Tech Stoic

If airpower and superior military was the answer, we would have had different outcomes in Afghanistan and Vietnam.

Joe Biden gave his entire life in honorable service of the nation. Disagree with his politics but not a patch of rot.

Still cannot stop from blaming him for the mess we find ourselves in 2026

+ all those wise people in DNC, who thought anointing a minority person without primaries was a great idea

Right has 1st amendment rights and an army of them criticized and mocked Biden and his admin.

Left does not seem to have the same 1st amendment rights.

If you call them lunatic left or communists- that will do - to make them less human and open for retaliation.

This will probably drown in flooding of the news waves.

Firing and sinking an unarmed naval vessel is such bad act.

When there was no imminent threat - warning shots to force abandon ship or escort it to detention. Not helping fellow sailors in water.

With great power comes great responsibility.

Urgency to end the war early, was by and large the driver for nuking Japan.

Senate hearings are becoming shouting matches in a flea market.

If the person being questioned is not fearful of consequences for bad behavior and dodging answers- the purpose is defeated.

Thinking of the days of Genghis Khan and Alexander, they could just launch a war on the countries any time they felt like it

And then humanity were civilized and formed democracy and controls.

Now that has gone full circle

Coming back from a trip, it is sad to see old worn Trump/Vance 2024 flags and posters in the most run down houses and localities.

Perplexing how the billionaires played these poor men and women.

It is so cringey

Rules of engagement is a thing and the professional warriors have a reason to respect it.

Thinking of the war between Ukraine and Russia

Young boys trying to outrun a drone in a war zone - sick!!

With so many mainstream media and journalists- never seen an account of those innocent teens and young lives that are maimed or sacrificed for stupid territorial disputes.

Missing Jill Stein, Green Party and their fabulous voters to come back from hibernation to weigh in on things, they cause by dividing up the votes, every election cycle.

Feel bad for the old man

But this a giant leap for accountability - especially when the sickos know their parents will also be accountable

Our priorities as a society

Praying for Humanity that this does not escalate to a nuclear conflict.

Agile sprints should now all move to one week or less to cater to the increased AI coding velocity

The older paradigm is quickly shifting, with efforts and size incrementally negligible

Agile is dead - Long live Iterations and feedback loops !!

Even if you dont agree on the motives,

Just from military tactics standpoint -

Venezuela and now Iran - was militarily executed surgically.

This type of operations requires a lot of planning and tactical judgments - even if you have air superiority.

Love him or hate him, but history can never ignore him now

Dont worry about it

Schumer is already drafting a strongly worded letter

Cory is already preparing for 25 hours speech on the floor

Jeffries is also going to do something equally effective

That is like watching spy movies where someone just surprises you as a double agent.

This difference is very clear in the military.

The attributes required of a Private, Sergeant, Colonel and a General are very different.

In this admin we have folks in Generals position, projecting the attributes of a Private.

In leadership you need Eisenhowers, Pattons - even if out of shape

In their infinite wisdom, the founders should have incentivized states that are net givers, so that others can strive to be there.

With 2 senators each, a Red state lowest in all key markers viz education, health, poverty etc - gives lectures to a state which is successful and is a net giver.

Jack Dorsey's note to the company on Block massacre is heart wrenching to those impacted.

American politicians named it capitalism, when manufacturing jobs and service sector were outsourced.

That gave rise to the angry and agitated heartland with kids having a lower quality of life than parents.

Industrial Revolution encouraged re-skilling and re-tooling.

AI Revolution flips that paradigm. It is no longer shifting of workforce from one skill to higher.

The average Joe just cannot retrain to get the residual jobs left behind by AI.

Unemployed people’s value will flow into AI stocks.

It almost looks like we have a Dollar saboteur inside our walls.

Capitalism was needed at a time and age to get ahead

The basic tenets of Capitalism fails in an AI led economy

Jack Dorsey laying off 40% of Block, not because they were in trouble, but just because AI can replace the jobs and maximize the profits.

Beginning of a K shaped economy

Misfortune of this generation in active workforce (non-millionaires)

First survive a generational pandemic and job losses for non-laptop class

And now looking at the AI job losses for laptop class

Ironically same billionaires ruling, without much empathy.

Poignant reminder that history shows all dictators were deposed by the same people who voted to bring them to power, because of economic woes and inflation after the nationalism had worn off.

Apparently, it’s a common thread - dictators suck at economics.

Rule of the law was foundational to the billion dollar corporations and continuous value creation to be the richest country in the world.

All autocracies turn into crony capitalism - your success is defined by your proximity to power; and not the rule of the law and open markets.

Russian style - free and fair elections incoming ?

It is sobering to come to terms that what we see on bluesky is not what the real people are thinking and living.

Huge swath of people have been conditioned to be angry and hate others by rich billionaires who have the means to groom them.