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· Nov 13
John le Carré on Brexit: ‘It’s breaking my heart’
This week the novelist received the Olof Palme prize for achievement in the spirit of the assassinated Swedish statesman. He reflects on how a lack of leadership today has allowed us to ‘sleepwalk’ in...
www.theguardian.com
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The dangers of algorithms - programmed information aggregation all to manipulate people for reasons that have nothing to do with any altruistic purpose.
This piece struck a chord with me. When I was pregnant the Instagram algorithm served me an intense number of stories on miscarriage, children disabled by traumatic births and mothers and children dying of cancer. Something is going wrong when it targets like that www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
This isn't AI, it's "data mining".
A hyped solution looking for a problem to solve.
A hyped solution looking for a problem to solve.
The danger of this site is the sudden reminders to funnies one has encountered elsewhere that you feel compelled to suddenly dig up YEARS LATER. Case in point...
(credit to original site: duggoons.com/contrapposto/)
(credit to original site: duggoons.com/contrapposto/)
![Vertical comic structured like flow chart. (1) Einstein had an insight that overturned physics, thus proving his value. (2) I hope *I* have value. I’ll try to have an insight that overturns physics, to check. (3) [Time Passes] (4) Oh no! My insight didn’t overturn physics! But I don’t think I’m worthless… [arrows to two different options] (5a) Healthy Path: Maybe this was not a well-thought-out test of my value. (5b) Path of Ruin: The establishment must be *suppressing* my insight!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihhxykbw72fblbjeupqscutarbdowk73mhsdkqrtzjwrpzqzamjem@jpeg)
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