Valuable Lessons From the Twelve Day War

For years I have made it a practice to daily clear my Inbox. I like to stay current on news and respond promptly to people who contact me. 

As Israel (and finally) the USA bombed Iran to stop them from getting a nuclear bomb, I couldn’t keep up with the stories and videos coming in. Some I pasted into the draft of this week’s blog. Others continued to sit unread in my Inbox. 

With Monday’s announced ceasefire–really Iran’s inevitable surrender–I will attempt to summarize what we learned the past two weeks. 

Here are some valuable lessons from “The Twelve Day War.”

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Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) Good or Bad?

For months I’ve been thinking about writing on Artificial Intelligence (AI) due to its “rising star” in the 2020s. 

Then this morning I joined a university  faculty Zoom meeting where AI topped the agenda because students are using it to write papers–a modern form of plagiarism.  It’s a problem we must deal with in a big way in higher education.

So must the entire world in ways beyond “papers.”

At the end of our meeting, one professor quipped, “Maybe we should have AI write our policy on it.” We all laughed (but maybe we should cry). 

Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) good or bad?

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Turning the World Right Side Up

The shock and awe changes the Trump administration is bringing to the USA/world is nothing less than breathtaking. Donald Trump has accomplished more in a month than most presidents accomplish in four-to-eight years.

I’ve never seen anything like it in 54 years as a voter.

The American people are behind him 50-55% in most polls (much higher than he polled in term one) and Rasmussen Reports that their Presidential Approval Roundup shows a majority of Americans believe the country is now on the “right track” for the first time in two decades.

President Trump believes he has been spared by God to renew the American nation.    

That belief is turning the world right side up.

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