8/28/2021 blog

On technology and business

I am not good at tech, hardly use my smartphone but read an interesting article today in The Wall Street Journal about the way younger people have been using social media like FB and YouTube to make money on financial markets and advise investing. Here it is: The Social-Media Stars Who Move Markets – WSJ

I suppose the main concern is these people have no editors or bosses vetting their advice and could even be con  people. You can certainly be hurt by unqualified or dishonest  people in your personal life; it could happen financially too.

I had an idea for a brief new poem today, but it seemed too angry. My Dad told me lately that I need to be more careful of what I say. Yes, being physically brutalized for opinions and jokes is not usually worth it: I prefer music, work from for home now, and a bit of TV and some books and media.