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If Time is money then how come people in rich countries tend to have so little?
I believe that for a lot of people time is more of a scarce resource than money. Although about 4 orders of magnitude less popular, chronological planning would seem to me more important than financial planning.
#Comment: This is not new but a truly profound insights. Given this, the most important form of "knowledge management" is "time management" (cultivation/practice)
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It Began as an AI-Fueled Dungeon Game. It Got Much Darker (Wired) - "The game touted its use of the GPT-3 text generator. Then the algorithm started to generate disturbing stories, including sex scenes involving children."
#Comment: Trying to moderate a powerful generative system is a sisyphean task that inevitable will fail, but certainly will lead to more censorship of human speech and action. The only thing more stupid, is trying to apply intellectual property rights to the outputs of a generative system. These are not signs of strengthening artificial intelligence, but quickly degenerating human intelligence.
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Today in "the fall of civilization": š¤”Ā The collapse of legitimacy and end of authority.
This planets so called "rulers", "governors", "managers" and "elites" have lost all legitimacy. A critical mass of people now see them as a incapable, mentally ill gang of deprived criminals. The means of their power have eroded beyond the point of no return, which explains the increasingly extreme measures and tactics they use. A sign of desperation and loss of control over the narrative, not confident power. It is only a matter of time, until the entire clown show collapses. The end of authority. Good riddance, but the transition will be challenging. Get ready & enjoy the show.
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āThe NFT Bayā Shares Multi-Terabyte Archive of āPiratedā NFTs
NFTs are unique blockchain entries through which people can prove that they 'own' something. However, the underlying images can be copied with a single click. This point is illustrated by The NFT Bay which links to a 19.5 Terabyte collection of 'all NFTs' on the Ethereum and Solana blockchains. And it comes with an important warning message too.
#Comment: We truly live in a clown world š¤” - and predicable these digital crypto clowns will soon scream "more police! more surveillance! police my digital fantasies!
Related: Non-fungible tokens (NFT) are Bullshit
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Carbon Tunnel Vision - Graphic by Jan Konietzko
#Comment: These are all consequences, perceived through a militarized, reductionist, fear-driven mindset. What are the underlying causes? How do we deal with them?
"If you want to make the world a better place, Take a look at yourself and then make the change." "I'm starting with the man in the mirror" - Michael Jackson (Man In The Mirror)
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"In this job market, more workers are choosing AI over humans for career advice" (CNBC)
"More specifically, the Oracle study found that 82% of employees believe AI can support their careers better than humans."
#Comment: This has little to do with real advances in "AI" (I had the "pleasure" of working on interactive ML systems for career support at G), and a lot to do with the collapse of interpersonal relationships and trust. Related: "Thoughts on Sanity in Times of Automated Insanity"
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Compensation Madness
In today's world, a manager or software engineer can earn 100X+ more than a healthcare support- or childcare professional. For everybody - perhaps except the managers -Ā it is evident that monetary compensation has become completely unhinged from the actual value a professional offers to society. And then people regularly wonder why things are all fucked up in the world... after which they usually go hire an expensive management consultant to figure out why things are so fucked up. It is systemic madness perpetuated by the insanely greedy.
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Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse (NEMP)
A nuclear electromagnetic pulse ("Nuclear EMP") is a burst of electromagnetic radiation created by a nuclear explosion. The resulting rapidly varying electric and magnetic fields may couple with electrical and electronic systems to produce damaging current and voltage surges. The specific characteristics of a particular nuclear EMP event vary according to a number of factors, the most important of which is the altitude of the detonation.
(N)EMP Effects on ElectronicsĀ
An energetic EMP can temporarily upset or permanently damage electronic equipment by generating high voltage and high current surges; semiconductor components are particularly at risk. The effects of damage can range from imperceptible to the eye, to devices literally blowing apart.
#Comment: Consider how much modern civilization relies on electronics and how only a hand full of NEMP's can take them all out.
Electromagnetic radiation hazards (RADHAZ or EMR hazards) (via)
Hazards caused by a transmitter/antenna installation that generates electromagnetic radiation in the vicinity of ordnance, personnel, or fueling operations in excess of established safe levels or increases the existing levels to a hazardous level; or a personnel, fueling, or ordnance installation located in an area that is illuminated by electromagnetic radiation at a level that is hazardous to the planned operations or occupancy.
Newt Gingrich: Right About EMPs, Wrong About Whoād Use Them (2011)
If anyone poses a threat with electromagnetic pulse weapons, it's not Iran, but the US
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The civil disobedience tipping point
A dirty secret of all authoritarian dictators across the world is the civil disobedience tipping point: The maximum capacity of the police to arrest people, of the jails to hold people and the courts to process people. In countries like Australia or Germany, this is around 100'000 people at one time. Anything more than that and the system comes crashing down.
Given the speed of people waking up and organizing against the elites current de-stabilization and genocide campaign being waged in the name of "health", we will likely reach this tipping point before the end of the year across the world.
Hence, keep an eye open for false flag operations - such as massive terror attacks etc. - which would take people's attention off the issue. In any case, the outcomes of successful civil disobedience or revolution will likely not be what most except: History teaches us that cryptocrats in power are usually well ahead of the curve (and often theĀ hidden hand driving all sides) on such issues and in the case of any type of revolution (such as the french revolution, the soviet revolution, the nazi revolution, etc.) they are insulated through sophisticated risk-management techniques - and will re-constitute their power with in a few short years.
āCivil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness.ā ā Gandhi
#Cryptocracy #Military #Politics #Education #Culture #Comment
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Apple, Google, and Samsung move to normalize vaccine passports with wallet function - "Vaccine" passport wallets will soon be built into the operating system.
#Comment: Dear Covidians, you feeling safe yet? Hope you are enjoying the increasingly tight "hug" from spooky big brother. The leaders of this totalitarian cult are so deeply insane, it's truly marvelous! Humanity is at war with a virus. That virus is a police state.
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Disgusting Colonial Mentality, illustrated with Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
#Comment: If one pays close attention, it is evident that the UK and many of the other "former" colonial powers are still run by such deeply hateful, disgusting madmen up to this day.
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Today in "the fall of western civilization": Affiliations of Board Members at Pfizer (via)
Pfizer's board connects "leaders" from Facebook, Bank of New York, Presidential Commission on Election, NY University, Univ. of California, Citicorp, Gates Foundation, CocaCola, FDA, National Academy of Medicine, General Electric, CNBC, MIT, Goldman Sachs, AIG, Reuters, etc.Ā
#Comment: Do not worry, there are absolutely no conflict of interests here - since they payed expensive Law and PR firms to remove any doubt and evidence of that...
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Today in "the fall of western civilization": The 2021 "Global Emerging Technology Summit" of the "The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence" (NSCA) (8h Video)
#Comment: This gathering of western military, business and political "leaders" (50%+ spooks) is in essence a total shit-show of the very worst kind. "Diverse" participants -Ā from sleazy used car salesmen, loony dr.strangeloves, to soulless think-tankers and political puppets - are discussing things like A.I, info-warfare and killer robot efforts, all in the name of preserving the "rules based international order" and "democracy" (what ever that means). Fantastic comedy!
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A Soil-Science Revolution Upends Plans to Fight Climate Change (quantamagazine)
#Comment: Once again a case where the scientific community is finally admitting that they have been terribly off-track for centuries - a fact practitioners pointed out all along. Science is good at many things, but practicing humility, listening, inclusivity and general respect for Nature are not among them.
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Rize.io - "an intelligent time tracker that improves your focus"
#Comment: This app represents late capitalism tech design at its finest. It helps you to meticulously track, surveil, measure and analyze every millisecond - cause "time is money and efficiency is paramount". The philosophy the app embodies is frankly nauseating and insane. The app's developers and users should take a very, very long break and ask themself "Save Time? Who for?, what is the value of laziness and productivity? What is the nature of being and time?
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What does a 21st century version of Animism look like?
Animism is the world's oldest religion, starting in the Paleolithic age. Its view is that all phenomena have agency, that there exists no distinction between the spiritual & material, and that sentience exists not only in humans, but also in animals, plants, rocks, rivers, etc.
Beyond the naive & outdated interpretations of Animism as "primitive" superstition, one can think of it as one of humanities oldest still active cultural lineages. Beyond the spiritual domain, Animism has highly relevant views on socio-political, ecological & technological issues
In a sense, one can think of Animism as a *holistic framework* which elegantly encompasses ecology, culture, art, politics, technology, science & spirit. It is age old & battle proven yet still alive & in flux. Animism is not a belief system, but a world view and a value system.
Among the many positive and highly practical affordances that Animism offers us today, here are a few: It addresses the "people-in-nature" (opposite the current "people-VS-nature") question heads-on, which is critical in times of climate change & mass species extinction.
Animism is fundamentally *process-oriented* & *relations-oriented* (VS our current cult-like obsession with consumption & dead artefacts). Looking at human-environment interactions as processes and relationships is indeed the way to get out of the "people.VS.nature" trap.
And finally, by re-enchanting our worldview, Animism invites us to feel deeply at home in our own skin & reality - and not live in an constant state of alienation and fear of the "other", which results in our current pathological need to control, model & predict everything.
To conclude, i like to invite you to earnestly meditate on this: Fairies, Ents, Elfs, Gnoms, Jinns and Water Spirits are real! As real as the spirit in plants, animals & humans. Animism has much to offer for the 21st century. Let's embrace it & re-enchant our world.
Related: Animism: a belief among indigenous people, young children, or all religious people!
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JEDI Cancelation By The Pentagon Could Become Palantir's Biggest Gain
#Comment: Palantir boldly announcing "Our software is becoming the de factor operating system of US and Allied Defense" is great comedy and a sign, that the western military/intel community has finally completely lost their tiny minds due to an overdose of snake oil.
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The western game
The primary "game" of "civilized" western cultures has hardly changed since the time of Tewodros II (18th c) - when colonial empires pillaged, raped and dominated most of the world.
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Sky: Children of the Light - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch
#Comment: Fun work by Jenova Chen and team, remixing and adapting the Studio Ghibli look'n'feel for interactive media. I wonder why digital content creators keep fetishizing nature in their works? Isn't it bit oxymoronic to be sitting in-front of a glowing rectangle (screen) for countless hours, immersed in a poor simulation of being in nature - instead of actually being in nature?
