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Walk into a Lamps Plus or some other store that sells nothing else and is absolutely and brightly filled from door to door and floor to ceiling with lamps and lights of all shapes and sizes in all possible configurations. Ask them, "Excuse me... do you have any lights?"

Since I don't remember anything from before my birth, I doubt I'll recall much from after my death.

Indeed, but there doesn't seem to be much one can do. Japan even has a word for it, 孤独死 (kodokushi or "lonely death"), meaning that people are often found reduced to skeletal remains, sitting in their armchairs, coffee cup and newspaper on the side (convenient for identifying the date of death)...

The roofing company rep said they were having a sweepstakes. If you win, the roof will be on the house.

One other reason is biology: On the whole, people tend not to like those similar to them, since this implies competition for the same pool of potential mates. If you're tall, for example, you may be put off by someone new who's similarly tall. This filters beyond biology, too: How do you feel...

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Profit may be the main motive, but the "optimistic" view is that AI will create new jobs. Humans will still be employed, but doing different, more worthwhile and interesting things. What's truly astounding to me is that literally no one predicted what the GPT-type systems would be capable of...

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In some sense, we innately trust that we'll live forever, even though we're aware that we'll be gone within a few decades or so. (Well, unless the singularity arrives and they figure out how to reverse aging or upload ourselves into computers.)

Do crows follow people for some reason? I was buzzed by one and thought it wanted to attack me, like the owls I've come across (at least until they realized I wasn't a small rodent). Then it followed me for two blocks, resting on top of houses and trees and the like. Was this my guardian...