Joe's Memos

Fear Without Courage Produces Puppets

You must have courage if you are to avoid being someone’s puppet. If they know your deepest fear, and you lack the courage to face it, evil ones can manipulate you. They only need to do one of two things: promise to free you from your fear without the need...

An AI-Generated Blog Post About Why AI Cannot Replace Poets

There is a growing concern that artificial intelligence (AI) will eventually replace poets. After all, AI can already generate text, translate languages, and write different kinds of creative content. So why would we need poets anymore? Here are 1000 words on why AI will not replace poets: Poetry is about...

Living Slowly

It’s so easy to get caught up in the bustle, to get in a rush, to turn on autopilot and just do it. I was in that mode for a few days, and then I got a headache, and I started thinking, “what does this headache mean? Am I sick?...