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#AxisOfEasy 142: Get Ready For mandatory Coronavirus App Tracking And Social Credit
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Thematic next-wave portfolio constructor Motif goes bust
Motif trading platform, which claimed to use data driven methodologies to enable the creation of thematic and “next-wave” portfolios (translation: they grep 10Q’s for keywords) has rather abruptly shut down. Their own advisors heard about it via Twitter. Yes, it did come with %FIRSTNANE%, who cares I guess… pic.twitter.com/3IuwpuBJQG — Hylland Capital (@HyllandCapital) April 18, 2020 They also had developed some “next generation thematic ETFs” like “human evolution reimagined” (SPTX), which were launched by Goldman…
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Pandemic and Growth
There is no way authorities can limit the coronavirus and restore global growth and debt expansion to December 2019 levels.Authorities around the world are between a rock and a hard place: they need policies that both limit the spread of the coron…
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While the Top 10% and the Fed Cheer Stocks Rebounding, the Bottom 60% Lose their Livelihoods and Lives
If you have any doubt that the Fed and Wall Street will some day be dismantled, please re-read this “real life in America” list again.The pandemic is a stark, brutal spotlight on income/wealth inequality in America: while the top 10% who own the m…
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Quick: What’s The Difference Between Fake News and Hypernormalisation?
Before the current Coronavirus pandemic, the Canadian government took delivery of the Broadband Telecom Legislative Review. The 235-page report tabled 97 recommendations, most of them bad ones. Among them were provisions for requiring all content creators to obtain a license for operating from the government and “discoverability provisions” to force major tech platforms to emphasize “credible sources of news” over others (what the government calls “Approved Media”).
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Future Fibre: Kaslo infoNet Society
In this midst of this pandemic, we’re finally recognizing the Internet as essential infrastructure (morally but not yet legally).
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Mark E. Jeftovic
Mark is the co-founder of easyDNS and the editor-in-chief of #AxisOfEasy. He is the author of Managing Mission Critical Domains & DNS (Packt UK, 2018) and Unassailable: Protect Yourself from Deplatform Attacks & Cancel Culture.
Jesse Hirsh
Futurist, researcher and public speaker, Jesse Hirsh has been active in technology and commenting on it across the media for 25 years. His premium newsletter service operates from Metaviews.ca.
Charles Hugh Smith
Charles Hugh Smith is the author of numerous books and writes from OfTwoMinds.com.
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