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Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me [write]."

Yes, I added the editorial insertion because I'm sure that's what he meant.

Number 58 is an American MB Big Trak programmable toy tank.

I would find it fascinating if an author did a deep dive into the toy knock-offs in the USSR and how they came to be.

"I am not without hope."

I am not without hope that these writings offer a small respite to the AI weary.

Money provides freedom, not happiness.

". . . but our social scripts telling people to produce social fabric . . ."

The author of the article may benefit from reading "Bowling Alone" by Robert Putnam. Although it's now in a class of books on American history, it explores this topic in depth.

afaik, a society needs to face a potential collective crisis to "produce its own fabric." Of course, the Internet (or technology), by its nature, is actually collating society while keeping many comfortable through its economics, and thus the script is to keep isolated.

I also believe Jim Morrison, the lead of The Doors, made the prediction of technological music collation some 60 years ago.