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Robert Hamill

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    Chatbot Assistant or Replacement
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    Chatbot Assistant or Replacement

    Robert Hamill 26 May 202328 Nov 2024Leave a comment

    Employers expect to create 69 million new jobs by 2027 and eliminate 83 million positions because of automation and AI

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    Daily Life over Epochs
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    Daily Life over Epochs

    Robert Hamill 9 May 202328 Sep 2024Leave a comment

    If current trends of robots and AIs in the workplace, by 2100, the world may face an unemployment crisis with a majority of discontented citizens,…

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    Never Be Published
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    Never Be Published

    Robert Hamill 26 Apr 202326 Jan 2025Leave a comment

    “Cannot follow grammatical rules” was double underlined.

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    Lessons Learned about US Economy
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    Lessons Learned about US Economy

    Robert Hamill 13 Apr 202322 Jan 20244 Comments

    More than half of our wealth depends on the social fabric, trained workers, clear property rights, and stable government.

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    Be Brave
    College Surprises

    Be Brave

    Robert Hamill 29 Mar 20236 Dec 20242 Comments

    College years are a time of great learning, yet not all lessons are academic.

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    The States are Democracies, but the United States Is Not
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    The States are Democracies, but the United States Is Not

    Robert Hamill 6 Mar 202326 Jan 20255 Comments

    The individual states of the United States are democracies, but the union of the states is not.

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    Democracy or Mobocracy
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    Democracy or Mobocracy

    Robert Hamill 26 Feb 20237 Dec 20241 Comment

    The mob ignores the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

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    Mentalese
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    Mentalese

    Robert Hamill 16 Feb 202327 Feb 2024Leave a comment

    Mentalese is not solely verbal, nor solely pictorial. The two modes work together, although most people favor one mode over the other.

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    Book Appreciation The Language of Thought
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    Book Appreciation The Language of Thought

    Robert Hamill 1 Feb 202326 Jan 2025Leave a comment

    Since I write about thinking, a review on Jerry Fodor’s The Language of Thought 1975 classic was a necessary research step. Jerry Fodor had a…

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    Talk to Me, Casey
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    Talk to Me, Casey

    Robert Hamill 31 Jan 20236 Dec 2024Leave a comment

    If only she could talk to him after their final argument.

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    Updated Jun 25, 2025 President Trump’s recent decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities—without congressional authorization or approval—has once again stirred the unresolved tension at the…

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    Tabulators separate ballots into piles for each presidential candidate during a recount in Dane County (Wis.) on December 1, 2016 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Getty)