2025 ALIVE
01/31/2025 9:34pm
WELCOME TO 2025!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! According to Lunar New Year, this is the Year of the Snake; & according to re-newly-appointed President Trump, this is the start of the Golden Age of America! I'm sorry I took so long to write this, but I wanted to feel out the 2025 vibes before I wrote about it. Honestly, it's not too bad. Things are changing relatively fast in the World, specifically America. For example, congestion pricing has gone into effect in Manhattan, which I personally feel is a terrible attempt to tax the NY citizen out of New York, but I don't believe the Constitutional precedence would support something like that, so whatever. Another thing that has happened was the introduction of DeepSeek, the Chinese competitor to ChatGPT (OpenAI), the head of America's AI movement. People were so shook about the introduction of DeepSeek, but what's an American business without a Chinese competitor? Yes, DeepSeek has a high operation @ a fraction of the cost of ChatGPT, but with that system being built off of old Nvidia hardware, imagine what could be done with the current Nvidia hardware! I feel like people should be more optimistic about this whole thing. In a lot of situations (not all), competition is a good thing. It pushes people to be better at there own craft & leads to cutting-edge innovations. For some reason, America is always in some sort of competition with the East but again, it always leads to some sort of innovation. I'm not tripping about it tbh. During the massive 'TikTok Scare of 2025', I ended up gaining more respect for Chinese culture. China has an immensely rich culture that stems back 1000s of years, plus the food looks so fire! Also, China has a very similar culture to America, but just different. We all like & do the same type of stuff, but they live on a lower cost. I've learned that's the case because they have a lower cost of labor, & don't encourage privatization as much as America. Communism & Capitalism have their individual pros-&-cons, but that's for another time. I say all of this to say that this competition between ChatGPT & DeepSeek is going to be good for everyone as time goes on because while challenging each other towards new heights in AI, we become a more futuristic world, with more access to information, & the increased ability to solve World issues. To me, that sounds like a great thing.
The biggest thing that happened in the first month of 2025 was the inauguration of President DJT, & let me tell you rn that he got straight to work. Once the inauguration ceremony was over, he went straight to the Oval Office & starting signing executive orders towards his agenda for America. Some EOs I agreed with & some I did not, but the speed of his effectiveness was impressive. At this point, we are about two weeks into his presidency & so much has happened already. President Trump has already changed the names of American landmarks, applied tariffs to a few different countries, & arrested/deported many illegal aliens in America. He also approved the StarGate deal, which will help boost America forward in the journey towards AI & technology progression, as well as American development overall. It's been an insane two weeks but whether you like it or not, President Trump got into office & got to working on the actions that he stated he was going to take. Honestly, not everybody is willing to do the work & do that. I may not agree with everything he's done so far, but I respect him honoring his word. What will President Trump do during the rest of his presidential term? We will have to wait & see, but if I could give him any recommendation, it would be to ease off of the race relations & move towards American innovation. American citizens become demotivated when race relations suffocate us. Like we shouldn't be talking about DEI hires after a major plane crash happened in Washington D.C., & we should definitely not racially politicize every little issue. American citizens want a leader who can actually move us forward, not just race-bait. Will President Trump be that leader? Only he can prove to us what type of leader he will be by his future actions during this presidency. I truly do wish him good luck, because I know that job isn't the easiest.
Anyways, how's my 2025 going, you ask? Well, I can say that I'm doing alright. I took a break for a month to get myself together, scope the scenery out, & prepare for this year. I ended off the year with a lot of output, so I'm just regulating myself to be able to continue delivering good work. In my time off, I saw two movies, "Anora" & "Wicked", which I WILL talk about on future posts. I'm not really a guy who goes to the movie theaters like that, but those two movies were actually worth the whole movie theater experience. Not only were they good movies, but I learned & felt so much. I'll write more about it eventually, but not rn. Right now, I just wanted to check-in real quick & update the blog about this wild point in American history. Also, you know how I always need to check-in at least once a month on www.aaronplease.com, the flyest website in the Universe! I'll say more next month when I get a better temperature check of how the year is going. For now, I just wanted to say hello 👋🏽, Happy New Year 🎆, Gong Xi Fa Cai 🐍🧧, & thank you for rockin' w/ me in 2025. Honestly, I don't super know what's next, but I know it's gonna be dope because I'm dope & I do dope things. I'm just ready to help move the World forward at this point. I just create for fun tbh 👨🏽🎨🤷🏽♂️.
TO 2025 & BEYOND,
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