The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)

 https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-explainers/what-are-industry-4-0-the-fourth-industrial-revolution-and-4ir

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/the-fourth-industrial-revolution-what-it-means-and-how-to-respond/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=4IR

‘Black Mirror’ Sets Season 7 Cast

 https://deadline.com/2024/09/netflix-black-mirror-season-7-cast-issa-rae-awkwafina-paul-giamatti-1236093687/

https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/black-mirror-season-7-cast-revealed-in-a-cryptic-computer-message-203343148.html

https://x.com/blackmirror

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Black+Mirror

The Lebanon explosions raise a question: Deep into the smartphone era, who is still using pagers?

 https://apnews.com/article/pagers-explosions-lebanon-doctors-security-israel-f35bd0f0e0a57bb5f37c139d1f32926d

How are people supposed to feel safe if potentially any electronic device could be armed and ready to be activated?

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=deadly+pager+attack

Hong Kong jumps to ninth spot in global talent ranking but Singapore still top in Asia

 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3279135/hong-kong-jumps-9th-spot-global-talent-ranking-singapore-still-top-asia?module=top_story&pgtype=section

In several ways, Singapore is a much freer place than HK.

https://air-corporate.com/blog/hong-kong-vs-singapore-which-place-is-best-for-bus/

https://awaytothecity.com/hong-kong-vs-singapore/

https://medium.com/asian-mosaic/singapore-vs-hong-kong-pros-and-cons-9b571c6fc4ef

https://versus.com/en/hong-kong-vs-singapore

https://statrys.com/blog/hong-kong-vs-singapore

https://gbe.com.hk/real-estate/__trashed/

https://goocalnet.blogspot.com/2016/06/do-you-know-how-big-is-singapore.html

First person convicted under Hong Kong’s new security law is sentenced to 14 months in prison

 https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-security-law-first-sentence-9982e169f570251d5e30d82724d6fd5a?utm_source=RecoReel&utm_medium=articlePage&utm_id=Taboola

Of course there used to be a time when HK was a much safer and freer place.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/09/hong-kong-t-shirt-sedition-sentencing-shows-malice-of-new-national-security-legislation/

https://hongkongfp.com/2024/09/19/hong-kong-man-pleads-guilty-to-sedition-under-new-security-law-over-graffiti-left-on-back-of-bus-seats/

Walkie-talkies explode in Lebanon day after deadly pager attack

 https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/lebanon-pagers-explode-hezbollah-israel-09-18-24-intl-hnk/index.html

Now almost any electronic device could be considered to be armed and ready to be activated.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c781d8y397do

https://apnews.com/live/lebanon-syria-pagers-hezbollah-updates

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/18/how-did-hezbollah-get-the-pagers-that-exploded-in-lebanon

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=deadly+pager+attack

‘Ancient Apocalypse’ Season 2 Confirmed By Netflix With Keanu Reeves Set To Feature

 https://deadline.com/2024/09/ancient-apocalypse-season-2-netflix-with-keanu-reeves-graham-hancock-1236092704

https://www.imdb.com/news/ni64833085/?ref_=nws_nwr_li

Like with the In_Search_of..._(TV_series), its speculative and thought provoking entertainment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of..._(TV_series)#Original_Series

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Keanu+Reeves

Inside the warped mind of Trump's second would-be assassin...

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13860015/psychologists-inside-trump-assassination-suspect-ryan-wesley-routh-mind.html

How did the guy know when an where DT would be?

https://nypost.com/tag/trump-golf-course-shooting/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Trump

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’

 https://fortune.com/2024/09/17/oracle-larry-ellison-surveillance-state-police-ai

Unfortunately, some people would really like to have the world become like a series of interconnected Black Mirror episodes. Indeed, why use technology to improve freedom, when it can also be used to transform the world into a totalitarian prison? A 4IR world would certainly mean a lot more control over the human herd.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Industrial_Revolution#Artificial_intelligence

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/the-fourth-industrial-revolution-what-it-means-and-how-to-respond/

Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGCdLKXNF3w

"Welcome to your life There's no turning back Even while we sleep We will find you..." Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World 

https://x.com/blackmirror

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Black+Mirror

First person convicted under security law for wearing protest T-shirt in Hong Kong

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/16/chu-kai-pong-hong-kong-first-conviction-sedition-charge

California breaks record for most 4.0 earthquakes in a single year

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13847307/US-state-breaks-record-earthquakes-Big-One-coming.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13829659/California-swarm-earthquakes.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/4-7-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-near-malibu-and-breaks-california-record/

https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-earthquake-temblor-25803cb194024135fba633f14a6b83ac

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-13/despite-recent-shaking-california-remains-in-an-earthquake-drought

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci40731623/executive

https://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=earthquakes

JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon warns US economy faces an outcome worse than a recession

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/consumer/article-13847325/jamie-dimon-warns-economy-outcome-stagflation-worse-recession.html

Most money today is just a bunch of ones & zeros in various "secure" computer systems.

https://www.usbank.com/investing/financial-perspectives/market-news/economic-recovery-status.html

https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2024/09/jpmorgan-ceo-jamie-dimon-warns-something-worse-than-recession-remains-a-risk-for-the-u-s-economy/

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/buffetts-vice-chairman-dumps-over-half-his-berkshire-shares

https://www.britannica.com/money/fiat-money

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/recession-now-or-stagflation-forever

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fiatmoney.asp#

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/bad-data-and-bad-models-how-fed-has-shattered-confidence

OpenAI Says Latest o1 Model On "New Level", Can "Think Before It Answers"

 https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/openai-says-latest-o1-model-new-level-can-think-it-answers

https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1834278217626317026

Carl Jung's Synchronicity: meaningful patterns...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5T1yH04oJs

Americans Lost $5.6 Billion In Cryptocurrency Scams Last Year...

 https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/americans-lost-56-billion-cryptocurrency-scams-last-year-fbi-says

So many tricks and digital traps to avoid. 

https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/dubai-court-recognizes-crypto-valid-salary-payment

The amount of encrypted ones and zeros around the world is staggering.

https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2024/09/290-billion-swiss-banking-giant-launches-bitcoin-and-ether-trading-services/

https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/putin-signs-law-legalizing-cryptocurrency-mining-russia

https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/how-chinese-traders-miners-got-around-chinas-crypto-ban

Carl Jung's concept of Synchronicity: meaningful patterns in life

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dErMZsvpkIc

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

 https://people.com/tim-burton-pitched-jeffrey-jones-charles-deetz-death-beetlejuice-beetlejuice-8708373

Some say that Beetlejuice_Beetlejuice is better than the first movie.

https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/weekend-box-office-beetlejuice-beetlejuice-scores-second-highest-september-opening-ever/

Beetlejuice_Beetlejuice is a continuation of the story without requiring all of the original characters to return.

https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-opening-weekend-box-office-1236136687/

https://ew.com/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-macarthur-park-ending-danny-devito-cameo-screenwriter-alfred-gough-explains-8707254

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/movies/macarthur-park-song-beetlejuice-beetlejuice.html

https://screenrant.com/beetlejuice-2-charles-deetz-jeffrey-jones-recast/

https://www.buzzfeed.com/ravenishak/beetlejuice-1988-movie-rewatch

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

Beetlejuice_Beetlejuice is another example that a good sequel not only can be produced a few years after the first movie, but even decades later. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2049403

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetlejuice_Beetlejuice#Plot

(1988) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetlejuice#Plot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetlejuice_(franchise)#Films

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Beetlejuice

Netflix's Terminator Show

https://screenrant.com/terminator-zero-franchise-timeline-connection-explained-creator/

The Terminator story just keeps on growing.

 https://screenrant.com/termiantor-zero-season-2-future-mattson-tomlin-response/

https://screenrant.com/terminator-zero-time-travel-rules-explained-timelines/

The Terminator Universe Explained: Multiverse & Time Travel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcf3NOCbcDg

The Terminator Franchise Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fWYnC2a35o

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

Bill_and_Ted's_Excellent_Adventure really took off with a little help from a time traveling phone+booth in the cosmic matrix.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096928 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUDIBzecP1I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_and_Ted#Films

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keanu_Reeves_filmography#Film

"The Matrix" Changed My Life - Keanu+Reeves Shares Fond Memories Of His Most Iconic Films https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Bl4TXEm1w

https://screenrant.com/matrix-phone-hard-line-enter-exit-explained/

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Phones 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=phone+booth

The phone booth shaped time machine

The TARDIS phone box.  

https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Matrix , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0811881

https://blog.lovarzi.co.uk/are-doctor-who-and-the-matrix-related

The Doctor Enters the Matrix | The Deadly Assassin | Doctor Who https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfzigMhTPhI , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deadly_Assassin#Plot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARDIS#Exterior_design

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARDIS#Interior_design

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARDIS#BBC_trademark

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Bill_%26_Ted.jpg 

"One of the citizens, Rufus, is tasked by the leaders to travel back to San Dimas, California in 1988 using a phone booth-shaped time machine..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_and_Ted's_Excellent_Adventure#Plot

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096928/mediaviewer/rm697747713 The Phone Booth

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096928/mediaviewer/rm3314927873 - George_Carlin

https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Matrix_Revisited_(documentary)

The toilet_portal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARDIS#/media/File:Portable_toilet_at_Great_Denham,_Bedfordshire,_England.jpg

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096928/mediaviewer/rm3935684865

"The Matrix" Changed My Life - Keanu+Reeves Shares Fond Memories Of His Most Iconic Films https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Bl4TXEm1w

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Phones

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=phone+booth

Captain Crunch on the phone, etc.

Joybubbles: The Documentary Film https://vimeo.com/112783389

Steve Wozniak | Joybubbles: The Documentary Film https://vimeo.com/112301596?

Joybubbles: The Documentary Film - Teaser Trailer https://vimeo.com/111181033 

A Call from Joybubbles https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b08hlnjq

How Telephone Phreaking Worked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tHyZdtXULw

A Hacker Shows How Easy It Is To Hack Your Cell Phone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN_EMMoycjM

How a Cereal Box Toy Hacked AT&T's Phone Lines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDh_XRTpXxI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Call_Us,_We'll_Call_You 1974 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4njPe2_rho

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Joybubbles

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=phone+booth

Keanu Reeves and some books...

 https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3460897.Keanu_Reeves

Books, games, motorcycles and movies, Keanu+Reeves is there.

History of the Telephone Booth

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_booth#History

https://www.talkboxbooth.com/post/history-phone-booth

https://myofficepod.co.uk/a-brief-history-of-the-office-phone-booth/

https://time.com/4425102/public-telephone-booth-history/

Superman and the Phone Booth https://www.supermanhomepage.com/other/other.php?topic=phonebooth#

https://commonreader.wustl.edu/why-superman-used-a-phone-booth/

https://www.anotherthink.com/contents/essays_on_faith/20130815_the-truth-about-supermans-phonebooth.html

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Telephone_booth

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=phone+booth

Stephen King gives blunt three-word response after discovering Florida banned 23 of his books in schools

 https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/stephen-king-florida-book-ban-b2605632.html

The memory hole alternative is always favoured by the A-Holes and censor freaks in general. Certain books & other media can have a warning on them and that should be it.