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"Baudrillard was right" - me, often.
Wow haven’t seen that name mentioned often, got any good recommendations if their writing for someone wanting to get into it?
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> but I sort of agree with the US government that it's crazy to give that much of (mostly) your youth's attention to an adversary. In a way Europe has been doing that for many years. The US does not have any privacy protection of foreigners, the NSA is only not supposed to capture data on US citizens . Only now are we seeing Google Analytics banned in many European countries. But it's a very small step.
That is not nearly the same thing. The US and western Europe have been roughly aligned about geopolitical interests, values (democracy, freedom, mostly liberal, based on a secularising Christian foundation), rules and laws. China is diametrically opposed on all those things. The cultural influence of the US on Europe is enormous, and the US has often crossed the line spying on European citizens, but the US is not an…
1. Committing acts of violence against people they don't agree with.
2. Silencing opposing opinions.
3. Media and political propaganda, projection, and gaslighting.
4. Vilifying segments of society.
5. A tiered justice system.
6. Consequentialism.
7. Destruction of history to fit a modern narrative.
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For the research part (figuring out something previously impossible)? No need to incentivise, the kick of figuring it out is enough to motivate people, just provide UBI so the nerds can tinker. For the development/application part? Let people race to figure out the best way to deploy things before someone else does, the way the swiss and Germans and Chinese did in the free for all time. I've heard competition be call…
> For the research part (figuring out something previously impossible)? No need to incentivise, the kick of figuring it out is enough to motivate people, just provide UBI so the nerds can tinker. I think this is only true to a certain extent. We have reached a point where a lot of new innovation and invention is only possible with a truly tremendous amount of financial investment. No amount of tinkering in your garag…
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Wow haven’t seen that name mentioned often, got any good recommendations if their writing for someone wanting to get into it?
I’m a little late to seeing your reply (my apologies) but the easiest point of reference (and where I’m drawing my prognostications from) is of course “Simulacra and Simulation”