On my way into work this morning I was contemplating the relevance of every-day frivolities (card games like poker) in a future where organic matter is replaced with synthetic matter. Say such an event happens – one would assume (another organic-specific notion) that if we were to replace ourselves (or rather, be replaced) by programmed mechanisms, all the quirks that make us ‘us’ would have to be programmed in, and thus, could be ‘figured out’ via cause & effect calculations.
These are the thoughts that enter my head as one luxury car after another forces its way into my mid-western driving comfort zone in packed traffic. Would a short commute really be better? 
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