Reason For Tech Optimism
Energy is fundamental to all physical technology — to move atoms around in real space, you need energy.
Aussie Bosses Aren’t Liked!
Millions of Australian workers say they dislike their boss largely because they believe their leaders struggle with soft skills such as emotional intelligence.
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- Hamas’ ‘success’ may Signal its Doom
- (no title)https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/05/1075865/eric-schmidt-ai-will-transform-science/ “Nevertheless, this is a profoundly optimistic moment. Previous paradigm shifts in science, like the emergence of the scientific process or big data, have been inwardly focused—making science more precise, accurate, and methodical. AI, meanwhile, is expansive, allowing us to combine information in novel ways and bring creativity and progress in the sciences to new… Read more: (no title)
- China Holds Debtor Country Toes To The FireBono could pressure Western lenders to forgive debt back in the day. But he won’t have any say in Beijing. Beijing is proving to be much less generous than Bretton Woods system institutions and, as it is the dominant trade partner and investor in the majority of countries, what Beijing wants, it gets. The Chinese… Read more: China Holds Debtor Country Toes To The Fire
- Putin’s Defeats Mount Up – As Do The BodiesMax Boot in the Washington Post. “One of Vladimir Putin’s pseudo-justifications for his war of aggression was the supposed fear that Ukraine would join NATO. That was never likely (and still isn’t). But, as a result of his invasion, Finland just joined NATO, and Sweden should be close behind. Not only does Finland have Europe’s largest artillery… Read more: Putin’s Defeats Mount Up – As Do The Bodies
- Malthus LiteRobert Bailey: “The most notoriously wrong modern prophet of Malthusian doom is Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich. My public crusade against Malthusian stupidity began with my 1990 Forbes article, “Doomsday Rescheduled,” in which I reviewed Paul and Anne Ehrlich’s book The Population Explosion. “One thing seems safe to predict: starvation and epidemic disease will raise death… Read more: Malthus Lite
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