MIRRORLESS

truth. Information overload leaves us lonely in a giant maze of knowledge puzzle that can convert us into a lower form of species. Where do we go from here? The answer lies on how we handle a straight line. If we keep on bending the line into a curve of comfort, it may eventually

back where we came from — a future back to the past.

The number of medals in any sports competition is directly proportional to the importance, recognition and support given by respective countries to their sports programs and the athletes competing. Political triathlon in Philippine sports always comes into play, causing lackluster performance in any major sports event.

The Chinese seek to claim our ter-

ruling the country through dynasties. Trillanes claimed that PRRD’s popularity is waning. Of course, he is - ence is the best teacher.

Comelec and Smartmatic are again partners in an alteration

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I really wonder what man will do after four decades. He will not be driving as he will be fetched and brought to his destination by a driverless car through smartphones. No more trips to groceries as his orders will be delivered by drones at his doorstep.

No more jobs as factories and assembly plants will be 90 percent robotics. Travel will be a breeze, as he will board a pilotless aircraft served by robot attendants, ordering preferred meals via screens mounted on headrests.

No need to stand up to retrieve cabin luggage as these will just be tagged and rolled out in a tube from the plane direct to baggage claim carousels. Luggage will then follow him wirelessly and he will breeze through immigration and customs, as his profile will be validated. Credit cards will also be billed automatically as read by a QR code or a digital scanning system.

He does not need to attend classes as holograms and 3D simulation of classes can be experienced in the living room. Maybe he will not need education anymore as Alexa and Siri can answer any question by then.

Parties and events can be attended through limbs sensors and allow him to mingle with fellow attendees via 3D eyeglasses or shades with cams. No more cooking as food can be in the form of tablets and capsules that excite taste buds and neurons like the real thing. Clothes, shoes and accessories can be produced by 3D printing.

With nothing to do, we will all gain weight and shorten our life span. Then we will have to reinvent the wheel, to roll us back to the caves where we came from and start learn-

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I have to agree with Jack Ma. Trump has accused China of raping the US and that China stole the jobs of the American people. It was caused by the

- orities and strategies. The US spent so much money on warfare instead of on infrastructure. Hunting for cheap labor to become more competitive, it was the US who led the industrial exodus to build manufacturing plants in China.

It was Wall Street who made the wrong investment strategies that led to the financial collapse of other emerging economies. Trump himself used cheap immigrant labor to prop up his real estate corporate network. And now the blame is on China.

Trade war with China will worsen the situation. China is now in South America while the US is trying to build a wall around his neighbors. China has presence in Australia and New Zealand while the US is trying to increase tariff on its next-door buddies like Mexico and Canada. China’s big markets are Asia and

- mestic consumption that caters to billion-Chinese consumers.

Biggies like Japan, Taiwan and South Korea are next-door neighbors that require lower shipping costs. Add to this the effects of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) on its giant corporations like Apple, Google and Amazon who are presently employing young multinationals. China has built a massive network of railways and airports to ease movement of its produce nationwide.

Foreign educated Chinese professionals are now returning to China to embrace their cultural roots and heritage. Thanks to the US for boosting the morale of American jobseekers who can’t even water their plants and trim their lawns. Uncle Sam should think it over.

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They say depression is triggered by emptiness. I dare say that an empty wallet is more depressing.

Please leave Belo clinics alone. They are not involved in “fake news.” I stand corrected. I suddenly thought of eyebrows, nose, lips, waist and breasts.

If Bill Gates attracted faces to look at those screens and type, it was Steve Jobs who made them smile doing it. If Bill Gates delivered solutions, Steve

One senator who is now behind bars is not happy with modern technology. She will never accept the idea of “driverless” cars.

Do you really want to go to Boracay to party? Quietly strolling

the sea breeze under the Milky Way and listening to the waves kissing the shore is my kind of bliss.

Go wild and stay drunk in Manila and leave me and my precious Boracay alone.

A favorite quote:

“So what if I can’t spell

It’s not the end of the world.” –Stewart Franc

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Good work, good deeds and good faith to all.