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An angry future has broken with the past
It can’t continue as it has. Raw materials consumption. Pollution. CO2 emissions. Healthcare costs. Debt. We have known this for years. But somehow, that different future always has been – well, in the future, only to be worried about in the abstract. And then, all of a sudden, it is crystal clear that we are…
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I’m done with War On Anything
The older I get, the more I realize that I have no interest whatsoever to make war on anybody or anything. I don’t care for: War on other countries, people or religions War on drugs, poverty, and so many other things War on competitors, etc. etc Renaming the “War Room” at Uber to “Peace Room”…
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Facebook: we do your propaganda for a fee
tldr: The 2016 US election and the 2015 Brexit vote were no exceptions. Instead, they have convinced everybody how effective of a manipulation weapon Facebook is. So expect more manipulations, in elections and otherwise. P.S: No, it can’t be fixed. This post was prompted by two excellent, but scary, articles on how the same people…
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It’s not about science …
Lots of people are marching for science today, all over the world. A good cause! But it’s worth mentioning that the core issue is not about science at all. It is about whether we can observe the world around us, form accurate models of understanding based on those obersations, use those models to make accurate…
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What does Steve Bannon want?
Steve Bannon, right-hand man of Donald, and likely the brains of the outfit, is on the record for stating his goal as: I want to bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today’s establishment. Everything that has happened in the past few months is completely consistent with this goal. But: what exactly does he…