"This is the Voice of Moderation. I wouldn't go so far as to say we've actually SEIZED the radio station . . . "
by liberal japonicus The Grauniad has two interesting articles that form something like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The first is about an attempt to thicken Arctic ice. Seems plausible until the section about autonomous underwater drones. Paired with that is this piece about all of the far-out geo-engineering plans that have been mooted … Read more
by liberal japonicus This, via LGM, might get the discussive juices flowing. I get Loomis’ frustration at the general (mis)understanding of the name Luddite, I feel the same way about anarchist, and, on a shorter time scale, I guess it is the way wj feels about the term Republican, though that’s cactus, mate. Grafs, for … Read more
by liberal japonicus Given the way the world is, this counts as a feel-good story for me. Meta’s controversial program that spied on its employees’ computers has backfired spectacularly. Though its chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth assured that the data it collected would be “tightly controlled,” the company is now pausing the tracking program after … Read more
by liberal japonicus I have, as I’m sure you all have, seen Doctorow’s writing about enshittification, but I guess he’s teeing up a book tour, so he’s doing the round of podcasts. He’s got his soundbites, which there is nothing wrong with, except for the fact that it gives me a sinking feeling in my … Read more
by liberal japonicus Not sure this will interest everyone, but this is an interesting piece on Palantir, which goes into (from 16:05) a discussion of Alex Karp, the CEO of Palantir, who has a background in philosophy which is detailed in the video. This piece is a good one for explaining what Palantir is and … Read more