Nick Offerman

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Good Day, reddit, my name is Nick Offerman.... 25.3k upvotes • 4.2k comments NickOffermanAMA OP • 4m Nick Offerman, Actor I am trying to learn to appreciate that Al might make some human systems better when it comes to drudgery and accounting and such, but anything that springs from human creativity, I firmly don't ever want it to be jobbed out to a robot. The whole point of the arts (i think) is to use our human ingenuity to salve the difficulties of existence and consciousness for one another, through all mediums. Without the human intention and spark at the inception of the artwork, I find it rendered flaccid and empty. To make an analogy, I am powerfully thrilled by the swashbuckling feats performed by the likes of Gene Kelly, Douglas Fairbanks and Jackie Chan, among others, who dazzle us with their charismatic derring-do and athletic prowess. As soon as you start using fast editing and computer-generated images to enhance their moves in any way, like in the Marvel films for example, I lose interest immediately because the raw human achievement is diluted to very weak tea. Even though it was a staged effect, Indiana Jones running from that rolling boulder had the visceral sense of reality because it was all physical real-life stunts and scenery. If the boulder was animated, it would not have half the thrilling effect. My good pal, comedy writer and comics scribe Daniel Kibblesmith, who is a great follow, has said a lot of really powerful, pithy things on the topic, like: ["Can you believe a computer drew this / wrote this?"

Good Day, reddit, my name is Nick Offerman.... 25.4k upvotes • 4.2k comments ["Can you believe a computer drew this / wrote this?" Yes. Computers have been beating you in chess your entire life. Do you run around telling everybody that they're geniuses. Do you think people who play chess "are shaking." Or are you missing the entire point of being a human?] So, I understand that Al will infiltrate a lot of our world's infrastructure and liekly improve some operating systems, but I will eternally come down on the side of thinking about people and rewarding/remunerative jobs and their dignity and how that applies to our national/global well being. I think Al will do a good job of making the wealthy wealthier, "now we have robots to mow the golf courses!" but that is sprinting in the wrong direction. Our consumerist society is neglecting, more and more, our stewardship toward Mother Nature. Toward creation and The Creation, which I believe we are called upon in just about every religion as well as that of common sense to steward. Having good work to do, especially in all of the depressed rural areas in America, is a much higher priority to me - knowing about our horrific, unhealthy industrial food system and the neglect of our small farmers, for example. Understanding that grass-fed, sustainable farming and regenerative practices is a much better path forward in specific and in general, than building a better robot. For more on this sexy topic, please see The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry.

Cameo in @nickofferman.bsky.social’s Reddit AMA today with some words on A.I. that I stand by. Read to the end for a valuable book rec: www.reddit.com/r/movies/s/H...

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@nickofferman.bsky.social’s new award-worthy film ’Sovereign’ is about a lost soul swept into extremism youtu.be/IzY4isk-sYo?...

Reflections on the life and legacy of Shozo Sato, who founded the University of Illinois’ Japan House - IPM Newsroom Shozo Sato, founder of Japan House and professor emeritus at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, passed away on May 4 at age 91. Sato dedicated his life to fostering cross-cultural understand...

There are people who change your life forever…Shozo was that person @nickofferman.bsky.social

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Trekking my way through “Where the Deer and the Antelope Play” and finding so many great joy-nuggets. Love this one I found today: “However, here is a moral rule of thumb that I feel pretty secure about: Don’t wish pain on others.” Simply stated truth. Thanks!

Opinion | George Saunders on the Firing of Dr. Carla Hayden When a ship is sinking, there’s value in knowing how fast, and calling it out. When a country is self-sabotaging, ditto.

“In the real world, the world of cause and effect, when we tear down the best among us and provide bogus reasons for why we did it, reality will eventually come for us,” writes the author George Saunders about the firing of Dr. Carla Hayden, who was the librarian of Congress.

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YouTube video by wilco Nick Offerman unboxing 'A Ghost Is Born' deluxe edition vinyl

Wood shop proprietor and @wilcohq.bsky.social friend and fan @nickofferman.bsky.social cracks open the new nine-LP, four-CD deluxe edition of the band's GRAMMY-winning 2004 album 'A Ghost Is Born' to take a look inside. youtu.be/QNra0dlktPU

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Four vertically stacked stills of David Lynch giving an interview. 1. Lynch captioned: As soon as you finish a film, 2. Lynch captioned: People want you to talk about it. 3. Lynch squeezing his eyes shut, possibly wincing, possibly looking frustrated and/or amused. 4. Lynch, eyes open again, smiling slightly, captioned: And it’s, um, the film is the talking.

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The world is overwhelmed when choosing what to eat. Sacred Cow probes the fundamental moral, environmental and nutritional quandaries we face in raising and eating animals. Focusing on the largest and perhaps most maligned of farmed animals, the cow. Directed and Produced by Diana Rodgers Narrated by Nick Offerman Sacred Cow Film - Official Version

Sacred Cow (film): The Nutritional, Environmental, and Ethical Case for Better Meat

Directed and Produced by Diana Rodgers, RD

Narrated by #NickOfferman (@nickofferman.bsky.social)

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Hello, neighbors. Here is a portrait of Wendell Berry made by Guy Mendes.