Takeaways:

• In a world dominated by technology, the absence of human interaction at stores is becoming common.
• James shared a funny experience at the pharmacy that felt like being inside a vending machine.
• The convenience of automated systems is winning out, but at what cost to our humanity?
• Future shopping might mean no clerks to answer questions, leaving us to fend for ourselves.
• The cold, sterile feel of tech-driven stores raises questions about the warmth of human connection.
• As we embrace convenience, we must consider how technology changes our daily lives and interactions.

Links referenced in this episode:

• jamesabrown.net

This is the Daily Note.

I'm James A.

Brown.

I went to the pharmacy to get something for my migraine.

As I checked out on a kiosk, I noticed something.

I was alone.

No pharmacist, no clerks.

Just a glow of a monitor and the voice of a machine demanding my card.

It was like I was inside a giant vending machine.

When I left, I opened the bottle.

On the way to the car, I I took one to take the edge off.

And as that pill hit my tongue, I had one thought.

If this is now, what's the future?

A future where stores have no clerks and questions have no one to answer them.

It's clear that convenience has won.

And boy, that place felt cold.

So what do you think?

Let me know@jamesabrown.net or call me.

On that note, I'm James A.

Brown, and as always, be well.