contradiction that only happen in today’s world: there i am on the phone to a bank, or was it a train company…the voice message is AI voice, asking me to answer it’s questions. i find myself speaking in a clipped manner, like a robot in order for it to understand me – meanwhile ‘it’ is the one with the human voice. There must be a name for this modern day dilemma. the machine-human contradiction.

Been reading about the Oscars, and the unashamed wheeling and dealing that goes on by nominees, or potential nominees, to secure that elusive (illusive) prize. Load of BS