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Data is never neutral
The consequence of believing in the myth that data (or AI) is neutral, is that it discourages people from asking what agenda that data serves, or what biases it may have. This kind of critical thinking is essential in a world of automated decision making in which that data is used to judge us and govern our working lives.
#AxisOfEasy 185: Merkel: Everyone Agreed That We Need A Digital Vaccination Certificate
Widely used Node.js package has code injection vulnerability,
Merkel: Everyone agreed that we need a digital vaccination certificate,
Trigger Alert: I went on Steve Bannon’s show to talk Transhumanism (yes, really)…and more in Axis of Easy #185
Mining for attention
My brain is definitely starting to short wire. I’m packing knowledge into my head at a pace and quantity that is unprecedented. Although such volume is necessary if I am to keep my pandemic related rage at bay.
About That +6.8% GDP Forecast: Remember That GDP = Waste
Any economy stupid enough to rely on the insane distortions of GDP “growth” as its primary measure will richly deserve a Darwin Award when it inevitably collapses in a putrid heap of squandered resources and capital. We’re told the gross domestic product (GDP) measures growth, but what it really measures is waste: capital, labor and resources that are squandered and then mislabeled “growth” for PR purposes.
What "Normal" Are We Returning To? The Depression Nobody Dares Acknowledge
Perhaps we need an honest national dialog about declining expectations, rising inequality, social depression and the failure of the status quo. Even as the chirpy happy-talk of a return to normal floods the airwaves, what nobody dares acknowledge is that “normal” for a rising number of Americans is the social depression of downward mobility and social defeat.
They Can Always Print More Money But We Can’t Print More Time
Is that really what you want to spend your time doing, paying higher taxes? “No matter how much money I make, they will always print more. I can’t print anymore time.”
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