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All the linked articles of his site read like nonsense to me, but also dangerous nonsense.
Dangerous nonsense? That's my favorite kind of nonsense!
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Yeah it's a very short-sighted article. Taking a quote like this: > I can’t believe those who seriously try and say America’s value is in consuming. as a case against outsourcing manufacturing really doesn't understand the value that societies create when they are on the forefront of innovation. Maybe, just maybe , at a certain point physical labour is not the best way to use your working population, but instead, you…
ok, any ideas for the best way to use our working population? soldiers, amazon vine reviewers? we have a lot of people with high lifestyle expectations (by global standards) and no interest in pursuing specialized education that allows them to participate in the future. and there may not be enough seats in the future.
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ok, any ideas for the best way to use our working population? soldiers, amazon vine reviewers? we have a lot of people with high lifestyle expectations (by global standards) and no interest in pursuing specialized education that allows them to participate in the future. and there may not be enough seats in the future.
Let’s wait until the hype actually lives up to the expectations before considering all these people redundant?
The Chinese are not worried about AI taking anyone's job. In fact they're excited by it. For some reason, there is this unbelievably thick air of paranoia in America where everyone is just waiting for the day when their job will go away. To a point where I think it should be classified as mass hysteria and looked into by public health authorities. We should all introspect why so many of us perceive America as this ve…
> For some reason, there is this unbelievably thick air of paranoia in America where everyone is just waiting for the day when their job will go away That is not just an AI problem. AI is just worsening a problem in USA society. For years in the USA losing your job was not that big of a deal, because there were lots of other jobs to do, and they paid well. The paranoia comes from the fact that people are discovering…
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China is the world leader in Drones, Electric vehicles, Batteries, Solar Panels, Electronics, Robotics, High-Speed Rail, Industrial equipment, Nuclear energy, Telecommunications Equipment, Cameras, Shipbuilding, Scientific research, rapid mobile payments. Tied for AI, Smartphones Semiconductors, rockets, and aerospace are probably the only sectors china is behind in. China is the most technologically advanced society…
> They are far far ahead of anyone else in using technology to make society easier. Many government services can be handled easily on your phone. This is just a side effect of using technology to control the population. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_credit_system
> There have been widespread misconceptions in media reports about a unified social credit "score" based on individuals' behavior, leading to punishments if the score is too low or rewards if the score is high.
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> There are no free markets Good? Things like crypto and the current usa administration should have thought us that completely free markets are ripe for corruption and insider trading. None of that produces anything, and merely concentrates and ties together power and capital. > As it becomes regulated, the monopolies become entrenched, innovation slows, homogenization is enforced, and products undergo a diminution i…
I don’t think you have contradicted his point here. Purely “free markets” are just as much of an illusion as “capitalism.” At the same time, that doesn’t mean that they aren’t valuable ideas. “Freer” markets (for some definition of free) are certainly possible. Deng liberalized China’s markets, and despite persistent and heavy state influence, it has much freer markets today than under Mao. This has been great for th…
OTOH, the state monopoly on telecomms since elder times (Telefónica) had scam level prices for most calls and long distance calls were a ripoff; and OFC no flat rates for internet in late 90's. Then the market opened for tons of telecos/ISP's and the prices plummetted down.
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> The Chinese are not worried about AI taking anyone's job. In fact they're excited by it. Yea, because they are not a democracy, so power concentration and automated violence is a plus, not a minus.
Who are "The" Chinese? Are you both talking about the same group?
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Nobel Nacre.. The nobelprize is hyper destructive to the scientists receiving it. Its hard to one up from there or return to your field- everyone is bombarding you with high expectations. You can only fail after you received olympic gold. Thus, as scientists inflict change on society, and society hates change, it is like a oyster, trying to protect itself from a grain of sand, wrapping it in Nacre, protecting itself…
Nobel prize is usually awarded many years after the work was done and by the time its awarded the scientist is usually well past their prime
(but he is not a member of "the Physics community" so their expectations won't mean anything to him?)
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> What would be different in Tesla’s output if Americans didn’t start boycotting Tesla less than 2 years ago? Car companies do better if they sell cars. They also find it easier to sell cars if owning said car doesn't make you fearful some crazy person will smash it because of identity politics. > And I’m glad you think killing at least half a million kids in Africa to not even save any money, stealing all our social…
Tesla is not saving the planet and not necessary to save the planet. The whole idea that this one company must be protected from any competition and fed money and support is absurd. Add to it the years of lies Musk engaged in and his nazi affiliations ... it is tripple absurd.
They were certainly a big part of it. They kickstarted the electrification of cars, which is no small feat. Now they're not really so important anymore because the other car brands got (justifiably) scared and followed.
> The whole idea that this one company must be protected from any competition and fed money and support is absurd. Add to it the years of lies Musk engaged in and his nazi affiliations ... it is tripple absurd.
I mean.. that's you making stuff up. I didn't say any of that. I will say that destroying random peoples cars because they bought a certain brand before even knowing what terrible things Musk was going to do is idiotic. It makes the people opposing Musk look like shrill karens that can't think for shit. Does this help or hurt the cause of stopping Musk from doing stupid shit? I think it hurts it.