I have begun reading a book “The Coming Wave” by Suleyman the founder of DeepMind. Have you read it?
He opens right away in his prologue that people have Pessimism Aversion, basically sticking their heads in the sand to ignore the reality that one person can use DNA tools to kill a billion people or that AI has the potential to far surpass human intelligence and go in its own direction that leads to mass death.… read more “The Coming Wave”
What right has a “personal fortune” to be anything but working capital? The time is here when the commanding law is, “to whom much is given, of him shall much be required.” Henry Ford
I stated that while I would not have attacked Iran originally, now that the Strait of Hormuz is closed we need a ground invasion to reopen it. The most frequent counterargument people used was, “why don’t you join the military and go fight then?”
I will try to steel man that argument and then counter it below.… read more “Can people not in the military advocate for war?”
Henry Ford on Thomas Edison, “Edison has done more toward abolishing poverty than have all the reformers and statesmen since the beginning of the world. He has provided many with the means to help himself”.
I would agree, would you?
Henry Ford knew the government produces rules, not results. He said it best: “If people are left alone, they’ll work out their own salvation.”
Government has consistently failed the working class—yet we keep begging for more of it.