an amendment how often had he amended anything
in his life
this past weekend
he realised(unexpectedly he was rendered to tears) he overlooked what should have
been notable and included with his inability to watch the films Swept Away and
Journey to the Center of the Earth
the first time he ever heard this
rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow was as he sat in his daughters car in a
parking lot in Bucktown California waiting for her Five minutes, Dad, I’ll be
out in fivepromise. she was running
errands for her wedding day still two years off
he palled along
she was a prodigious planner detail-oriented a gift from her mother her motherhis wife was dead
he didnt plan anythinghe had an
aversion a distaste for order and succession albeit it exhibiting itself in
things he did
although he defended
himself saying his actions were organic common sense I didnt plan it It planned itself
planning came nervously close to
being anal and while he counted himself
among the more freer thinking men who hadnt profound issues with the sanctity
of the male anus he preferred not to be
described or adjectivised as anal
it was curious to think those things then in Bucktown California his father grew up in Bucktown Chicago Illinois
he didnt think thered be another Bucktown anywhere in the US
funny
and literally as he heard and burst
into tears at this rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow he knew that this
was the song he and his daughter would dance to for the FatherDaughter dance at
her wedding
this past weekend there had been a lot of discussion regarding cellphone applications algorithms Silicon Valley
remote computers kindly offering suggestions and recommendations
his daughter had set her fone
down and through Bluetooth played music through wireless speakers from her
playlist which she didnt compile
the second song was Somewhere
Over the Rainbowsince her wedding thirteen years prior hed heard it only twice it tore him up so very much it reminded him of Somewhere
from West Side Story the song that he and
his wife chose for their wedding
that evening over beers he
wondered out loud at what point the computer suggestions recommendations would cease Then what
his son-in-laws brother a young
man who unfortunately now had spent half his life bond to a wheelchair though likely
might experience remarkable benefits through computers neural networks
asked What do you mean, then what?
Yes Then what
I mean what happens when its gentle prodding eventually gives way to
demand
Demand?
Yes Granted Im looking at the dark sidesomeone has too I see all these breathtaking
rapid advances outrunning our ability to
to qualify themto determine their moralityif thats the right word here here here here more
selling us goods faster than we can decide if its goods are good goods
or just shit Think of it ten generations
of iPhones since mid-twothousandseven I
appreciate Apples economic modelingwringing as much money as it possibly can
out of people But the asking will stopthe
suggestions will stop I see this to be very
much like a street corner pusher offering tastes A taste aint gonna hurt ya baby Just a taste to see whayer missin Parlay that with street markets the free
samples I rarely accept a free sample the
free is worked into their scheme as part of the market Eventually the pushers taste baby becomes an
addictionCant do without it It becomes a demand
Silicon Valley isnt pausing Its ramrodding Eightyseven million Facebook users
information was compromised by Cambridge Analytica All the Rushing The Russianing At what price At no price to Facebook Like the Visa
American Express MasterCard debacle early in Bushwhackers Administration Millions of creditcards compromised And the companies knew it happenedknew it
happened for months before Fake News excuse
me rooted out the truth forced them before Congressional
hearings They virtually paid no
price Precedence They teed up the ball Silicon Valley has come along and is whacking the
hell out of it
You dont think theres going to be
a demand a You-got-no-choice-brother
moment
Maybe
Somewhere Over the Rainbow there wouldnt be
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