I just retrieved my 12 audible credits, plus another 12 credits. Going to download the books before my membership gets canceled again! Lol who’s got good recommendations?
When you thought it couldn't get any worse in Canada...
I just listened to Jim Acosta’s interview with the AI version of Joaquin, the victim of the Parkland shooting, and his father.
I do not know how parents cope with such loss, and I do not think it is for anybody to question how anyone grieves the loss of a loved one - though I am skeptical that creating an AI version of a lost loved one is healthy or productive as relates to the grieving process.
From a journalistic and political perspective:
I was going to give Jim a hard time for somehow turning a five minute interview of an AI version of a deceased child into an interview of him, but I suspect that was in the programming of the AI…
And I appreciate he was doing this interview as a favor to the wishes of the father.
That said, the “interview” was an abomination, and something about it feels fundamentally sacrilegious and immoral. Creating an AI version of a dead child to literally use for political purposes.
To create social media accounts in the name and likeness of the deceased, where, as ...
I did a quick hit on Richard Syrette yesterday. Gotta keep Canadians apprised of the U.S. madness.
Pick your favorite, and top vote getter we'll watch at 9 pm eastern on the dot.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTROUDCTION
A. Appearances
B. Art of the Day
C. Wisdom of the Day
D. Cultural Recommendation
II. THE EVIDENCE
A. Daily News of Interest
B. Daily Deep Dive: UBI
C. Cases of Consequence
III. CLOSING ARGUMENT: Ike Farewell Address Government Academia Bureaucratic Complex
I. INTROUDCTION
A. Appearances
B. Art of the Day
C. Wisdom of the Day
D. Cultural Recommendation
Appearances
Art of the Day: The Baptism of the Rus, a moment so monumental, they made literary traditions and even films about it. The fresco dons the St. Vladimir Cathedral…in Kiev. Prince Vladimir’s conversion to Orthodox Christianity aligned the eastern Slavs toward the west culturally and away from the east. Guess where they were baptized? In the Denier River in the heart of Ukraine.
Wisdom of the Day: “Both for historical and institutional reasons, the U.S. political system—and, for that matter, much of the U.S. business community—is ill-suited for producing well-designed “grand strategies.” Kevin Phillips.
*Note: A reminder — links are NOT endorsements of the ideas contained therein. The Library is big, and it mostly consists of ideas I do not personally share.
