Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 03, 2018

Good one!

Any day now.

We’re sure working at it.

Is that spider on a stick that he is holding?

Alexa, leave a comment that will get me 20+ likes and a free upgrade to a green bar.

This may be where Devoe is trying to go with the current story arc on The Flash.

So this means Bezos got rebooted too, into the void.

Actually, that cave seems kind of cozy…Shelter from the rain and snow, a fire…eventually they will put it closer to the opening, trust me on this one… a pile of weeds for a soft bed….Spider for dinner…What’s not to like? Cozy…

What, no wi-fi signal in this cave?

First comes the wall drawings, then TV … & finally wi-fi !!!

Someone has been watching The Flash.

The Post Atheist Rapture!

I enjoy the idea of taking a break from all the mind-numbing technology, but that’s going a bit far.

“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”—Douglas Adams (R.I.P.)

Eisenstein said, I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought but World War IV will be fought with spears and clubs.

so Alexa evolved into Skynet.

But it looks like a good place for data-mining…

They’re still here so I guess Alexa isn’t infallible.

Good thing about this period – Wiley bears would soon reduce population to peaceable numbers.

The pre/post-nuclear family. Father at his place BBQing. Children and mother all attentive. Those must be the grandparents keeping watch.

Play “Horizon: Zero Dawn.” Basically, the world is destroyed by robots, so we build a giant computer to reboot the human race, which goes back to tribal wars with spears and arrows.

Have they been watching “The Flash” w/ what The Thinker’s been trying to do?

“Alexa, turn the lights on.”“Lights are not responding.”“ALEXA, TURN THE LIGHTS ON!”“…Okay.”

Proves the statement: Be careful what you wish for.

Okay, I admit to being of the elderly persuasion. Some aspects of modern technology either baffle or terrify me. Alexa, or Echo, or any of the other “voice control” devices manage both. Why would I request, or pay for, what is essentially an electronic listening device in my home? I admit to some paranoia here, but given the current environment, let’s just say that personally, I think not.

Reminds me of Asimov’s story, “The Last Question”: " And AC said, “LET THERE BE LIGHT!”And there was light—— "

http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html

Actually, all those things are for people who don’ know how to use books to find what they want to know. Or too lazy!

It may be the only Fix that will work.

I dig the concept.

It doesn’t matter if we get rebooted, it will still turn out the same just like in Groundhogs Day with Bill Murray.

If only it were that easy.

“And there are some who say ’It’s already happened’.” – Douglas Adams

Same thing they said about TV, Rock n Roll, mini-skirts and the Horseless carriage.

This is the first genuine chuckle I’ve had today. Good one Wiley!

Although I personally might not mind living as pictured in this cartoon, I don’t believe that the world would be “a better place” with the current billions of humans and no technology. And no matter how it might occur, reducing the human population to a primitively sustainable level would certainly not be a “better” interim.

I doubt a better world would have humans in it. Their absence would herald the rise of the meerkats, who are much cuter and not as violent or self-destructive.

Love the kids. Wiley kids are as cute as Wiley bears.

hmm, reminds me of the last chapter of Asimov’s I Robot (not the movie)

Great one Wiley!

Somebody’s read “Sapiens.” :-)

Which is scarier – a malign sentient supercomputer system determined to end human existence, or a benign sentient supercomputer determined to protect human existence from itself?