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People are 'zombified' to their phones
Ouroboros, the self-devouring snake, is the perfect metaphor for our time.
People are now zombified to their phones but, more apocalyptically, they are hooked on ‘social’ media.
The bosses of these social media platforms belong to the guild of cut-throat tech bros who’ve been pushing AI to replace human jobs, from accounting to graphic design, policing to civil service, to even the postal service and journalism.
Yet, in spite of our full knowledge that our jobs are disappearing and AI is not creating more than a handful of jobs in each neighbourhood, there has been no national debate nor major protests.
But there have been almost weekly protests against Israel and LGBT people. Because people are tied up to the algorithm and the algorithm protects itself, it doesn’t want you to be distracted from the existential threat AI and automation pose to your job and welfare.
It wants you to be disillusioned with democracy, so you don’t ever write to your MP. It wants you to believe the last bastion of democracy, journalism, is ‘legacy’, expired, so you are spoon-fed your news only through the algorithm. It’s making you eat your own livelihood, while they earn money from the ads in between your scrolls.
Keep on reading newspapers, people. Ouroboros stops with you! Catherine, London
‘We’re just not doing it’ says reader, on preparing for war
So we must all prepare for war? Why? For what? Sorry Messrs Starmer, Macron, Merz and Rutte, we’re just not doing it.
We know ordinary Russians don’t want war either. So why should we all die?
Europe has had enough of wars for centuries. It’s time to find another way. We’re not going to be lions led by donkeys any more. Just say no! T, Glasgow
Reader says we must ‘remember we are part of NATO’, in face of war threat
Anyone from the UK scared by stories of Russia, please remember: The UK is part of Nato, which includes the US, Germany, France, Poland and others.
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Russia has spent four years trying to beat Ukraine. Russia has dreadful, old and obsolete equipment, and millions of its soldiers are dead. Nato has the newest technology, decades ahead of Russia.
Russia has no chance against Nato.
Putin isn’t stupid, he knows if he drops nuclear bombs on any Nato country, the whole of Russia will be flattened. I’m therefore not worried about Russia and neither should you be. Greig, Edinburgh
Our ‘jellyfish politicians’ won’t stand up to Trump
Thank goodness that the BBC have the guts to stand up to Trump because our jellyfish politicians won’t. Ian, Glasgow
Sarah Alcock represents the ‘ethos of dedicated medical staff’
I have tremendous admiration for Sarah Alcock (Metro paper, Wed), the nurse who is giving up her Christmas to work at her neo-natal clinic (despite it being her first as a mum) and to her husband, Dave, for supporting her. Resident doctors on strike take note that this is the ethos of dedicated medical staff. Elaine, Islington
Christmas puns galore…
Here’s a Christmas joke for you. Why did Carol Vorderman turn down a marriage proposal from Bryan Singer, the US film director? She didn’t want to be a Carol Singer. George Radley, Warley
And another…
To all my friends in the southern hemisphere, this coming Sunday will mark the winter solstice here and your summer solstice there.
You know what that means – I want my sun back! Ersire, London
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