This month, we talk with the fascinating Michelle Atlas, a coach who works with female entrepreneurs. She helps them take that leap of faith, whether it's starting a new business or up-shifting their business to the next level.

We start off by discussing Palantir CEO Alex Karp's scathing comments about Silicon Valley. He explains how this arrogant, condescending group of engineers huddled in an isolated corner of the world might be good at software, but that doesn't give them the right to: Reorganize society, decide what is moral and just, deem who can and cannot use certain technologies, surveil us, or govern us. He says it so perfectly when he says "the bargain between the public and the technology sector has for the most part been consensual"... but people will hopefully stop tolerating it once they realize what's going on.

We then discuss Google's latest drunken idea called Duplex, an AI technology that further anti-improves society. If you don't feel like calling a local business to order food or make an appointment, you just tell a Google website to do it, and then their AI auto-bot calls the business for you and (after scaring them) makes the request on your behalf. This further disconnects the already-disconnected Millennial from reality, completely removing the human factor and the empathy for those few people out there who are still working hard.

We talk about what makes a good coach/counselor (intuition and experience) versus a bad one (cookie-cutter advice and templates). We also discuss a bit about how you can still shift yourself into where you want to be, no matter how old you are. Remember, Colonel Sanders and many other people didn't succeed until their 50s or 60s!

We remind people about the new scandal of cloud-controlled devices - these are devices that will actually be disabled by their creators when they hit a certain age. We mention how Facebook welcomes further regulation (ironically they know that it'll just make it harder for new competitors to enter the market) and how awareness, then, is the only key to stopping the insanity. Finally, we brainstorm ways Marc can bring this under-reported information to a larger audience, and we come up with an idea for an exposé video series... who knows... might be coming down the pipeline!

Thanks to lofi geek for the music, and thanks as always for telling your friends about the show!

It's the June 2021 episode of The Computer Exorcist Bonus Show!

This month's articles were so bleak, I had to enlist the help of no less than Dr. Mike to help me get through them:

How the Norks are getting dangerously good at hacking, while humanity lumbers on using naked Microsoft computers

How programmers are "training" computers to "learn" on their own - and the disastrous (and usually racist) results that follow

The false promise of technology vs. the reality, such as how Google's Voice to Text thing always messes up words consistently

How nerds never, ever, ever consider the consequences of unbridled technology and the Pandora's boxes they keep opening, but feel selectively guilty on occasion

Microsoft removing the ability to disable Windows Defender, and the arrogant nerds who CANNOT COMPREHEND why anyone would want to override things in certain cases

And the "odd-even curse" of Microsoft Windows - They're all disasters, but it seems as though every other version is a greater disaster.

Stay tuned at the end for a deleted scene, and thanks to Nolan Derosia for the music!

Today we talk with multi-faceted IT bureaucrat James Coffin about The False Promise of Technology. We hear it all the time: Technology is this salve that you can rub all over a situation to make it better.

Well, in reality it's not the case. Even if it helps some things a little, it's not going to take away all your problems, and if you think so, you're in for a surprise.

"As if any of this stuff functions in real life!" sums it up nicely. Computers are unreliable garbage designed with framework that depends on framework that depends on framework, so if there's a flaw or an update, a chain reaction of annoyance takes place. It's all garbage.

We discuss:

How India's Welfare Revolution Is Starving Citizens (and what the article's author doesn't even realize is the problem)

How the Norks go on virtual bank heists by breaking into bank computers that have lax security, and how they're actually safer than we are by virtue of not using cloud-controlled gadgets!

Why one author thinks Lenovo PCs are bad (and why they're actually the best)

Colleges that don't require tuition payment until you've gotten a real job (and THE REAL REASON WHY education is so expensive)

Microsoft claiming it's going to make its products more consistent soon (HA)

Now that Facebook owns your personal life, it's out to control your work life too

Colleges being sued for recording students' biometrics

The false promise of autonomous vehicles, and how it's inevitable that nerds call for the deprecation of all human drivers

How one company aims to keep steering wheels in cars, but only if you prove to the car that you're worthy of driving it

And finally, how the You Know What might be the downfall of the much-heralded ride-sharing and car-sharing services.

Thanks to Dis-Harmony for the music, and thanks to Gotham Podcast Studio and Tandem Podcast platform for hosting the show!

As always, thanks for telling your friends about the show!