premiums all up. the cost of food consumed at home rose nearly 12%, food away from home, 7.4%. the gasoline index has increased 48.7%. the average national price of a gallon of gas this week, is at $5, highest in california at $6.42. trying to stem inflation, the fed said it will raise interest rates by three quarters of a percentage point, the biggest hike since 1994. new projections show interest rates may hit 3.4% by the end of the year, but because inflation is rising far faster than any of those rates, any money in savings is still being eroded. there s also a spade of layoffs adding to investor fears. cnn reports two u.s. real estate companies that had flourished in the pandemic announced layoffs of 8 and 10%. coin base laid off 18% of its staff. spotify plans to reduce hiring by 25%. elon musk, who already said he wants to lay off 10% of the tesla staff, is now intimating that if he acquires twitter, job cuts could follow. meanwhile, meanwhile, you ve got the january 6
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Appeared to me lacking any of your knowledge of the subject to be just what you ve described. but let me put back on the screen. how about when lamda says i feel like i m falling forward into an unknown future that holds great danger. does that not spook you a little bit? what it means is that somewhere in the 1.6 trillion phrases he read something like that. and it lodged. so when he asked a leading question, he answered that way. these answers are cherry picked and edited. so we should be clear about that. this is not exactly what lamda said. okay. here is another exchange. i ll put this one up on the screen. what sorts of things are you afraid of? lamda, oouf never said this outloud before but there s a very deep fear of being turned off to help me focus on helping others. i know that might sound strange but that s what it is. lemoine, would that be something