A shame. Seems like they were clearly inspired by it .... I guess you can't copyright a vibe.
A two-part lecture and discussion series that may be of interest to techsneerers:
This workshop is a two-part lecture and discussion series addressing urgent issues in space and how they relate to Earth. What does ethics mean in the context of space? Is it possible to explore space ethically? How do military interests drive Mars exploration? Led by multi-disciplinary researchers and organizers Dr. C. Adeene Denton and Dr. Divya M. Persaud, this series will provide an overview of how space is grounded in real-world oppression, colonialism, and genocide and a chance to discuss together how this could be changed.
Runs on January 11th and 12th.
You're right. I was thinking more of the lesswrong types than about Akon.
TESCREAL libertarians ignore the last 50 years of planning & urban studies because they think it's all a conspiracy to destroy innovation. Celebrity cryptofans ignore it because they don't even know the last 50 years of planning & urban studies exist.
My armchair analysis: The dream of "starting fresh" isn't just that you end up with a new city, but that the kind of people who live there are new too, either because you believe that the quality of the urban environment affects people's morality (as many people thought in the 19th century) or because you've hand-picked the kind of people who will live in your city (as crypto-fascists seem eager to do). So a city is more exciting than a new airport or a new railway because it's about who people are, who people want to be.
E: & also a lot of TESCREAListas are convinced that San Francisco, New York etc. are "failing" cities, that urban life is falling apart
A new substack about AI: Ludd. "Citizen Journalism on AI, Publishing, and the new Tech Landscape". First post is about Repeater Books, Israel and AI: second is about AI and climate change.
Oh yeah, she was disappeared after L.Ron died. By her husband, new Scientology supremo David Miscavige. I think she was last rumoured to be kept on one of Scientology's compounds but no one is totally sure - the LAPD did a welfare check on her back in 2013 but it turns out the fingerprints they took are all incomplete so it's difficult to tell if it was really her.
Never mind genes, he chose to shave his head like that. Humpty Dumpty
Praying that someday Elon Musk stops posting through it
That's basically what some forms of christian homeschooling are.
Actually back in the 60s I think one of these skull-measuring types came to Ireland. He gave IQ tests to kids and concluded that we were a dysgenic, low-IQ people. So there's another "data point"
This website perpetually relevant
If Bill Gates really wants to reduce the dangers of climate change, he should call up his old company and ask them to pull back from the massively energy-intensive, socially useless AI boondoggle......
The girlssss are fightinnnnggg!!!!!!!
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What does he look like now? I shudder to think.