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The Ballad of Woody, the Stealth Bong
When Colorado became the first state to legalize pot in 2016, I was proud! I wanted to beam myself back to 1975, to tell the 17-year-old me growing up in Denver and buying and using grass illegally — and using a lot of it — that my fair state would eventually be the first in the union to do…
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How to feel the earth turning beneath you and find deep appreciation for Earth, our home
When astronauts go to space and see for the first time that dramatic view of their planet suspended in the void, they relate in soaring, philosophical language of how profound and transformative that experience is for them. They find a deep appreciation for Earth and the only planetary home we have. I realized up there that…
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Rethinking the rest of my days: AI’s impact on life expectancy and financial stability
[Author’s note: the following was researched with the help of various LLMs, but the content was written by me.] When I retired in October 2022, my wife and I put considerable thought and planning into guessing our life expectancy, and therefore our estate, investments, and finances to ensure that we could afford to live comfortably…
