Now and Then

"It’s a circle jerk of virtue signaling ignorati."
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Now and then i pop in here. For more than 10 years maybe. My account got crashed, like everyone's here on ATS. Ich bin wieder da.(: I'm not very religious or devout - sometimes I am, it depends on the situation. I'm the flaw in the system, like everyone, and at the same time I help shape the system, like everyone. Basically, I believe in the good in people, what I'm afraid of is stupidity, dullness, ignorance. Religious delusion, political radicalism, nationalism, more and more natural disasters, waves of refugees, wars - these are the problems of the present and the future. And then there's AGI on top: Artificial General Intelligence. An intelligence that acquires consciousness, that is superior to us, that takes on a life of its own and will destroys us in order to survive. Dramatized.

This last Beatles song moved me. Like millions of others. A reminder of our mortality, of brotherhood, friendship, the silly in us, the playful. And the certainty that there were and are many great bands and musicians, but the Beatles stand above them all. What we humans are capable of when we indulge in what makes us almost god-like: we can create wonderful things out of nothing and imagine anything in our minds. With this swan song and this wonderful video, the Beatles manage to stop time for a few minutes and show us what is possible. I wish you all happy winter days, may the snow be with us! We currently have more than enough in Munich.

a reply to: malte86

i like this song, im a Beatles fan to the core. this song makes me sad, and happy all at once. thank you

A masterpiece from the White Album period.

a reply to: ColeYounger2

This was written for a Las Vegas Show...ran a few years. Mixed up all the songs...guess on stage it was awesome.
I got this too..

They were working to keep Johns heart pumping with their hands for a long time. They said the Muzak in the hospital was playing Imagine. The guy that shot him is far safer in jail