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On the Pivot podcast, Scott Galloway gave his optimistic prediction about the effect that Ozempic (and Wegovy) would have on American society. He said he expected the prices would drop from $1000/month to more affordable levels over time. He imagined a future where people needed fewer medications for physical conditions, mental health issues and lifestyle…

The host of the Solo Podcast, Peter McGraw, often says that Solo individuals (singles) needs to build a community of friends and supporters around them. He says it is vitally important to have at someone you can call when you wake up in the middle of the night afraid, in pain or sad. Moreso, he…

I heard an interview with the CEO of Bumble discussing how she plans to use AI in her business and all I could think was she is so full of shit her eyes are brown. After she blathered on about financials, growth, the bright future, how Bumble doesn’t see itself as a competitor to Tinder,…

My vet, my dentist, my surgeon and me all share something in common. We make follow up calls. It is unbelievable what this simple, low cost action results in and how few other people do it. I took Wiggles to the vet this week for a stomach issue. She had been having diarrhea for 5…

I heard an interview with a former US Congressman this week on a podcast. Although I have political differences with him (and a general distrust of all douchebag politicians), I thought he was remarkably candid during the interview. I suspect it’s because he’s a former Trump supporter who is now anti-Trump and as such, is…

A few days ago when I was browsing in the library, I heard a guy talking while doing some kind of presentation on his laptop. Since I was deep in the back stacks and he was at a table in the corner, I assumed it was one of the few places he found that was…

I am always on the lookout for interesting podcasts. I listen when I’m driving, cooking, cleaning, doing chores and warming up before my workouts, which totals many hours each week. One way I find new podcasts is browsing feeds of top lists, new lists, and Apple recommendations. Those are not very fruitful for me. The…

The more history I read, the easier it is for me to accept the present. Right now I am reading Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant. In a chapter discussing forms of government, they wrote about monarchies and dictatorships that transformed into democracies over time. Then these same democracies later transformed back into autocracies….

While reorganizing my digital files today, I reviewed letters, documents and photos that I hadn’t looked at in years. Some went back 20 years. I saved them because at one time they seemed important. These included myspace pages, letters to courts, receipts, appeals written to help family members, obituaries, and the other miscellaneous documents you…

Diane Feinstein, the longtime California senator who remained in office long after her physical and mental deterioration made it obvious she could not longer perform her job, died this week at age 90. She was wheelchair bound and had been exhibiting unmistakable signs of dementia and severe age-related physical problems. She hung onto her position…