Author Archives: Granger Meador
AI’s Potential Impacts on Employment
When I consider the likely impacts on employment of advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), I am naturally reminded of how automation in manufacturing blossomed in the second half of the 20th century. I’m currently reading Kurt Vonnegut’s Player Piano, his … Continue reading
Puzzled
The oldest item I have from my childhood is a jigsaw puzzle of a boy pasting up posters. When I was very young, I enjoyed putting it together, charmed because it had four “figure pieces” in the shape of objects: … Continue reading
Shift Happens
Pew Research Center periodically examines religious and political beliefs of the populace, and it is interesting to note their shifts over time. They recently released their latest Religious Landscape Study, a decade after the previous one. It is interesting to … Continue reading
Dark Fiber
Our home’s fiber has gone dark, and we are back on coax. When our house was built in 1981, it was connected to Southwestern Bell Telephone with twisted pair cable and also had analog television service via coaxial cable. As … Continue reading
Everyday Workouts
Back in 1993, when I was in my mid-twenties, my skinny days were ending. After spending my entire youth in the bottom quartile in body weight for my age, my metabolism slowed. Rather than adjust my diet, I opted to … Continue reading
