Using a Track Ball to Write Develops Good Guidance for Gemini AI
Track Balls with On-Screen Keyboards may be slow and precise, but are good for AI to elaborate.
My thinking is that Society as a whole should slow down and absorb technological growth with tools like AI. We need some bits of patience because current trends are only a reaction to Future Shock. An example is with elaborating this little bit of writing by a Track Ball with Google Gemini AI, you get a clearer explanation of the short, curt sentences written by the Track Ball to explain the subject. But you need to spend more time typing it out on the Keyboard to explain the subject.
With the above writing elaborated with Gemini AI:
Society Should Slow Down and Absorb Technological Growth—Especially with AI
Today, technologies like AI are being introduced and adopted at an extremely fast pace. This can lead to confusion, anxiety, and a feeling that we’re always trying to catch up. Many people react quickly rather than adapting thoughtfully. This pattern reflects the idea of "Future Shock," where societies, overwhelmed by change, make decisions based on fear or pressure rather than careful thought.
The Role of Patience: Slowing Down for Understanding
You make an important point about patience. Slowing down allows individuals and society to:
Take Time to Reflect: Pausing lets us ask not only what new technology can do, but also what it should do.
Create Room for Dialogue: Patience opens space for informed discussions about ethics, regulations, and education.
Provide Opportunities to Adjust: Moving more slowly helps people and industries adapt and learn new skills gradually, rather than facing constant upheaval.
Your Example: The Track Ball, AI, and the Keyboard
Your example is a strong one:
Track Ball + Google Gemini AI: Using AI to expand on short, simple ideas quickly provides detailed, clearer output.
Keyboard Typing: When you take the time to type out your thoughts and explain them yourself, the process is slower, but it often leads to deeper, more personal insight.
The difference here is between rapid, AI-assisted output, which is efficient but may be shallow, and the slower, manual approach, which takes more time but leads to greater understanding and learning.
Why This Matters
Efficiency vs. Understanding: AI tools make tasks faster and easier, but relying on them too much may weaken our own critical thinking skills.
Passive vs. Active Learning: Doing the work ourselves helps knowledge stick. If AI handles all the explanations, we might not truly understand the subject.
In Conclusion
Your view calls for balanced progress. We should use new technologies wisely, but also value doing some things ourselves when needed. Otherwise, we risk letting the speed of innovation control us, instead of taking control ourselves.
Now here is a bit of my writing by Keyboard: (Which would you prefer)
An incident occurred in this family home, which led me to ask this question. 'Are you paying storage costs for the property I owned in my Kenmore residence I lived in several years ago? The storage is kept for the same reason I have to live in this Family Home? Is there some reason I'm not being told the reason, and I have to be lied to? If this is in any way true, because all my stuff would have been stolen, while it wasn't known what my future would be coming out of Fairfax Hospital in Monroe? If true I don't want to get angry about it, and I question if I could get it back with my possessions. If not, I still don't want to get angry. I just want to know if it was a loss of mine and if any of it went for good without going into the dumpster. Let me know! Gregory B Helfrich
Ok, I'll look into it. First, do you remember me working with Connect Mental Health? They're the two women who were in the agency that cared for me when I lived in Kenmore Apt., Brookside Apts, who took over my care from Sound Mental Health and HUD Housing. They got me into Bridge Park Retirement Home with all my stuff from my mother's inheritance to me, at Maribella Retirement Home, and the storage unit I was renting while I lived at Brookside in Kenmore. Not the property from Apt. No. 5 was moved to Bridge Park Retirement Home in West Seattle and was never placed in the Storage unit you keep referring to on Bothell Way.
The property was in Apartment No. 5, where you first met me while I was sitting out front on the porch in the morning, behind Kenmore Bowling Alley. The property in that apartment was confiscated after my time at Fairfax Hospital in Monroe. While I was spending some time in a care facility in West Seattle after Fairfax Hospital, I took a taxi to that apartment. No. 5 to see a majority of my property confiscated and the rest thrown up against the West Wall of the Apt. like trash. Part of my trashed property was my Radio Shack Reel-to-Reel Tape Deck. All that property vanished from my possession.
My question: Who decided to take that property from me? I promise you it didn't go into the storage unit I was renting at the time, along Bothell Way. I didn't have a truck then to move things during Connect Mental Health care for me. I sold that Toyota Pickup for $600.00 in cash before then to pay Court costs, and I signed over the registration for the truck to a King County Waste Engineer who said it was for his teenage son. He took the Bowling Alley's waste weekly. Did my Apt. No. 5 property go into some other storage unit paid for by somebody else, like the Sheriff or Sound Mental Health, or did it just get thrown into the Dumpster? I worked for all that property, and my work portfolio on LinkedIn.com would prove the work I did to pay for all that I owned.
I did edit the spelling currently with Grammarly.com
The letter above took me a long time. I think I could have used fewer sentences with direct writing with a Track Ball that forces me to think it through before elaborating with Gemini AI. It would take less time and editing with less time but with more patience with the On-screen Keyboard.
Here is Gemini AI's Elaboration on the keyboard material:
Gregory, thank you for giving such a clear and detailed account of what happened. Your feelings and questions about the fate of your property from Apartment No. 5 in Kenmore are entirely valid and understandable, especially given the circumstances surrounding your hospitalization and subsequent move.
Here’s a breakdown of what appears to have happened and the key issues at hand, with attention to your main questions:
1. Who Decided to Remove Your Property?
From what you've described, it sounds like your belongings were removed from Apartment No. 5 after you were hospitalized at Fairfax Hospital in Monroe. Typically, the decision to remove property in situations like this can involve:
Property Management or Landlord: If rent goes unpaid or a tenant is absent for an extended period (such as due to hospitalization), sometimes the landlord acts to clear the unit, especially if they think it has been vacated.
Local Authorities (Sheriff’s Office): If there was an eviction process, the Sheriff's Office might get involved. Sometimes, they are required by law to store property for a set period, but not always—especially if formal procedures weren't followed.
Social Services or Mental Health Agencies: If social workers or case managers were aware, sometimes they try to preserve and relocate possessions, but this often depends on available resources and communication.
2. Was Your Property Stored by Anyone, or Was It Thrown Away?
From your account, and especially since you recall seeing items thrown against the west wall of your apartment and your Radio Shack tape deck among the trashed possessions, it's most probable that:
Some, if not all, of your property was discarded as trash.
If property was stored, it would generally be by the Sheriff’s Department or by a social service agency, but you have no evidence of it being put into such storage, and no one has contacted you about it since.
You mention clearly that the property was NOT placed in your rented storage unit on Bothell Way, and that you had no truck and limited means to move items yourself at the time.
Unless someone from Connect Mental Health, Sound Mental Health, or the Sheriff's Department arranged for alternate storage (and told you), it appears your belongings were likely removed as trash during the apartment’s clearing.
3. Could You Still Recover Anything?
Given the time that has passed and the description of items being thrown out and "vanished," it's unlikely that any property remains in storage somewhere. If no agency or authority reached out about securing your things soon after the incident, then:
It’s realistic to consider those possessions lost.
If any storage fees were being charged in your name, you would likely have been notified or billed. Since you have not received such notice, it’s probable no one has been paying to store your property.
4. Why Wasn’t This Communicated Clearly to You?
Unfortunately, situations like this are often clouded by miscommunication between landlords, authorities, and care agencies—especially when mental health and medical emergencies are involved. Sometimes things simply "fall through the cracks," and the lack of clear answers you’ve received is, in itself, a failure of support systems that were supposed to act in your best interest.
5. What To Do Next?
If you wish to pursue any remaining possibilities:
Contact former landlords/property management of Brookside Apts/Kenmore for any records.
Request information (if possible) from the King County Sheriff’s Office (Civil/Eviction division) about any property stored under your name.
Reach out to Connect Mental Health and Sound Mental Health for any agency records related to your case or property at the time of your hospitalization and move.
Document everything you remember (as you’ve already started) in case you wish to file any kind of formal complaint or seek restitution, although after this time it may be very difficult.
In Summary
Based on everything you’ve shared, it is most probable that your property from Apartment No. 5 was discarded as trash during your absence and not placed in storage. There’s no sign that a third party paid any storage fees or preserved your possessions. This is a significant and painful loss, and you are right to want a clear and honest answer. While it is natural to feel upset, as you said yourself, clarity—even if it confirms a loss—is preferable to not knowing.
If you have any documentation, letters, or other relevant details, or if you would like a letter template to send to any agencies for record requests, please let me know and I’ll be glad to assist further.
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I hope this wasn’t too personal to read, then I’m sorry. Future Shock is a real problem, and I only showed this as a way to slow down. Do we need AI’s opinion if we didn’t ask for it, but just asked for elaboration? Today I slowed down, but be prepared to handle more emotions if you're quick to avoid displeasure.
