The deaths of Jeff Beck and David Crosby over the last few weeks sent me down the YouTube video rabbit holes to bathe in musical genius.  Tears actually came to my eyes as I watched CSN play "Suite Judy Blue Eyes" at Woodstock.  I would not have been able to get this incredible access to such wonders even 20 years ago.  We are in an incredible age where we can conjure up great moments in human history, explore geological wonders to get a glimpse of sublime existence, or immerse ourselves in artistic wonders most before us never even knew existed. This does not call me to stay on the couch, but to get out to see, hear, and feel the real thing.  Yes, AI is troubling when we think of it as a replacement of us. However, what if it is an augmentation of good that can be?  New technology can, as it has been, a partner to human ingenuity and insight despite the worst impulses of some.  The harmonies of CSN or guitar stylings of Jeff Beck are brief brilliant moments that cannot be replicated by any machine because they have been.  We have access to so much.  Fearing the unknown has been a constant human obsession since we first harnessed fire. Meanwhile, the wonders of technological epiphany have made fantasy into a wonderous reality inspire of us.

The deaths of Jeff Beck and David Crosby over the last few weeks sent me down the YouTube video rabbit holes to bathe in musical genius.  Tears actually came to my eyes as I watched CSN play "Suite Judy Blue Eyes" at Woodstock.  I would not have been able to get this incredible access to such wonders even 20 years ago.  We are in an incredible age where we can conjure up great moments in human history, explore geological wonders to get a glimpse of sublime existence, or immerse ourselves in artistic wonders most before us never even knew existed. This does not call me to stay on the couch, but to get out to see, hear, and feel the real thing.  Yes, AI is troubling when we think of it as a replacement of us. However, what if it is an augmentation of good that can be?  New technology can, as it has been, a partner to human ingenuity and insight despite the worst impulses of some.  The harmonies of CSN or guitar stylings of Jeff Beck are brief brilliant moments that cannot be replicated by any machine because they have been.  We have access to so much.  Fearing the unknown has been a constant human obsession since we first harnessed fire. Meanwhile, the wonders of technological epiphany have made fantasy into a wonderous reality inspire of us.

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