Why I Write Blogs

I started writing blogs on my Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ntunni but soon realized that I needed a dedicated platform for blogging. Facebook offers minimal formatting options and you can't create a unique look and feel that reflects your writing style. Also, it's challenging for me as well as for my friends to discover my older blog posts on Facebook. 

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On a dedicated blog, people can easily search and browse an archive. Another problem is that Facebook's algorithm controls what shows up in users' feeds. Even with a large following, only a small percentage of friends might see your posts. Finally, your content technically resides on Facebook's platform. They could change policies and even remove certain contents without notice. A dedicated blog platform gives you complete ownership and control.

Therefore, I created a new website to host my blogs, namely www.howcanwematter.com and I use the Google Blogger tool to create and publish my blogs. The blog topics are categorized into six groups: Education, Health, Philosophy, Politics, Spirituality, and Technology. I still use my Facebook page to inform my friends about new blog posts. Sometimes I tweet on the social media platform X with the handle @ntunni to inform specific public individuals or institutions about important matters. 

Why Write Blogs?

People write blogs for various reasons, such as sharing their experiences, passion, and expertise, connecting with like-minded people, improving writing skills and communication abilities, and showcasing expertise in niche areas. In my case, apart from these general motives, there are three important reasons for writing blogs:

1. As a septuagenarian (or more precisely a semi-sesqui-centennial!), keeping my mind sharp is just as important as staying physically fit. Therefore, I challenge myself mentally every day by writing blogs and/or sharing my views on Facebook. You might say that this is my daily brain gym. Keeping my mind active is crucial, especially as I get older. In short, I write to stay mentally stimulated. Just like physical exercise, it is essential for my well-being.
   
   
2. Secondly, I am on a mission to create a digital record of my life journey by capturing important moments from different stages of my life and sharing my thoughts on various subjects of interest to me. I want to explore how different aspects of life, like education, health, philosophy, politics, spirituality, and technology, are all interconnected. Additionally, I delve into specific topics like scientific discoveries, philosophical questions, the impact of technology, and the search for meaning (spirituality), highlighting the fascinating ways they all influence us, our society, as well as each other. I hope my descendants in the future will find these digital repositories of topics fascinating to compare their world, shaped by modern technology, with the world I lived in 10, 25, or even 50 years ago.
   
   
3. Finally, in a far-fetched dream, I envision one of my grandkids or great-grandkids, perhaps a brilliant mind working on generative AI, creating a digital version of me from all these blog posts. They can use a Small Language Model (SLM), since the training data is very small, and create an AI replica of mine. Long after I am gone, they could interact with this AI version of me, using a Chatbot, and be curious to know my thoughts and opinions on the issues and events shaping their world. The present innovations in the field of AI are accelerating at such a blazing-fast pace that it’s tough to keep up with the change.

The Changing Landscape

According to historian, philosopher, and bestselling author of several books, Yuval Noah Harari, history is not the study of the past but rather the study of change, of how things change, and what makes it relevant for the present and future. He makes the most insightful statement: 

"It is the first time in human history that nobody has any idea how the world will look like in 20 years." 

Consequently, today no one knows what to teach young people that will still be relevant for the next twenty years.

Things are changing incredibly fast, and this generation is undergoing an accelerating change in their technological environment than ever before. Every previous information technology simply copied and disseminated our ideas.

However, the most important thing about AI is that it's the first technology in history that can make decisions by itself and can create new ideas by itself. 

Although AI is still in its infancy, it has already started shaping the future of humanity across nearly every industry. But we still have to remember that AI is not human intelligence but is artificial intelligence!

Conclusion

This blog is my passport to exploring the ever-evolving world of technology and its impact on society, education, health, and politics. Through this blog, I'm excited to stay on top of it all and share the journey with you, my friends!