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Amazon replacing workers with automation

Amazon is a major employer in the US. As of June 30, 2025, Amazon employs approximately 1,546,000 people. This number reflects a slight decrease from the previous year, indicating ongoing adjustments in their workforce. stockanalysis.com GeekWire It will now employ 30,000 less: … Continue reading

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I’m forever blowing bubbles….

Datacenters, as I have pointed out in my earlier blogs, demand too much energy and water for this planet to sustain. Now the International Monetary Fund has been monitoring the global impact for sometime, purely on an economic basis: Monetary … Continue reading

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DOT-COM to AI: Investor hysteria

Dot – Com began 1995.  PSI-net went public. It was one of the first internet providers. Bill Schrader was co founder of PSI-net. By July of that year, he was worth $105 million. By 2001, PSINet had declared bankruptcy. The … Continue reading

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Humanity with and without Empathy

If you are fortunate to have been born with a neurotypical brain, you will have developed empathy, an important component for interacting with other life forms, sensing what they might be thinking, using an amazing set of tools provided by … Continue reading

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