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Two post US Election 2004 cartoons from John Chuckman.
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Israel has reverted to slaughtering civilians, starving children and welshing on the terms of the peace deal.
We'll become increasingly plasticised, with no further need for FitBits, laptops, or cell phones, as we’ll all have neurochips implanted in our brains that literarily ‘hook’ us up to the virtual reality of the Metaverse of AI, thanks to the ‘genius’ of Elon Musk. At which point we’ll all melt.
It’s self-evident that social media couldn’t maximize and manipulate “the worst passions” unless they were already present within us. Which is to say, unless they were a core aspect of human nature. What social media has done, and what AI will do on steroids if we continue on our present course, is accentuate and exacerbate the worst in human nature.
The epic importance of Peters’ US talks hasn't culminated in anything much.
Ian Powell discusses an economist’s critique of Health Minister Simeon Brown’s recent major health announcement.
While Meta has suppressed and will prevent discussion of the book on its platforms, it is cheering to authentic defenders of the town square that discussion about such companies takes place. Their mighty, unprincipled dominance necessitates that.
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