(1) No one knows what the future is. So hedge your bets. (2) Abilities AI can't do (yet)

No one knows what the future is. So hedge your bets.

(1)

"This is the first time in history nobody has any idea what the world will look like in 10 years — what the job market will look like, what social relations will look like, et cetera. So hedge your bets. Don’t focus on a narrow subject like coding. 

Give equal importance to your head (intellectual skills), your heart (social skills) and your hands (motor skills). It is in the combination of these three that humans still have a large advantage over A.I."

Gift link to full article on NY Times - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/02/02/opinion/ai-future-leading-thinkers-survey.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RFA.GSzn.mTvJhwXXRB_I&smid=url-share

Shared from - https://www.instagram.com/p/DVbimXGjIF8/

(2)

"For the past several months, I’ve been wrestling with a question that is becoming unavoidable for all of us: Where does human capability end, and where does artificial intelligence capability begin?​

Some people look at AI with concern, others with excitement, and many with curiosity. ​

Instead of focusing only on what AI is becoming capable of doing, I decided to reflect on something different: which abilities remain deeply, fundamentally human.​

Over the past months, I identified 30 capabilities that, in my judgment, AI still cannot truly perform — and these are precisely the skills where I am intentionally investing more of my own development. ​

 Abilities AI can't do (yet)

As a chemical engineer, I organized them as a kind of “Periodic Table of Human Abilities”  grouping them into six dimensions:​

• Judgment and Decision-Making ⚖️​

• Influence and Communication 🗣️​

• Emotional Connection ❤️​

• Contextual and Social Awareness 🌍​

• Human Essence and Growth 🌱​

• Adaptability and Creativity 🎨​

The more powerful technology becomes, the clearer one idea feels to me: our future advantage will not come from competing with machines, but from strengthening what makes us human. ​

Do you agree with these capabilities?​

Is there any skill you believe is missing — or any that you think AI may start replicating sooner than we expect? "

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Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule for Friday, March 6, 2026

Yes, Franklin has it's own radio station -> wfpr.fm. Franklin Public Radio has a brand new schedule for the locally produced shows that fill our air waves. 

It is available anywhere, anytime at wfpr.fm or in the local Franklin, MA area at 102.9 on the FM dial.

Tune in to listen to the following:

Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule for Friday

8:00 AM, 1:00 PM, and 6:00 PM - Franklin Matters Radio – Steve Sherlock covering Franklin, its local government, services, and events 

• This hour features my discussion with Councilor Ted Cormier-Leger as we do a Town Council Quarterbacking discussion for the Feb 11, 2026 meeting ->   https://www.franklinmatters.org/2026/02/town-council-quarterbacking-with.html

9:00 AM, 2:00 PM, and 7:00 PM

10:00 AM, 3:00 PM, and 8:00 PM - Talkin’ the Blues – Jim Derick & Nick Remissong. 2 hours of awesome blues music, info, interviews  Showcasing the "Blues" as a basis for and influence of Country, Jazz and Rock and Roll, here and worldwide.

11:00 AM, 4:00 PM, and 9:00 PM - “The Vibe” show plays music for everyone searching for some enjoyment, some dance, a happy or thinking mood, and most importantly, having fun.  Tune in to wfpr.fm and listen to “DJ Vibe” spin music across many genres and join this new vibing experience

Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf 

Franklin TV schedule for Friday, March 6, 2026 (Your local Public, Education & Government "PEG" statio

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = FRIDAY

7:00 am Franklin Art Association: Christine West

8:30 am Frank Presents: Christel Akouri

10:00 am Aging Boldfully: Joanne Schaefer

11:00 am Senior Connection: Ben Franklin

12:00 pm Brooke'n'Cookin: Mac'n'Cheese

12:30 pm Cook with Linda: Pork Tenderloin

1:30 pm     Pizzapalooza: Emergency Pizza

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2019 Show 7

3:00 pm Candlepin New Generation: Show 11

3:30 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Pete Smith

4:30 pm The Black Box: Newsies

5:30 pm Franklin History: Tommaso Juglaris

9:00 pm Circle of Friends; Abbie Gardner

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel        (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = FRIDAY

7:00 am FHS Winter Jazz 01-27-26

8:30 am ArtWeek: Art + Music

9:30 am Middle School Winter Music: 2025: Band

11:00 am ArtWeek: Theater in the Open

2:00 pm FHS Concert Hour 02-25-26

4:00 pm FHS Boys Varsity Basketball v Lowell 02-25-26

8:30 pm FHS Theater Company: Cinderella

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = FRIDAY

8:00 am Zoning Board of Appeals 01-22-26

2:00 pm Zoning Board of Appeals 01-22-26

Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf 

Watch Listen Read all things that matter in Franklin MA

Exclusive audio: Franklin (MA) Board of health Meeting held 3/04/26 (audio)

FM #1680 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1680 the series. 

This session of the radio show shares the Town of Franklin Board of Health Meeting held on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. The meeting agenda was held in the 3rd floor training room as well as via Google Meet. All 3 board members were present with the full compliment of Health Dept staff. 

Quick Recap:

• Chair Kim Mu-Chow opens the meeting

• Reads protocol statement re: Google meet

• Confirms participation via roll call

• Approval of Feb minutes, moved, second, passes 3-0

• No citizen comments

• Restricting the sale of tobacco products inspection violations discussion 

• Report My Meal Report My Meal | Mass.gov link added to Town page

 https://www.mass.gov/info-details/report-my-meal 

• Planning for a women's health fair

• Mobile mammogram vehicle confirmed, child care set up for mother who make appointments

• At New England Chapel, all women's health issues to be covered with vendors and info tables

• Additional details being worked

• Motion to adjourn, second, passes 3-0

The meeting runs about 47 minutes. Let’s listen to the Board of Health meeting March 4, 2026. Audio link - https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1680-franklin-ma-board-of-health-mtg-03-04-26/

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Agenda doc ->

https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03042026-2164 

My notes in one PDF file -> 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DjqfX6IxRhuLudVhGzMDybBtk2DIEu_D/view?usp=drive_link 

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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.  

This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.

How can you help?

• If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors

• If you don't like something here, please let me know 

• And if you have interest in reporting on meetings or events, please reach. We’ll share and show you what and how we do what we do

Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.

For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/ or www.franklin.news/

If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com

The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana"  c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.

I hope you enjoy!

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In this "Talk Franklin" episode Jamie & I welcome Liz, get updates, and dive into MMA (audio)

A new episode of the Talk Franklin podcast with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen is now available! 

In this "Talk Franklin" episode Jamie & I
welcome Liz, get updates, and dive into MMA (audio)

Produced in collaboration with Franklin TV and Franklin Public Radio, this conversation covers Town updates and community topics.

🎧 Listen here: https://buff.ly/0eTqtVi

This session of the radio show shares our “Talk Franklin” discussion with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen and Liz Kalaijian, the new Director of Communications and Community Engagement for the Town of Franklin. We recorded our conversation in the Franklin TV & Radio Studio on Monday, March 2, 2026.

Key topics

• Welcome Liz
• Quick updates on Town business
• Deep dive on Mass Municipal Association (MMA)
• Close with some musical fun (songs about communications)

The recording runs about  59 minutes. Let’s listen to our conversation.

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Thursday, March 5, 2026 ???

Thursday, March 5

• Regular curbside trash/recycle schedule for this week
• Free overflow bags at DPW Admin building, 257 Fisher St
• Hours added at Beaver St Recycling Ctr  https://www.franklinmatters.org/2026/03/reminder-regular-curbside-schedule-for.html

6:30pm Four courses. Four regions. All Italy (ticket event) (Birchwood Bakery & Kitchen)

7:00pm Argentine Tango Night! (La Cantina Winery)

Library & Senior Center events

For additional details on Library events -> 

https://www.franklinma.gov/942/Calendar-of-Events

For additional details on Senior Center events ->   

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

Note: Senior Center checking on why their events are suddenly being shown as "All Day". You can use the monthly newsletter for specific program/event times

*** Town Meetings today   ***

Franklin Commission on Disabilities Meeting

Thursday, March 5 Time: 4:00 PM

https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03052026-2163 

Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) Meeting

Thursday, March 5 Time: 7:30 PM

https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03052026-2146 

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Find the full Community event calendar  https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication:  https://bit.ly/Submit2Calendar

The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/Calendar.aspx
The School district calendar is found  https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendar

Town Council authorizes fire truck replacement, approves goals, & hears total expenses on snow & ice now exceeds $2M (video)

The Franklin (MA) Town Council met as scheduled on Wednesday, March 4 and managed to conclude their session in their new 4 hour time constraint. All 9 members were present in Council Chambers.

The Franklin TV video is available for replay (approx. 30 minutes of the beginning is missing) https://youtu.be/3jkYtB5_Y3g?si=V_Mv-2K7BamBJLs_

The agenda (and released documents) can be found  https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03042026-2166

The thread of my notes capture via Blusky can be found 

https://skywriter.blue/@franklinmatters.bsky.social/3mgbesyelks2u 

or PDF format - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ONzSiMKofgqw1riOlBPJyqB-Hopo3bcs/view?usp=drive_link

Quick recap

• The video on YouTube is missing approx. 30 minutes of the meeting; citizen comments and then picking up in the middle of Council Comments. Likely this video link will get replaced with the full video backup.
• Council changed agenda order and jumped to Legislation for action to tackle those items before getting to the goals discussion
• Snow and Ice total at $2.1M which doesn't include the $65K from last nights double coat of salt to counter the ice. This amount will eat into the operations budget as it has already wiped out the snow/Ice stabilization amount
• Ad-hoc subcommittee with 3 Council members will report back with community input on potential charter changes was approved by 9-0 vote
• Appropriating Funds by Borrowing to Pay Costs of Purchasing a Fire Truck for the Fire Department was approved by 9-0 vote.
• $20,000 from special fund for paid parking fees was authorized to pay for the system (2 years worth) and some repairs to one of the kiosks by a 9-0 vote
• 2 zoning bylaws (Zoning Bylaw Amendment 26-948 & Zoning Bylaw Amendment 26-949) were approved to refer to the Planning Board. They will conduct their public hearing and send them back as is, or with comments for adjustments. The Council will then hold their public hearing (possibly in April) before voting on the measures. The new Planning Director Morena Zelaya made the presentation for her first appearance before the Council
• Then they got to the goals discussion. After a lengthy discussion with some tweaks, some cuts, but mostly approval of the goals as presented the Council was able to move to accept the goals as revised at approx. 9:58, approved to waive the reading, voted to approved, and then with seconds to spare, voted to adjourn before 10:00 PM

Town Council authorizes fire truck replacement,
approves goals, & hears total expenses on
snow & ice now exceeds $2M (video)

Reminder: Live reporting now to Bluesky app

I have stopped putting my live reporting notes out to X/Twitter. I have successfully reported on 2 meetings with Bluesky and likely will continue that way for now.

You can follow me at https://bsky.app/profile/franklinmatters.bsky.social

One draw back is that I don't have a PDF summary of the thread for a single meeting. If I can figure that out, I'd like to bring it back. If someone knows of a tool that could do that for Bluesky, I am all ears.

Or if there is another app with threadlike features I'll consider that (except for @Threads, that was a failure for reporting purposes).

Ok, thanks to quick responses from the community, I do have a thread creator tool and an option to output the thread to a PDF. Slick! The meeting notes for the 3/4/26 Town Council meeting have already been updated with this.

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2026/03/town-council-authorizes-fire-truck.html

Reminder: Live reporting now to Bluesky app

Background on process: 

• During the meeting, the thread of the live reporting happens
• The next day, the Franklin TV video link is shared (assuming available) with a quick recap of the major items from the meeting
• In a couple of days, the audio of the meeting is shared. Sooner if the audio is an exclusive (i.e. Board of Health, or other Town or School Cmte subcommittee meeting is not on the TV broadcast schedule)
• The audio post will also include the quick recap and the TV link (if available)
• Usually at the end of the week, the Meeting Notes archive is updated (https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/meeting-notes.html)
• The meeting summary link is also included in the Franklin Matters Weekly edition prepared Saturday and emailed Sunday morning   https://www.franklinmattersweekly.org/