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This Is What Chat GPT Has to Say About World War Three (and Trump’s Contribution to It)
The past couple of days I had a contractor install new flooring in my living room. I isolated myself in the bedroom, to avoid the dust, noise, and stranger in my house as much as humanly possible.
The communication was minimal, and I thought my avoidance tactics were successful, until one faithful moment, while I was going to get some ice out of the fridge, when he suddenly blurted out: ‘I think Trump is going to start a third world war.’
The line was out of the blue and completely unprovoked.
He didn’t know know who I was, he didn’t know how I felt about it. But he wanted to tell me that. Like a smoke signal from a deserted island, hoping a far away ship will see it and come to the rescue.
The primal fear that a lot of us face these days: what if…?
I mumbled something along the lines of ‘yeah, me too’, and ran back to the safety and silence of my bedroom. I usually don’t engage in political commentary with people I don’t know. It’s draining, gets you nowhere, and I find no joy or purpose in it.
But today I came across this article in The Guardian: .
