In 2003, Apple released a 64-bit dual-core 1.8Ghz system: Power Mac G5.

In 2023, Apple released a 64-bit dual-core 1.8Ghz system: Apple Watch Series 9.

The Watch is faster and has more RAM.

The G5 was too hot to put in a laptop. It'd use up S9's battery in under 2 minutes.

“Wow you’re good at computers”

“I just click everything”

“But how did you know which menu it was?”

“I just click everything”

“But then you were able to find the correct thing in the drop-down”

“I just click everything”

“How did you learn the new system so fast?”

“I just click everything”

“You must have some deep systems knowledge”

“I just click everything”

Even if Kamala had won, our problem of deep division wouldn't have gone away. It just would’ve been easier to ignore for those who have the most capacity for not ignoring such things.

The constant, daily choice still remains for all of us between kindness and cruelty, between learning and ignorance, between understanding and fear, between curiosity and indifference, between expression and repression, between diversity and monoculture, between compassion and hate.

I choose my better self.

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