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Happy Labor Day. Let the machine do the work. Just rest.

Self-parked cars take jobs away from short-wearing valets.

I-robot does the vacuuming. And washing machine cleans the dishes.

Algorithms target ads at us, while those auto-dialing calls (spam likely) displace the Indian telemarketers. We are to engage full-time in Shadow work (self check-out) and gigs (Uber).

Hunting gathering, then gardening, then office work. Now back to hunting and gathering again, with precision (big data).

In a short time we are here, we should exploit what’s given to us:

• friends and families
• places and faces
• the arts
• our UVP (unique value proposition)
• our POV (point of view)
• pass on distilled wisdom
• be fooled not twice ( same script different actors)
• hang in there as long as possible
• contribute to the commons
• make new friends
• visit old ones
• restraint and becoming not grumpy old man

Enough for a blog. Now just rest. It’s Labor Day. No one pays me to blog, nor will I volunteer my thoughts, my hard-earned experience and capacity to survive. Good luck.