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"In the year 5555, your arms are hangin' limp at your sides, your legs got nothing to do, some machine doin' that for you." Zager and Evans sang these words in 1969. Now, thirty-five centuries ahead of schedule, it's never been easier to tell the world "I didn't care about this and I don't care about you."

You don't have to if you don't want to. Published February 28, 2026 AI Disclosure ✨ I allowed ChatGPT to generate the heading text for the " Keep the axe in the toolbox " section. On This Page I'm sure you're wondering why I called you all here today. Well, to be honest, I didn't actually call for all of you; some of you probably shouldn't be here. You folks might want to quietly find your way to the exits right here and right now. For those readers who are sticking around, I suspect I'm going to lose a fair number of you along the way. We're going to attempt to thread a pretty tough ne

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