keep digging

Dust if you must, but wouldn't it be better

To paint a picture, or write a letter,

Bake a cake, or plant a seed;

Ponder the difference between want and need?

Dust if you must, but there's not much time,

With rivers to swim, and mountains to climb;

Music to hear, and books to read;

Friends to cherish, and life to lead.

Dust if you must, but the world's out there

With the sun in your eyes, and the wind in your hair;

A flutter of snow, a shower of rain,

This day will not come around again.

Dust if you must, but bear in mind,

Old age will come and it's not kind.

And when you go (and go you must)

“Nearly all of the 92 million people who are considered low-income in the US have been exposed to AI decision-making in fundamental parts of life such as employment, housing, medicine, schooling or government assistance, according to a new report about the harms of AI by attorney Kevin de Liban, who represented low-income people as part of the Legal Aid Society.”