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Mark recounts the past week where he went to go see Grizzlies in the Khutzeymateen Grizzly bear sanctuary

In this episode, we discuss the deteriorating state of global nuclear balance. China and Russia are now each other's biggest trade partners and things are not getting better globally. This is as bad as it was in the 1980's but it seemed even worse back then and people seem to be oblivious to the state of global precariousness as it relates to nuclear stability. We also talk about how people pick their PINs and bad movies we recently saw

Well, in a not to everyone being replaced by AI, this week's topic (and title) were generated from ChatGPT's new 4 Omni. The suggested topic was more specifically addressing people's mental health when dealing with social media. ChatGPT even provided some talking points. Mark and Jeff took it from that starting point. We also discussed things we learned in the past week and what media we are consuming.

In this episode, Mark and Jeff discuss the importance of sports, both as a participant and as an observer to mental health. They also discuss the difference on a team between talent and teamwork, lessons that can be applied to the workplace. As usual, there are a few dad jokes, coffee sampling, talk about alien life and media being consumed.

Transgender is currently a hot button issue at this time and lots of people have strong opinions on the topic. Unfortunately most of those opinions, on both sides of the topic are not strongly founded on science. The research, for the most part, appears to be quite limited and often flawed. Many of the studies approach the topic from a political approach which leaves big holes in the conclusions. This is something few people discuss but is very important to transgender individuals and their families.

Positive thinking has long been thought of as important to your health and wellness. Mark and Jeff do a deep dive into how that works and what positive thinking means to them. As usual we discuss things we learned in the past week (often space related), a few corny dad jokes and media we are consuming. Check out our facebook group for links to the topics we cover (we basically fact check ourselves)

Mark and Jeff take stab at predictions for 2024. Recorded during the Christmas break, Mark and Jeff discuss what they were most surprised about from last year as well as predictions (with differing confidence levels) for 2024. This episode covers a lot of territory and is pretty free ranging. Enjoy and have a happy new year!!!

Mark and Jeff discuss how a retirement age of 65 was originally arrived at. Hint, it's not what you expect and its not scientifically arrived at. The original reason for a social security program was to support people whose physical jobs were something they could no longer do to support themselves, but few were expected to take advantage of the programs at the time they were introduced. Times have changed and so have expectations. Not Christmassy (sp? is that even a word?) and not a rerun

Most small businesses do not have pension plans or easy ways to extract their business' value. To that end sometimes small businesses think they should buy their building to reduce their costs or at least having their payments to back to them. There are pitfalls to this approach and anyone considering doing it should really think it hard and carefully. Mark and Jeff discuss and provide context on what business owners should consider when looking at buying real estate.

In the past week and a half there has been much turmoil at OpenAI, the company that has developed and launched ChatGTP (as well as Dall-E). Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI was fired on Friday Nov 17, 2023, subsequently tried to come back only to have the board decide not to hire him, hired by Microsoft and then rehired back on the following Tuesday. It is big tech news because ChatGPT has taken the tech world by storm and is valued somewhere in the region of $80 Billion US. Mark and Jeff do a deeper dive into the background of Sam Altman and discovered some surprising facts about him.

Mark and Jeff do a deep dive into the Artist known as Banksy. Where he came from what he did and what seems to drive him. Banksy is a complicated artist whose identity is not known (although it was recently revealed!). His work is all political with lots of pranks. He did a documentary in 2011 that was nominated for an academy award. He has also done a huge amount of political commentary both by his images, what they show and where they are placed. He is a street artist that still does illegal works (sometimes), in the streets.

Elon Musk is a complicated person. Some people idolize him, others think he is a villain. He has attributes of both and although he gets some visionary things accomplished because he is relentless, he would be a very difficult person to work for. It is easy to understand how some of the things he had done can be interpreted more than one way. Mark and Jeff discuss some of his accomplishments as well as some of the problems he has caused.

Mark was interested in a biography of Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson as a result of a podcast from Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher (Pivot). He has been reading the book and feels the criticism by Kara Swisher on the writer is poorly founded (actually it feels like she was reading some other book). Her critique is that Walter Isaacson never states if he liked Elon, but that seems to have completely missed the way the book is structured. Mark also feels that Kara fundamentally doesn't understand Elon's behaviour. What is clear is that Elon is Neurodiverse and it really explains a lot of ...

As people age, at some point in time you need to deal with either an aging relative or your own inevitable demise. Many people try to avoid thinking about it until too late. In this episode, after we talk about some space stuff, we discuss common issues as people age as well as how to plan for the future. It is a difficult issue that sometimes only gets discussed or resolved when a medical crisis occurs. Even if you know better, sometimes people avoid the work to plan for their own retirement and long term care. We also talked about Ganymede and Artemis as well as the problems with the...

In this episode, Mark and Jeff discuss what music they listen to, how to discover new music as well as old formats and what they used to do. They also sample some coffee, tell some dad jokes, discuss what they learned this week and what media they are consuming. Check out the podcast's facebook page for links to referenced topics at https://www.facebook.com/Connect2podcast

In this episode, Mark and Jeff discuss how they manage dealing with the incredibly fast pace of technology change. They also discuss what they learned with past week, Jeff recites a poem, a few dad jokes and they also discuss what media they have been recently consuming.

This is a correction on the podcast file that was uploaded on Oct 24, 2023 which seems to have had the previous episode incorrectly uploaded. Thanks to a listener for noting the error. Enjoy Streaming has fundamentally changed how we experience music as well as the economic landscape. A music genre that was once dominant in the 70's and 80's now is a relatively uncommon sight on the charts. The last #1 Rock song on the charts was Nickelback in 2001. Now, an Italian rock band with a Danish name Maneskin is tearing up the charts (still not number 1 though). They are big in Europe ...

In this episode, Mark and Jeff discuss screen time and how much we as a society watch our phones, tablets and computers (spoiler... its a lot!). They also discuss what they learned in the past week and what media they are consuming. Mark is going to be travelling for the early part of September so there will be a gap until the next episode.

Fun in one's life helps people live longer but what makes things fun? Mark and Jeff discuss the components of fun and how you can differentiate between True Fun and Fake Fun

Mark and Jeff discuss the current state of US politics in the wake of the recent change in the Democrats' presumptive nominee and how the Republicans are managing it. At least what we see from outside the US. Canada is affected by US politics but has no ability to influence the elections.