Yep, it's not "either/or" or zero sum. I don't have a problem supporting steel jobs, or any jobs, but I would contend that our domestic cultural capacity has unquestionably been reduced. And getting that back is no easier than restarting a steel industry. We're united in getting screwed.

Thinking Revenge of the Sith is good is pure nostalgia brain. It’s not. Not even the fight. It’s also very bad. No stakes. Just the two best duellists in the Galaxy making no mistakes until the end where they had to invent a really stupid one.

I’m on the “AI is a giant boondoggle” side of the debate, in part because of its immense costs, both initial and ancillary. When you figure that cost relative to the degree to which is improves lives, the ROI is nonexistent.