The Baseline of Survival

The exact juncture in time when America went "jive" coincides with the electing of Donald Trump as President.  Previously when Barack Obama was President, and the first African-American President, "jive" had not been downloaded and installed in America's operating system.  I'm sure that Big Tech and the rest of corporate America were caddying in The Swamp for decades, but honesty and integrity kept them at bay.  With Trump these things flew out the window.  Now the bullshit is so deep aging out-of-touch Congressmen couldn't possibly make sense of the charade of Big Tech.  If one were to acknowledge and credit America's academic system, Big Tech is nothing more than wireless technology.  Technological advancements cannot compare to the strides all ready made in the Industrial Revolution.  These advancement were made in the real world with real elements and real science.  There was no metaverse, no fictional gaming retreat, and no short cuts provided by Silicone Valley.  Real technological innovation came from elbow grease, brass tacks, and sweat.  The fantasy world that has taken over at the behest of Big Tech and AI will fail.  All ready it has failed, and the examples of its failure have been with us since the year two thousand.  Integrity and artistry persevered for a while, but with no tangible monetary reward because of NAPSTER they were lost in the surf.  Singing or mouthing lyrics to a track is far easier, and today's generation is shallow and gullible enough to consume it as real.  The idea of performing a song on live instruments with a degree of talent in real time is extinct.  It is extinct because Big Tech has decided live music has no value, and NAPSTER set the example for free music.  Hence no one will pay live musicians any longer, and more ludicrously venues are asking musicians to "pay to play."  America has become fish in a pond, and no one knows what reality is.  The childish ads on Youtube suggesting young college geniuses have dismantled traditional industries such as air conditioning, cooking, and security, and also suggest these lifelong challenges somehow have been solved with a smartphone are inane.  If you stop actually to look at the product they are offering, it is a plastic piece of garbage manufactured in China for a few dollars that will break in a month.  Perhaps the idea is valid and grounded in reality, but if you could cool a room with a pint-sized plastic box, then our worries about global warming are over.  I am tired of hearing about Big Tech and AI, because again it is all based on wireless communication that should be illegal.  The majority of problems America has today are being created by the same companies pitching us their products.  The economy has grown lopsided, deceptive, and harmful to human existence.  The truth is being disguised, and we are living the small, little, black box depicted by David Lynch in his film Mulholland Drive.  The box has gotten smaller, and our own addictions are shrinking this box.  AI is and will be a failure, because its offerings all ready have failed.  Film, television, and music today all are offerings of AI.  The day that reality TV was implemented, refusing to pay professional actors and filming real life with a smart phone, is the day AI failed.  Without human perspective, without emotional and artistic intent, and without technique the product we are absorbing is nothing more than artificial intelligence, and it isn't intelligent at all.  It is a derivative, superficial, useless passing of time.  It has no wisdom, no soul, and no spirituality.  It is the epitome of "jive," what has overtaken America.  One only has to view a vintage television episode or Hollywood film to see the stark difference.  AI generated "content" is soulless fodder.  It accomplishes nothing.  In reality it is destructive to the human and Christian condition.  This is why violence has escalated in America.  We have lost track humanity, because we no longer know what it is.  AI all ready has won, and it has failed miserably.  Nothing can and ever will replace the synthesizer of the human soul and its vehicle, the human body.  Much of this all ready has been predicted in a slew of science fiction films, but cancel culture continues to try to erase America's cultural history in lieu of some alien species that violently wants to consume America.  It probably is Satan, but we have lost track of him as well.  It has become difficult to know your opponent, because pure ignorance has tilted the playing field.  The campaign being administered is so low-brow intelligence has a small role.  We had better use the intelligence generated from our instincts, because this always has been the base line for survival.