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The Age of Living Machines

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So, last month, I had the opportunity to visit the House of Sweden (the building that houses the Swedish Embassy in the Georgetown section of Washington, DC).  It’s a stunning building with vistas of the Lincoln and Washington Monuments, the Kennedy Center, the infamous Watergate Hotel and Residences, Rosslyn (VA), and Roosevelt Island.

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R-I-S-K (don’t shudder- react!)

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Most of you know I live in Metropolitan DC.  So, whatever happens in/to/from the Federal government is LOCAL.  Like the shutdown- that cost the DC area more than $ 220 million each and every day in business.  Since there are some 5 million folks living in the Metropolitan area, that’s $ 50 not spent by every man, woman, and child.  OK, that doesn’t sound too bad.  But, there are about 225,000 businesses in the area.  Which means the average business took a hit $ 1000 a day. That is a significant number if you are a small business- even if you are a large one.

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