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Social Media and Your Kid
The American Psychological Association recommends parents closely monitor the online activities of their preteens and teens. You may remember an article I wrote warning par
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November 24, 2023
The Yuck Factor
Thanksgiving! It is not by accident that our national holiday centers around food. The original 102 Pilgrims, who arrived on the Mayflower in 1620, suffered mal
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November 10, 2023
Tech and War
It’s hard to write as a futurist while civilization is spinning in chaos and brutality. How do we talk about progress in the face of the present destructive u
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October 27, 2023
The Fog of War Social Media Style
October 27, 2023 It is so hard to know what information is true and what is not true in 2023. During a time of crisis, it is especially difficult. Since the
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By Paula Labrot
October 13, 2023
Oh, Pioneers!
October 13, 2023 On Sunday evening, Sept. 24, family members of the Topanga Elementary TK class set up some very fine telescopes on the ball field at the Com
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September 29, 2023
Influencers
You have, probably, heard the expression “monetized.†Specifically, it means using something as a source of profit. A modern example of monetization is the
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By Paula Labrot
August 18, 2023
AI and the Writers’ Strike
AI and the Writers’ Strike It’s unlikely that the writers who penned those sci-fi scripts, or the actors giving soul to a machine, ever thought that AI mig
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September 1, 2023
Def Con
There are world conferences, and there are world conferences. And then, there is Def Con! Forty thousand attendees gathered in Las Vegas this month at Def Con,
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August 4, 2023
FedNow and CBDC: The Realm of Instant Payments
FedNow is an ambitious project undertaken by the Federal Reserve, aimed at creating a nationwide, instant payment network that operates 24/7, 365 days a year. T
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By Paula Labrot
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The Commonality of Fourth of July
If nothing else, Independence Day should bring our nation’s people together. One of the perks of visiting India was being caught up in the ubiquitous stree
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July 21, 2023
Don’t Give Me No Bad News!
Humans have a cognitive bias known as the negativity bias, which means that negative or threatening information tends to have a stronger impact on our emotions
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Scam Slime
June 15 was Elder Abuse Awareness Day. In the spirit of that day, I dedicate this article to my beloved sister, Mari, one of the purest souls on this planet, wh
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The Loneliness Epidemic
A major curiosity of our times is the co-existence of the world’s greatest-of-all-times connectivity on one hand and the deep isolation manifesting as the lon
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To AI or Not to AI
Not even their creators, can understand, predict, or reliably control Artificial Intelligence (AI). On March 29, while I was teaching the brightest techies
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India is Leaping into the Future
Dear Neighbors, I was asked to teach a media literacy class at IIT Mandi in India. The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are a group of autonomous, presti
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TikTok and the Info Wars
TikTok, like its Chinese counterpart Douyin, is a short-form video hosting service owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which
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Bing Unhinged!
People holding secrets, personal or state, have been manipulated or tortured to reveal information since the beginning of the human experience. Many have caved
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Education Evolving
My magical grand-daughter Sidney comes to my house when she is too sick to go to school and her folks have to be at work. I can’t lie... I love those days. It
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ChatGPT
Brace yourself. I have to catch you up on some rapid changes (are there any other kind these days?). ChatGPT is important for you to understand. It is a rev
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A Cornucopia of Digital Wonders
The Computer Electronics Show (CES) was back, live, in full force in Las Vegas for 2023. This year, the event, which had been virtual during COVID, was its
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Permanent Change
We live in an Age of Disruption. People wake up every day to find old paradigms broken and replaced by new sets of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices.
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Caveat Emptor! —Investigate Before Investing
As a documentary filmmaker I learned very quickly that real life is more fascinating than fiction. Nothing illustrates this more than the true tale of the fall
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By Paula Labrot
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A Chanukah Story from Long Ago
How the ancient story of Chanukah is relevant through the centuries and to our lives today. It was 1944 in the Buchenwald concentration camp, and S. B. Uns
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By Rabbi Mendy Piekarski
THE READABLE FEAST
Unto Us a Child is Born...
Christmas is upon us and I look forward to this season. The Nativity scene, the trees and lights, getting together with family and neighbors and meeting new one
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THE READABLE FEAST
In Faith Hope Rises
Throughout the world there are those who walk different paths of faith and call upon us to bring the message of “The peace that surpasses all understanding.â€
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‘Quarantine Highway’ by Millicent Borges Accardi
Quarantine Highway by local poet Millicent Borges Accardi, is a collection of poetry that strikes an important balance between rejection and criticism and latte
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By A.R. Salandy
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Living in the Energy of Miracles
During one of my recent client sessions with a woman who is going through an advanced stage cancer diagnosis, she was sharing how grateful she is for her three
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By Dianne Porchia
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Broken Chains
Thanksgiving is my favorite, least materialistic holiday. Presence is required, presents are not. It is a time of connection, something we have dearly missed ov
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By Paula Labrot
ALL THINGS CONNECTED
The Big Digital Coin Trick
I am a firm believer that all students should study magic. Magic is especially effective in teaching students to recognize the technique of distraction. This is
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By Paula Labrot
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Day of the Undead
Do you remember in the movie “The Adams Family†when Fester takes the children outside to play “Raise the Dead?†Well, have I got a Halloween story for
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By Paula Labrot
ALL THINGS CONNECTED
Understanding the LAUSD Ransomware Hack
This year hackers have attacked at least 27 United States school districts and 28 colleges. The recent hack of the Los Angeles Unified School District involved
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By Paula Labrot
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Car Culture’s New Chapter
Look to the future! EVs will not be the only solution to carbon-free vehicles. Choosing which future fuel will be the winner now is not a good idea. Los Ange
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By Paula Labrot
ALL THINGS CONNECTED
Student Apprenticeship Programs
Baaaack to school, right? But some very good news about education! There is a movement afoot offering middle and high school students apprenticeship programs.
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By Paula Labrot
ALL THINGS CONNECTED
Farm to Table—Past to Present
Sometimes, in order to secure the future, we have to retrieve parts of the past. As we head into the emerging global food shortage already affecting large swath
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By Paula Labrot
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Lithium and The New ‘White-Gold’ Rush
Most of us barely remember the element Lithium from the Periodic Table. It is the third lightest element, coming in with an atomic weight of 3 after Hydrogen an
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By Paula Labrot
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5Journeys Opens New Forest Immersion Pre-school Option
The Topanga-based non-profit, 5Journeys, will hold an open house on August 28, 4 p.m., to introduce Better World Learning Pod for ages two-and-a-half-to five-ye
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By The Canyon Chronicle
ALL THINGS CONNECTED
The Hospitalists
Today’s medical care system is severely broken. When the bad thing happens, as patients, we need support and advocates to guide us. Millennials are often
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By Paula Labrot
ALL THINGS CONNECTED
Word Power 101
Folks throw a lot of bewildering words around these days, so here is a vocabulary lesson covering terms of cellular and internet technologies so you know what t
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By Paula Labrot
ALL THINGS CONNECTED
The Dog Days of August
Want Your Dog’s picture in The Canyon Chronicle? The Chronicle’s August 5 issue begins our annual Dog Days celebration. Since we don’t want to miss those
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By The Canyon Chronicle
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Real, not Virtual Connections at Camp Cabaret
What a night it was at Camp Cabaret on June 24! Topanga’s soul shone through the performances of campers culminating their two-week musical theater experien
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By Paula Labrot
ALL THINGS CONNECTED
Could Topanga Become an Urban Night Sky Place?
The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) recognizes and promotes excellent stewardship of the night sky through its International Dark Sky Places. There are
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By The Canyon Chronicle
ALL THINGS CONNECTED
Digital Children: Nightmare or Dream Come True?
Real-time, virtual babies are coming to a metaverse near you and they may even have souls. What??? That’s what Catriona Campbell is predicting. She is one o
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By Paula Labrot
ALL THINGS CONNECTED
It Happens Every Day
“It is not for us to know those times, when people are wide open, and the lightest touch may wither or heal.†—F. Scott Fitzgerald By Paula LaBrot
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By Paula Labrot
ALL THINGS CONNECTED
Under the Influence
When I was a kid, I do not recall anyone ever saying, “When I grow up, I want to be an Influencer.†That entrepreneurial niche did not yet exist. Not until
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By Paula Labrot
ALL THINGS CONNECTED
Food Scarcity
Spring planting! Ooops! Big problem, folks. There is a commercial fertilizer shortage in the world. According to Bloomberg, “For the first time ever, farme
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By Paula Labrot
ALL THINGS CONNECTED
Faith in the Metaverse
Religion is in the process of appearing in a Metaverse near you! COVID-19 catapulted digital worship to the status of “new normal,†and there are many
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By Paula Labrot
Digital Slang
It’s spring, 2022. All around us a whole new language is blooming. This column is dedicated to bringing folks up to speed on the symbols of this new language.
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By Paula Labrot
Facing Down the Drought
UCLA historian Norris Hundl once noted, “It is a mistake…to think of California in terms of averages and regular cycles of precipitation.â€Â I like thi
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By Paula Labrot
Tech and The Fog of War
In the present conflict between Ukraine and Russia, modern warfare has split into what is termed kinetic battles and digital battles. Kinetic battles are actual
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By Paula Labrot
ALL THINGS CONNECTED
Love in the Age of AI
Want to find your perfect valentine? It is a quest as old as humanity. Most people want love more than anything. But how to find it? How to meet that soulma
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By Paula Labrot
Who Wants to Live Forever?
There is no doubt that modern medicine has made stunning progress in the treatment of previously hopeless medical conditions. It is predicted that anyone born a
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By Paula Labrot
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Clean Up Your Apps!
Happy New Year, Dear Readers! Finally, 2022 has arrived. What better to do than clear out the clutter of the past? Start cleaning up your phones and computers
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By Paula Labrot
Now, Therefore Be It Resolved…
Columnist Joel Bellman, who defines himself as a “short-term pessimist but long-term optimist,†declares Rescuing Democracy as his New Year’s Resolution.
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By Joel Bellman
Christmas—The More Things Change…
Christmas 2021 is here! This wonderful holiday has been celebrated around the world for hundreds and hundreds of years. Throughout those years, Christmas has ev
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By Paula Labrot
Entertainment Trends
Over the last couple of COVID-19 years, quarantined populations have relied heavily on home-accessed sources of entertainment to fill in their days and nights o
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By Paula Labrot
Reconnecting
Many of us will have spent the beautiful Thanksgiving holiday connected, once again, with loved ones. It has been two years since COVID-19 shattered our gatheri
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By Paula Labrot
The Digital Art Scene
You probably don’t remember, but in the early days of computers for the masses, around the early nineties, artists were the ones out in front using the new te
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By Paula Labrot
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Stars to the Stars
William Shatner may have been the oldest person to travel to space, but he is not the first actor. On October 5, in an historic first, a Soyuz space capsule car
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By Paula Labrot
In the Name of Love
There are so many articles to write for you. I just want to send a more personal message this time. I was thinking this morning that, all over the world, thousa
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By Paula Labrot
Catch the Wind
When candidate Joe Biden campaigned on green jobs and clean energy, it was easy to cheer. “Win-win,†right? The other guy, after all, had touted “beautif
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By Joel Bellman
Solar Farms
On our present road trip, we are seeing a new kind of farm—solar farms. Over the vast stretches of deserts and high plateaus, extensive acres of photovoltaic
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By Paula Labrot
Canyon Sages Seek Caregivers
Canyon Sages volunteers have been active as a group behind the scenes during the pandemic helping seniors with meals, vaccines, and information. As part of thei
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By The Canyon Chronicle
Back to Work In A COVID World
COVID-19 has changed the world. The effects of this devastating virus have made a return to life-as-usual unlikely. Dr. Vinayak Kumar, a physician at the Mayo C
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By Paula Labrot
Have I got a job offer for you!
NASA is now taking applications in a search for people to live for a year in a Martian habitat called Mars Dune Alpha. To prepare for sending astronauts to Mars
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By Paula Labrot
Future Scouts—Forging A Preferred Future
Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the worldwide Scouts Movement, said, “We must change boys from a ‘what can I get’ to a ‘what can I give’ attitude.†Ju
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By Paula Labrot
Thinking Out Loud
Win Some, Lose Some
After a year of publishing a print edition of The Canyon Chronicle, we’ve maintained a website but not to the scale we need. We have an opportunity now to upg
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By The Canyon Chronicle
Farmers in Lab Coats
I am tired of all the dystopian, doomsday pundits. As a Futurist, I am reporting to you, dear Readers, there is a lot to look forward to. Good things are happen
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By Paula Labrot
Space for All!
I will never, ever forget being in the desert at Edwards Air Force Base to welcome the Columbia Space Shuttle home in 1981. G and I took Mom, Dad, my very old a
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By Paula Labrot
Sneaky Sidewalk
Don’t worry. Amazon has opted you in. It’s up to you to opt out. On June 9, Amazon quietly activated technology embedded, as far back as 2018, into devic
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By Paula Labrot
Ransomware
We are not under threat of war. We are in a war already. It’s a different kind of war, fought with ones and zeros, not guns. It is a cyberspace invasion that
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By Paula Labrot
Amazon Oligarchy
Convenience is the temptress of Big Tech. Amazon can get you anything you want to buy and deliver it the next day. By providing such convenience, Amazon has
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By Paula Labrot
High-Tech Firefighting
Fire spotting and firefighting have gone high tech in keeping with the cyber-times we live in. Given our latest episode with Santa Monica Mountain wildfires, it
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By Paula Labrot
Human Barcode
“IBM and the Holocaust†by Edwin Black is a stunning, shattering warning to the modern world of the dangers involved in data collection and a bitter reminde
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By Paula Labrot
EMR—Electronic Medical Records
Remember when the wall behind the doctor’s office receptionist was lined with paper charts? Yours was filed there with everyone else’s medical records until
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By Paula Labrot
A Distributed Web
There is so much craziness going on in the oligarchic tech world right now…so many politically entwined, power hungry, greedy scary, dark behaviors that I cho
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By Paula Labrot
Of Monoliths and Mangers
This year it took much longer to put up our Christmas decorations, four days alone to mount the house lights and yard display. Usually, that was something we co
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By Kathie Gibboney
Decentralization…! Here We Come! On to Web 3.0!
English philosopher John Stuart Mill wrote in the mid-1800s, “The fraud is the pretense that the welfare of ordinary people matters to the elite, when the rea
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By Paula Labrot
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