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
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.
There are a bunch of news articles saying the doj is seeking tips on collusion or price fixing by meat packers… But there is no way to submit the tip.
My tip is that the government needs to look at itself and remove all of the regulations around meat packing so that small farmers can sell cuts of meat just like the big boys do.… read more “Tip for the DOJ on Meat Packers”
One independent journalist is exposing massive government scams; finding $24 billion of fraud in the homelessness industrial complex, $9 billion stolen by fake daycares, $18 billion spent on an unbuilt California railway, and billions more in hospice fraud. Imagine what would be found if we had a whole government department cleaning up all the fraud and waste?… read more “100x Doge”
Any biology textbook we read growing up hammered the point home that the purpose of life for every living creature is reproduction. Do you think humans are a magic exception here?
Sure, children are hard work and require sacrifices. They keep you up at night sometimes and you don’t have as much time for yourself anymore.… read more “The purpose of life”