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AI Six Degree

FEATURED ARTICLE: Six Degrees of Unity: From Testing AI for Hiring Questions to AI’s Vote for President Over Jordan Peterson, Thomas Jefferson and Baruch Spinoza.

I asked AI a couple of simple questions about hiring myself that led to a presidential campaign, with AI providing a presidential platform. Better yet for this intellectual frolic of curiosity, AI voted for me for US President over the Statesman Thomas Jefferson, the Philosopher Baruch Spinoza, and the great Thought-Leader Jordan Peterson. I don’t suggest or admit for AI that anything AI said or concluded is true or adopted by me. But it is interesting to see how a conversation with AI goes from the standard data aggregation to the insightful, philosophical and deductively thoughtful.

Here is the AI thread “conversation.” The text is verbatim, with AI adding the smiley faces, bolding, etc. AI’s initial response was the standard data aggregation of published professional profiles. It started to get good when I asked AI to form some conclusions “about the human being,” based upon AI’s deep dive of available materials. Click here to read more, and to see AI’s thought-process, assessments and judgments.

GETTING STARTED-VIEW ALL INDICES

A Few Good Men

The Movie Index

The Movie Index

This is the movie index that references into the articles and also cites to IMDB for even more reference information. A must view for every cinephile.

THE MASTER INDEX

The Article Master Index

This is the heart of the articles eco-system, and includes the idioms/maxims references. Where the references are updated, citations to both this eco-system and LinkedIn are provided.

AI Reading

AI’S RECOMMENDED READING LIST

AI’s Recommended Reading list

See below for more highlight articles. But, if you’re curious about AI’s recommendations for reading, click here. The list is not necessarily endorsed, but it is interesting.

FEATURED POSTS – View all

The Reason Why Political and Economic Systems Fail; The Executive Summary

Why Political and Economic Systems Fail

There is a reason why everyone loves Abraham Lincoln, and it perhaps depends for Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama and Trump. It’s deeper than policy. Balance.

Three Rules of Wisdom

The Three Noble Cardinal Rules of Wisdom Are These…

“There are Three Rules of Wisdom. Three and only three. To these a sage is loyal, forsaken by fools to be.”

ben-Hur Team-Building

Team Building Concepts from the Classic Ben-Hur Movie

Ben-Hur was charged to determine why the team of Arabian horses would not hold a turn. He figured it out, and it was obvious.

OF Current Interest – view all

Are you up in arms about President Trump not placing his hand on the Bible during inauguration? We’ve already addressed those issues. Jefferson was a theist and believed in Separation of Church and State. Maybe you think Jesus liked oaths, or that a judge must swear an oath. Perhaps you think that “god in government” is good, or that swearing oaths and women’s rights are not correlated. You can decide, but these posts provide some food for your thought.

I Never Promised to Love My Wife. Or, All About Oaths

I Never Promised to Love My Wife; Or, All About Oaths

This unique post explores the distinction between an oath, affirmation, and the social basis. A lot of oaths floating around, but we should think about them.

THE JUDICIAL OATH: I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND AFFIRM…; Or, How Wrong Can It Get?

The Judicial Oath; Or, How Wrong Can It Get?

A quick review of a plaque at a law school that completely conflates the bases for taking the judicial oath or affirmation. An ironic hypocrisy, no less from the judiciary.

SOCIALIZING THE MEANING OF LIFE?

“Forgive Them, Founding Father; They Know Not What They Do.” Or, the Folly of Trying to Socialize the Meaning of Life

Freedom of religion is another way of saying, “the meaning of life.” Religion cannot be socialized in a diverse, free, and free-thinking society. See also, The Woman Wins, below.

Americana – View more

Following are a few featured articles (among the many articles) about the United States of America, the Constitution, and the diverse, free, and free-thinking culture. These articles provide a great introduction to the concepts.

the Decline and Fall of the American HegemonY—The Executive Summary

The “Seven Deadlies”

This is a seven chapter look at the “Seven Deadlies” causing the decline of the American Hegemony.

Flag Documents

SEVEN KEY AMERICAN PRINCIPLES

Seven Key Principles of America

Explore the history of America through the lens of seven key writings, reminding us of what real American philosophy should be.

the taRpeian rock; or america’s hard decisions

America’s Hard Decisions

Success is based upon hard decisions. The “Infant Soldier” is introduced in this post, as well as the metaphor of socializing profit.

The primary objective-View more

These posts are fundamental reading, perhaps contrarian, regarding “Objective Based Leadership” and accomplishment of the “Primary Objective.” These posts explore the “primary objective” with examples of where the media and society will direct empathy to the cause of failure, rather than to fulfilment the mission, in a manner of self-destruction. These posts expose a collision of duties where a leader must make a choice in the horns of a dilemma. Many of the posts implicate this concept, often overlooked as a criterion of assessment. Start with Running to get into the game, then see more…

ARE YOU RUNNING WITH YOUR SHOES UNTIED; OR THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE

The Primary Objective

the lincoln leadership dilemma

The Lincoln Moral Dilemma

PRIEST-PATTON SCALE

The Priest-Patton Scale

Cornerstones-View more

These articles expose some core concepts for consideration exposing new ways to look at issues, often against the grain and off of the bandwagon.

Ships

the conflation of character

Character v. Integrity

This article breaks down concepts of formulaic character and integrity, by competing perspectives, which are often confused and conflated with morality.

Empathy Hands

EMPATHY AS BLESSING OR CURSE?

Giving Empathy v. Needing Empathy

Explore the reasons why giving empathy is like giving someone a gift, but needing empathy is like needing to get a gift, and subjects us to the vulnerability of neediness and seduction.

Please Hands

HOPE, PRAYER, TRUST AND RELIANCE UPON LUCK; THE “NOBLE EMOTIONS”

The Cardinal Virtues v. Noble Emotions

Are the “Christian Virtues” really virtues? Not according to this comparison with the Socratic Cardinal Virtues. The Socratic Virtues are masters over the Christian “Noble Emotions.”

keeping it good and basic-VieW MORE

These articles summarize and simplify complex fundamental issues, but without changing their essence. The goal is to make these subjects more approachable. In the blog list, look for more, like The Art of the Lie, which is not as succinct as these, but a fun ride.

Love or Fear

Love v. Fear? Which Is More Effective?

The perennial debate of love versus fear is broken down to the elements.

Pebbles

the master rules of wisdom

The Cardinal Virtues Reduced to Essence

The Socratic Virtues reduced to their core essence.

Lincoln Monkey

Donald Trump; Or, The Mean Insult v. The Tactical Insult

The Mean Insult v. the Tactical Insult

A properly placed insult is time-tested rhetoric, tending to influence the listener, whether or not true.

The Zygote question-View more

Civil morality does not require god. An atheist can be constrained not to kill equally with the theist and agnostic. Theists kill all the time, with various justifications. The question of “zygote gestation” is a unique and difficult question for a civil society, because it presents a natural context and a supernatural context. But civil association of a diverse, free, and free-thinking people in the United States is not a supernatural scope, but rather a temporal secular association constrained by Constitutional right. Theists tend to focus on agreeability of cause, rather than effect; that is, not whether people are effecting killing or kissing each other, but rather that they must be caused to do so for the same reason. A difficult question with ideas for consideration in the articles. The Woman Wins is advanced reading and takes some time and intellectual stamina. See all in this category…

THE WOMAN WINS. NOW. IT’S ABOUT TIME.

The Woman Wins

This is a highly detailed review of zygote gestation in relation to “god in government” in a diverse, free and free-thinking society. Hopefully interesting, but get a cup of coffee.

WE STEP ON A POLLIWOG, KILL A FROG?

The Perennial Debate: If We Step on a Polliwog, Do We Kill a Polliwog or a Frog?

Words have meanings for a reason. They define a thing. A zygote is not a crying infant.

AMERICA IS NOT A CHURCH

America Is Not a Church

America is not a pure democracy, but rather a modified democratic republic. The Bill of Rights overrides the “Bully Majority.” The “Orderly Administration of a Diverse, Free and Free-Thinking People.”

off the beaten path…strange, or not…-vieW MORE

Part of the Fables and Stories Set, these articles look at things a bit differently. Strange, perhaps. But then again…think about it. Start here, then see more…

The Naked Brain; Or, Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Human Being

The Naked Brain

Let us reduce humanity to a brain, and then start over, and then see what we’ve got.

The Fable of a Slave’s Bad Day

Which Slave Had It the Worst?

Zeus and Hera have a debate to determine which slave throughout time had it the worst.

The Parable of the Clown; Or, The Perspective of Influence

Clown Influence

A clown in a suit with a briefcase, but no one notices. Who’s following?

just for fun…maybe-VIEW MORE

EMOJIALITY?

A light look at emojis, and a picture that tells a story without the use of words.

Shakespeare, English Language and Other Such Items

Light-hearted thinking about the Bard and his profound impact on the English Language.

THE GREAT MASQUERADE

The Great Masquerade

Ah, The Truth. The Greatest Masquerader. The best thing I will ever write…”…Each time he comes to me in the exact form of my desire…”

Musings-View more…

Poems and other such musings. A few of them are reviewed and interpreted by AI.

Reach

THE BOOKS SET-VIEW MORE

Jesus, Aesop and Socrates, not a bad place to get started with some spirituality, philosophy, and practical insight for life.

ONE: The Unified gospel of jesus

ONE

The ONE Books and projects are about consolidating the Gospel of Jesus, using a 3,000 unique Unification Index. Reading the Word has never been more light and easy.

the essential aesop

The Essential Aesop

Aesop’s Fables are not for children. Wisdom is Wisdom and serves all. The “Why We Loved It” brings it forward. There’s a fable for you.

the prayer of socrates

The Proseuche (The Prayer of Socrates)

Socrates meets Theophilus and the two discuss the meaning of prayer. Chapter VIII and Chapter IX are great starting points, and then dig in, or just go in chapter order…