HJ - And with all the recent Bill Maher talk, and after watching tonight's episode, I submit my "New Rule:"
Bill complains about people posting their opinions online, proceeds to post opinion about it online, so others can repost the opinion online - ok boomers, arf, arf go the seals... ;) (PS - "jazz hands" has quotes for a reason, it's not actually jazz hands that you linked to, but a pejorative term for the hand signals used by Occupy and in some prior/subsequent leftist gatherings)
I'd also make sure to watch "The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist" which is scheduled to be shown at the Prince Kuhio Plaza starting March 27, 2026.
In doing a PW search with few results, I'm surprised we never talked about Tristan Harris/Aza Raskin and their podcast Your Undivided Attention as it was in my daily rotation for several months over the last couple years. Raskin invented the infinite scroll (and acknowledges its addictive nature) and Harris has been documenting/commenting on tech and AI's role in the gamification and profitability of generally making life worse. As for the AI CEO's like Sam Altman, they raise money by claiming their tools are going to replace all human labor (which many businesses want) and maybe destroy the world (so the government will create onerous legislation to prevent new upstarts from competing). Regardless, the reviews seem decent enough, probably check it out when it hits "streaming" for free.
Trying to focus on Hawai'i:
A. Regulate AI before it wipes out humanity and earth. Musky's kiddie porn producing Grok is immaterial when unregulated AI takes every human's job, income and life way. And then launches a full scale nuclear war.
Child exploitation is never immaterial (why are you such an apologist for this?) and while AI has made some inroads for jobs very reliant on text generation (Claude and coding for instance), "AI" in it current form can't perform all sorts of human labor, from picking papayas to repairing your lifted Taco. While the White House is pressing for a national framework preventing state-level regulation, local boy Brian Schatz (b. 1972) is fighting this. Don't want AI to take everyone's job and end the world? Start by not using it, go grow some food, and do some human-focused work in the real world of Puna.
As for Global Thermonuclear War, we've all grown up under the threat of some "intelligence" ending all life, whether it be artificial (War Games 1983) or military (Dr. Strangelove - 1964). For the documentarian's new kid I'd say welcome to the party pal (Die Hard - 1988) and have a plan for the next missile alert beyond jumping in the nearest storm drain. (IRL - 2018 and "Duck and Cover"- 1951)
B. Recover American Democracy from the bottom of the 500 men construction site porta potty where it is in today.
Hmm, maybe experience with organizing locally, protesting issues, registering people to vote, and working the legislative process would be handy here? Obviously it takes people caring enough to at least pay attention to issues (while skipping the internecine wars of the talking heads), but with the immediate impacts to their koa-wood kitchen table issues, seems harder for people to ainokea forever.
C. No longer elect anybody in the Boomer or Gen X classification. Electing our government representation who mostly need to wear diapers is no longer a tenable situation.
Agreed that boomer reps are at, or past, the end of being fit for purpose (Ed Case (b. 1952) cough cough) but Schatz (b. 1972) and Tokuda (b. 1976) still have plenty of tread in them IMO. I generally agree though and tend to vote for the youngest candidate that seems informed and passionate - their generation has to deal with the decisions made for the longest time so best to give them as much a say in the matter as possible (and encourage them to stay in the fight even if they don't get elected this round).
Everything else from 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50 years ago is no longer relevant.
The past is prologue and the best time to start preparing was 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 50 years ago - the second best time is now.
ETA: Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. aka Snoop Dogg (b. 1971) has worked with the Gorillaz guys (b. 1968) on their "Welcome to the World of Plastic Beach" (that's about Hawai'i right? ;) and his "Sumthin Like This Night" (very much a blazing at the bayfront vibe) and the Gorillaz 6th album The Now Now. Lots of creative and collaborative GenXers out there doing amazing work once you know to look.
Bill complains about people posting their opinions online, proceeds to post opinion about it online, so others can repost the opinion online - ok boomers, arf, arf go the seals... ;) (PS - "jazz hands" has quotes for a reason, it's not actually jazz hands that you linked to, but a pejorative term for the hand signals used by Occupy and in some prior/subsequent leftist gatherings)
I'd also make sure to watch "The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist" which is scheduled to be shown at the Prince Kuhio Plaza starting March 27, 2026.
In doing a PW search with few results, I'm surprised we never talked about Tristan Harris/Aza Raskin and their podcast Your Undivided Attention as it was in my daily rotation for several months over the last couple years. Raskin invented the infinite scroll (and acknowledges its addictive nature) and Harris has been documenting/commenting on tech and AI's role in the gamification and profitability of generally making life worse. As for the AI CEO's like Sam Altman, they raise money by claiming their tools are going to replace all human labor (which many businesses want) and maybe destroy the world (so the government will create onerous legislation to prevent new upstarts from competing). Regardless, the reviews seem decent enough, probably check it out when it hits "streaming" for free.
Trying to focus on Hawai'i:
A. Regulate AI before it wipes out humanity and earth. Musky's kiddie porn producing Grok is immaterial when unregulated AI takes every human's job, income and life way. And then launches a full scale nuclear war.
Child exploitation is never immaterial (why are you such an apologist for this?) and while AI has made some inroads for jobs very reliant on text generation (Claude and coding for instance), "AI" in it current form can't perform all sorts of human labor, from picking papayas to repairing your lifted Taco. While the White House is pressing for a national framework preventing state-level regulation, local boy Brian Schatz (b. 1972) is fighting this. Don't want AI to take everyone's job and end the world? Start by not using it, go grow some food, and do some human-focused work in the real world of Puna.
As for Global Thermonuclear War, we've all grown up under the threat of some "intelligence" ending all life, whether it be artificial (War Games 1983) or military (Dr. Strangelove - 1964). For the documentarian's new kid I'd say welcome to the party pal (Die Hard - 1988) and have a plan for the next missile alert beyond jumping in the nearest storm drain. (IRL - 2018 and "Duck and Cover"- 1951)
B. Recover American Democracy from the bottom of the 500 men construction site porta potty where it is in today.
Hmm, maybe experience with organizing locally, protesting issues, registering people to vote, and working the legislative process would be handy here? Obviously it takes people caring enough to at least pay attention to issues (while skipping the internecine wars of the talking heads), but with the immediate impacts to their koa-wood kitchen table issues, seems harder for people to ainokea forever.
C. No longer elect anybody in the Boomer or Gen X classification. Electing our government representation who mostly need to wear diapers is no longer a tenable situation.
Agreed that boomer reps are at, or past, the end of being fit for purpose (Ed Case (b. 1952) cough cough) but Schatz (b. 1972) and Tokuda (b. 1976) still have plenty of tread in them IMO. I generally agree though and tend to vote for the youngest candidate that seems informed and passionate - their generation has to deal with the decisions made for the longest time so best to give them as much a say in the matter as possible (and encourage them to stay in the fight even if they don't get elected this round).
Everything else from 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50 years ago is no longer relevant.
The past is prologue and the best time to start preparing was 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 50 years ago - the second best time is now.
ETA: Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. aka Snoop Dogg (b. 1971) has worked with the Gorillaz guys (b. 1968) on their "Welcome to the World of Plastic Beach" (that's about Hawai'i right? ;) and his "Sumthin Like This Night" (very much a blazing at the bayfront vibe) and the Gorillaz 6th album The Now Now. Lots of creative and collaborative GenXers out there doing amazing work once you know to look.