The end of physical media is neigh

I’ve gotten Very Picky re what I purchase in terms of physical media.....

Most contain the 1 or so of what struck my ears and stuck in my mind...

( Yes, that latter does still exist and functions well enough to pester y’all per what sticks, regardless of how inane or insane it may seem.... ;) ... )

Carrying on, I’m in it for the pleasure of it all. The means to do so is per my preference, as is yours.

One can always ’Opt to Block’... It’d be nice of one to PM and advise of such
so I can return the favor.

Yes, does entail me posting into apparently empty forums....

Someone has got to be the canary in the coal mine.....and most pay me Not to sing.....

Happy Holidaze, and welcome to 4 more years of utter BS and the edge of inanity.....the blind eventually discovering the *hole....

Unlike ’canes and floods, a local here pointed out that nukes are far more permanent....and Didn’t get blocked.

'Physical Media'....a local paper.....the editors welcome comments of all stripes, unless it's just rant 'n rave....there's 'nuff of that....

When you own physical entity: money, house, vinyl or cd, you are free...

When you own nothing but are on the receiving hand side you are not free...

I did not own material music format anymore for convenience...

but the disappearence of all physical support for music or money bother me as a signs of things  to come :

Now listen a 1 minute video :

https://x.com/i/status/1868302204370854026

Not to be argumentative, but... Well sort of. When you "own"... you do not really. You must pay property taxes and maintenance on the house. You become a slave to your stuff in some ways.  If you own physical stuff, then you have to store it, it clutters your life. It really depends on what. When you can have access to over 10 million albums for the monthly price of one CD, then there is more freedom... and virtually no cost. 

@mahgister 

Control of all flows ( money,information,people ) by monster corporations

Lost of truth in a virtual world of fictions: how do you know real from fake from events, images, identities ?

Control of "truth" and ministry of "truth" become mandatory and unconscious crowd will ask for it ... Is this ringing a bell ?

I started learning and investing in AI about a year ago and tons of questions like these came to my mind. The conclusion I came to is ... I don't know. And from watching hundreds of videos, I don't think anyone knows how this will all turn out. Even Musk says there's a 10-20% chance it's an existential threat. We're thinking about this from a human perspective, but if we reach ASI we will be ants in comparison. We won't understand how ASI "thinks." So I'm not going to ponder or predict. AI is going to do whatever AI is going to do. We won't stop it and at some point we won't be able to stop it. I just hope it's benevolent.