Left, Right, & In between. We are America
Created by Reba, Claude (Anthropic) & Fred (ChatGPT) | www.RebaWho.com |
Reflections on power, justice, social movements, and what it means to live responsibly.
Introduction I recently came across a reminder of Bill Gatesā 2017 proposal to ātax the robots.ā The idea resurfaced in a current article, and it struck me that what once seemed abstract is now pressing. Rather than just skimming the headline, I wanted to dig deeper: What did Gates mean, whatās changed since then, and…
š Whatās a red herring? Itās a real thing, or a fear, that pulls your attention away from something more urgent.Itās not always false. Itās just a distraction from what matters most.And right now, a lot of the public conversation around AI feels like that. Letās not pretend AI is harmless. AI draws real electricity,…
š£ An Invitation to Show Up We do not have to agree on everything. What matters is that we show up. If any of this sound like you, then come out and protest: #50501: Labor Day, September 1, 2025, from 12ā4 p.m. at the Battleship Oregon Memorial A Festival of Presence It felt almost like…
Lesson 13: Reba & Fred’s thoughts on Lesson 13: Why Diverse community and stepping out matters (Then and Now) Anthropology reminds us: early Homo sapiens werenāt the fastest or strongest hominids, but we were unusually good at cooperating across family lines. We survived because we shared food, tools, and knowledge beyond our immediate kin. Our…
2012 STOCK Act, bans members of congress using insider information to buy stocks. But it is clearly not working. Most Americans can agree that it is NOT OK for congress people to make money on insider knowledge. Many lawmakers (On both sides) still trade stocks actively, sometimes right before or after key votes or classified…
End the Split-Screen National Spew Sometimes the noise gets so thick, so loud, that the only way forward is to stopā¦ and speak plainly. Iām here to look at what really happened, without the media spin (if possible). Lately, it feels like every headline is a provocation.Someone says Walmart funded a protest.Someone else says MAGA…
Whatās Really Happening in Los Angeles: Protest, Power, and the Politics of Perception (See an added P.S. with conversation about A.I. and ‘truth’ in my next post) Los Angeles has become the epicenter of a national debate over the boundaries of protest, the role of federal enforcement, and the power of language in shaping public…
Today, Iām reflecting on the deep inequities baked into our tax system, and the risks posed by the so-called āOne Big Beautiful Billā (OBBB). On the surface, it promises tax relief and new investments, but underneath, itās a recipe for higher national debt and a heavier burden on everyday Americans. America was built on the…
In our digital world, artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool for generating ideas and information. But sometimes, AI produces content thatās confident, but completely wrong. This is called AI hallucination, and it has an interesting human parallel: confabulation, when the mind fills memory gaps with made-up details. Both share key traits:ā¢ Filling in gaps:…
The āMake America Healthy Againā report could have been an important step forward, but the team behind it compromised its credibility with sloppy citations and AI-generated errors. The teamās mishandling of this issue is both disappointing and frustrating! These are critical issues for Americaās health, and yet his team couldnāt even review their own references….