T. John Crowhurst

Rapidly becoming an expert in my third career. An 'expert' knows more and more about less and less until he knows everything about nothing

[Dustin @r0ck3t23]

Elon Musk just told a story that should terrify every AI company on Earth.

His son Saxon is autistic.

Saxon couldn’t understand why the family went to restaurants.

You can get the same food delivered.

You can call your friends over.

You can eat better at home for half the price.

So why go?

Musk: “He had an epiphany and said, ‘Oh, the reason people go to restaurants is to hang out with strangers.’”

A kid who takes the world literally just decoded something the rest of us never thought to question.

We like being around people we’ll never know.

Look at what we already built.

Delivery apps so you never wait in line.

Remote work so you never share an office.

Self-checkout so you never talk to a cashier.

Every innovation of the last 20 years was a bet against human proximity.

Every one paid off.

Until it didn’t.

Loneliness is now a public health emergency.

Depression has doubled since the smartphone.

The average American has fewer close friends than any generation in history.

We didn’t remove friction.

We removed the thing friction was hiding.

Now look at what’s coming.

AI agents that handle your emails.

AI companions that replace your conversations.

AI assistants that make every human interaction optional.

Same playbook. Same bet.

Except this time we’re not engineering out strangers.

We’re engineering out humans entirely.

The coffee shop where nobody knows your name.

The subway where no one speaks.

The restaurant where you’ll never see that couple again.

Those aren’t failed connections.

They’re the background radiation of belonging.

We don’t just need people who know us.

We need to exist in rooms full of people who don’t.

That’s what a kid understood at a dinner table that billion-dollar companies still can’t grasp in a boardroom.

We spent 20 years building a world you never have to show up to.

AI is about to finish the job.

And nothing it builds will ever replicate sitting in a room full of strangers and not feeling alone.

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

We put the land use argument to Keith.

Keith. You are occupying agricultural land that could, theoretically, be used to grow crops. How do you respond?

Keith stopped chewing.

He looked at the field.

The field is on a 30-degree slope in Devon. The topsoil is clay. The drainage is complicated. No tractor has successfully operated in the lower section without becoming a story people tell in the village pub.

Keith looked at us.

Keith, do you believe this field could produce food crops without you on it?

Keith walked to the lower section of the field. He ate a thistle. He stepped on a bramble runner and ate that too. He looked at the clay in the corner where it waterlogged every winter and produced nothing except rushes, which Keith also ate.

Are you saying the field is only productive because you're on it?

Keith looked at us with the expression of an animal that has grasped the argument entirely and found the question slightly beneath him.

He then left through the gate he had opened by himself.

He was in the road for nine minutes.

He ate a passing cyclist's energy bar.

We are not including this in the land use efficiency report.

[Planet Of Memes @PlanetOfMemes]

When the Testers aren't using the product as intended.

[Vincent Au @VincentAuGondor]

@GlobalAffairs

[maybe danielle 💻🚛🇺🇸 @maybedanielleee]

For those that moved to the South, please say the following statement 25 times — “We DO NOT call the cops on kids doing donuts in empty parking lots.”

We don’t do that. You don’t do that. Thank you.

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

Palestinians: "We will commit more Oct. 7ths."

Palestinians: "Death to Jews, we will march to Jerusalem."

Palestinians: "We will not release the hostages."

The West: "Palestinians just want to live in peace."

[Matt Jones @KySportsRadio]

The General Lee jumped the fountain today in Somerset

[T. John Crowhurst @InjahCrow]

@elonmusk As I vote the yes votes are 84% - slightly more than your estimate of an 80% in the middle.

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

each bottle of whiskey hand dipped in wax

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Americans Who Cowered Under Government Oppression For 2 Years Urge Ukrainians To Die For Freedom https://t.co/eQO3Mg7Fzf

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

'My Healthcare Is None Of Your Business,' Says Woman Who Demands That You Pay For Her Healthcare https://t.co/5sw3xnYdr7

[KanekoaTheGreat @KanekoaTheGreat]

In March 1998, reports surfaced that federal bureaucrats were swapping job titles to dodge President Clinton’s mass layoffs.

"You are asking the same bureaucracy that created itself to turn around and reduce itself. They have become very creative in protecting their own skins."

Clinton and Gore aimed to cut 50% of the 700,000 supervisors in the federal government.

To avoid layoffs, many supervisors rebranded themselves as "team leaders," "staff assistants," or "management support specialists," all while giving themselves pay raises.

Even the press, which supported Clinton’s push to cut the deficit and shrink government, called them out.

Fast forward to today, and the legacy press is running an all-out propaganda campaign to malign President Trump, Elon Musk, and DOGE for daring to slash bureaucratic bloat.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Congressmen To Wear Barcodes So Lobbyists Can Self-Checkout

[T. John Crowhurst @InjahCrow]

@MandyConnell Suppose he's trying to get out before the whippings start?

[The Driving In Silence Mandy Connell @MandyConnell]

Mitch McConnell not seeking the election is shocking to me. I thought for sure he would leave the Senate toes first.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Fattest, Sickest Country On Earth Concerned New Health Secretary Might Do Something Different https://t.co/dS1Rolb6QX

[T. John Crowhurst @InjahCrow]

@elonmusk I would have gone with the Eisenhower Channel

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Trump Names Buc-ee's Beaver Secretary Of Transportation https://t.co/fhvIUyZcaI

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Making America Healthy Again: RFK Jr. Announces Reduction Of 5 Second Rule To 3 Second Rule https://t.co/iDJJGVcyOT