#TBT. This is one of my favorite 80s pics, though honestly it is almost a 90s pic. I don’t think I’ve worn a turtleneck in thirty years. Anyway, I often think about robots, and robotics. I see something, analyze it and think, “In the future, a robot will do this.” Or, “This will be automated someday.” The other day, my son said to me, “If you think about it, we’re already surrounded by robots. We just don’t think of them as robots.” Of course, he’s right. The other other day, while I was thinking about the Mars rover, and its helicopter, I was reminded of the first time I saw Kraftwerk in concert. The crowd loved the robots. I saw them with one of my college suitemates. It was an otherworldly experience. I have seen some great concerts with my college roomies, who have become lifelong friends. Most recently, we saw Modern English. That was a great night. I can’t wait for concerts to be safe again. I just hope robots don’t take over the world someday. I recently read Daniel H. Wilson’s book, Robopocalypse, and now I am following that up with Robogenesis. Scary stuff! Wilson is a best-selling author, a robotics engineer and a Cherokee citizen. As I sip my coffee and craft this blog post from Michigan’s capital city, I acknowledge the Chippewa, Ottawa and Potawatomi tribes that first lived on this land we now call the state of Michigan.
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