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Decisions

 Fate likes to play games with us from time to time. Recently i thought about decisions we all make and their status after some time. Some of those we consider to be good and turn out to be one of biggest mistakes of our lifes. Some choices we regretted at the beggining but after time we were happy we chose them  .At the ending of the 60's an NBA player called Spencer Haywood had a choice between 100 thousands dollars or 10% of Nike's company earnings. In that time nobody knew about Nike, a cloth brand that just started making their own shoes, so the choice was "obvious" :). Today those 10%'s equal 8.6 BILLION DOLLARS. Oh i am so sure he hates himself for this.   Now a story from my own experience. When i was i 11 me and my friend went to a skateboard camp. At the ending of the camp a stranger walked up to me and offered a t-shirt for 50zł( At that time i consider 50zł a fortune). Back then i was wearing size M shirts and this one was XXL size. So for some rea

The use and perception of stimulants in history NOT for own entertainment

Many substances we consider harmful drugs and stimulants were seen completly difrent in the past. During WW2, not only but mostly, American soldiers were given those "pills for braveness" that were supposed to make them fearless on the battlefield. I think all the troops belived that if the pills were approved and distributed by government they weren't harmful or dangerous to health. In reality the pills were just full ampthetamine, a drug that does increase confidence,get rid of fear and sharpen up our senses but it all has a price. The drug leads many many very serious mental health problems as well as physical disfunctions. Those pills were responsible for soldiers leaving war with addictions and PTSD's. Another example is how popular and accepted cocaine was in 20th centrury.  It was used for braveness too(Ernest Schackelton explored Antarctica while on cocaine), but it was also sold in drug stores like any other medicament for headache's and tooth pains(witho

Is one of our greatest friends, our greatest enemy?

Recently i watched few sci-fi movies since im into this genre. The one that got most of my attention was Terminator ( decided to watch again for 45234 time because why not). The thought that got into my head after watching it was probably the same one everybody got too (noo not the thought :"OH MAN THAT TERINATOR GUY IS SO COOL"). What if something like that could really happen and computers would want to kill the human race? Artificial Intelligence (A.I) is already a big thing in our lives. Programs like Siri, and Alexa are the most knonw and basic A.I's we know. From what i've read, these programs are already capable of analysing our choices and giving solutions that would mostly fit our concerns. . If this example does not convince you here's another one. I've seen short clips on youtube where A.I's constructed by Google are doing simple tasks that require sort of mind process. Those programs were able to talk with a human on the phone and for example s