Trump is not stupid. 

Springsteen, my all time favorite celebrity, had a typically eloquent anti-Trump rant. 

Including the line: “a price being paid for not addressing the real cost of deindustrialization and globalization”

He called Trump a “moron” though. I don’t agree with Bruce on that (besides, the term, like “retard”, has a cruel heritage). 

Trump is not dumb. Neither was GWB (a poor choice but T makes him look almost palatable). 

As near as I can tell Trump is fairly smart — but he is not rational. Recent brain research shows two are loosely coupled.

Non-rational, manipulative, narcissistic, authoritarian, vengeful, amoral, ignorant, incurious … But smart enough to be terribly dangerous. 

With a worldview frozen in his youth. In 1965 his racism and misogyny would have been mainstream. Even pronto-feminist. 

First GWB. Now Trump. Maybe history is sending us a message. 

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Apple has few non-bundled iOS apps now.

Stickers, some dev apps, the remotes, and the legacy iLife apps. They used to have more, but most have been moved into base install. Music Memos.app is a funny outlier, I wonder how it came to pass. Similar trend on macOS – if it’s not part of the base install Apple isn’t going to make it.

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“Automatically Update OS X?”

Restarting after an OS X security update I saw this:

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Not sure if is new, but, wow, what a bad idea if it means auto-update to Sierra. The transition from El Cap to Sierra does not look smooth. Good time to review your App Store preferences.

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How will you treat educated citizens who vote Trump?

I empathize with the 5th and 4th quintile who vote Trump. They are being conned and will get hurt, but I get their pain. 

Not so the 2nd and 1st, the educated elite. 

It was shameful to reelect GWB post-torture, but T is far worse. He hides nothing, we know his history and his nature. His stated policies are nonsensical and brutal. He openly advocates war crimes. He exploits racism. 

To be educated and vote for Trump is to do evil. It is more than a character flaw.  It is not easily forgiven. 

Whether he wins or loses, how will you treat the elite who supported him? How will you treat those who did not speak?

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