always the product of violence

abolishing government is the main thing you need to do, along with teaching people that markets can provide security against crime and violence

many people are brainwashed to think this is possible or desirable

just like many people are brainwashed to think that the government is here to protect us and that they won't spend our tax money on murdering us, both of which are false

Why did you think you could fix poverty?

Charity is for everyone, regardless of where they have come from. Charity being too generous is a separate topic.

I don't think government can fix poverty. I don't think poverty can be fixed; only alleviated.

Can someone pls test zap me?

Maybe everyone can increase his own power at will, but we just don't know it.

has anyone figured out how to build a successful business while simultaneously maintaining your health, and also also being present/a good father. i think its doable but takes an insane about of discipline and time management.

Charities also misuse my money. Any organised effort will suffer more or less inefficiency and corruption, but they are generally still more effective than everyone working alone. Attrition is sometimes the price paid for getting things done, at all. I'm too experienced in charitable efforts to think otherwise.

The misuse of public funds has reached an unsustainable and frustrating high, and has made paying taxes onerous and diaheartening, but I have never heard a convincing argument against all taxation, per se. Places with some minimum of taxation tend to be less-miserable than places without it, and that is the Real World Test.

No, "all taxation is theft" is not a convincing argument. I am not the intended audience for such rhetoric, any more than I will respond well to "all marital sex is rape" or "religion is the opium of the masses", or other cereal box pseudo-intellectualism attempting to make unequal things equivalent.

Damn, those early morning bargin hunters really get a head start 🤣

GM Mike

Ah, the never ending hunt for that perfect bag of compost. I know this saga well....🤣🤣

Yeah I can’t help but think that’s where they went wrong in life…

Like Fred and Rose West?

Time to get your hands dirty Mike

You do quite well, i surpass that i feel 😂

I too work pretty hard. It’s a blessing and a curse

You’ll be dead 😉

Or acquit me..

I'm also GenX, the Boomers need calling out for the shitshow they have left.

Well... 😉

You couldn't beat Bob back in the day.

I'm loving it too. Have hypothesised many scientific theories already 😅. I did get a double A in science back in the day though 😂

Is Helium one of the few (if not only) materials less dense than air? Could be why

I tell people all the time, go meet your winemaker.

But that’s useless advice if you don’t know what questions to ask.

Here’s where I would start.

Your goal is to get them talking. To do that, you need to come off curious and compassionate, not accusatory. You’re not trying to catch them in a lie. You’re trying to learn how they think.

Start with sulfites.

You could say something like,

“I know all wine has sulfites, but I keep hearing they’re overused in a lot of wines out there.”

That’ll open the door. If they immediately agree, you’re probably talking to someone who’s thinking carefully about what goes in their wine. If they bristle or start defending heavy use, there’s a good chance it’s a more conventional approach. And if they’re using a lot of sulfites, they’re probably using a lot of other stuff too.

Then ask about the vineyard.

Not, “Do you spray?” That comes off combative. Instead, ask,

“What’s the biggest weed, pest, or fungus issue you deal with?”

Then follow with,

“That sounds like a nightmare. What can be done to stop it?”

Their answer is going to tell you everything. You may need to look up a spray name later, but the tone of the conversation will already have given you what you need. Listen for whether they talk about the land like it’s something they’re connected to, or something they’re trying to control.

Personally, I’m a big vibes guy.

If it feels off, if they’re defensive, cagey, or dodging the question, that’s your answer.

Trust your gut. It’s good at tasting wine too.

Yeah..

Are you sure you are A Gen Yet Mike? I'm a GenXer and love avocado 🥑 on toast, anything to not do what the boomers say.

The Boomers are gonna love that avocado 🥑 on toast!

Thanks for the update Mike. Where do we stand on the London Cross Rail project?

He & Saylor are working for me. I don’t need to pay either of them. But they’re my 2 best field reps. No expense reports either. They just decided to work for me one day & I’m ok with the arrangement.