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 OK, ok, Meta ... ...MAYBE  (So far it's an aspiration) As an established superfan of A.I., I see the UT (universal translator) as a PA (providential application) of mankind's new supertool.  Emancipating, it would be for us mono-linguistic types.  I see me in, say, Costa Rica talking to my great new dentist, perfect Costa Rican Spanish going into his earbuds and perfect English translation into mine as we discuss implants and crowns.  Then I would chat with his Ukrainian tech. Be still my heart. A.I. is getting better by the minute -- on its way to S.I., superintelligence -- and I really have no doubt the Universal Translator is coming soon.  Meta has the bucks and the motivation to make it happen, so for once I am cheering for Mark Zuckerberg. I will cheer even louder when I can download the App. BTW, notice Zuck's new hairdo? What next, a hat? Read the piece on Babelfish. - - - - - - - - - CLICK HERE for   My newest Sci-Fi Novel. Guess what... ...

              Poland to buy 250 M1 Abrams tanks from US             General Dynamics Gets the Biz Heavy, I am. 62 metric tons And mean? Man, I'm mean. The State Department just approved the $6 billion sale, because of the "deteriorating situation" in Poland's neighbor Ukraine. No wonder the stock market is ambivalent about the costs of war. A long read on the Abrams ON THE "PRODUCTIVITY" OF MILITARY GEAR PURCHASES.

...WORKforce, That Is   The American workforce is our mightiest infrastructure element!  Whether a member thereof is a nurse, a truck driver, a Python coder, an agriculture stoop laborer, a cop, a teacher.... on and on... they are part of the vast human asset we call The Workforce.   For top productivity, inventiveness, diligence at work, i.e. world competitiveness , our Workforce should be a great one:   Healthy, educated, motivated, confident, honest, dedicated, and patriotic. It has high morale. It works hard and is productive.  It is creative and great at solving problems. It works together effectively as teams, large and small, and as individuals. Show me a national workforce that meets those definitions, and I will show you a nation enjoying success, progress, and prosperity. Now look at the American workforce. Some of it fits that "great" definition; much does not. Truth is, it MUST to be great enough for the huge competition facing us with China. We...