You scared me a bit with your prologue but then realized it wasn't actually you that's dying but humanity itself. That's the way it works, though, you live & you die...it's what you do in between that makes the difference. Then I had to get out my Oxford Word Finder, it's always close by so not a problem. "Simulacrum".... what the hell is that??? "A shawdowy likeness; a deceptive substitute or image of something; mere pretense". Okay, so now I know, my new word for the day, one of many. I was alarmed this am to read that Amazon is cutting 14,000 jobs in a "restructuring spree" which boils down to more AI, less employees and expense, which equals more corporate profit or greed. This a is a really bad time to be out of a job, not that there's ever a good time. I feel sad for people of this day and age, opportunities are so diminished it's frightening. It's time to get creative, think outside the box and let optimism overpower pessimistic thoughts. Although I will say that I have never experienced such a screwed up world as that of today and I was born in the 50's. Have a happy day !
You scared me a bit with your prologue but then realized it wasn't actually you that's dying but humanity itself. That's the way it works, though, you live & you die...it's what you do in between that makes the difference. Then I had to get out my Oxford Word Finder, it's always close by so not a problem. "Simulacrum".... what the hell is that??? "A shawdowy likeness; a deceptive substitute or image of something; mere pretense". Okay, so now I know, my new word for the day, one of many. I was alarmed this am to read that Amazon is cutting 14,000 jobs in a "restructuring spree" which boils down to more AI, less employees and expense, which equals more corporate profit or greed. This a is a really bad time to be out of a job, not that there's ever a good time. I feel sad for people of this day and age, opportunities are so diminished it's frightening. It's time to get creative, think outside the box and let optimism overpower pessimistic thoughts. Although I will say that I have never experienced such a screwed up world as that of today and I was born in the 50's. Have a happy day !