Jose Garcia
@joseggarcia.bsky.social
Digital Health. AI in Oncology. I write, code games and listen to my girlfriend DJing progressive/organic and melodic house.
In my house, I wear the apron.
Her music:
https://www.mixcloud.com/IngiStyles/
In my house, I wear the apron.
Her music:
https://www.mixcloud.com/IngiStyles/
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Spain is thriving now because 1898, and then 1975, left it as the big Western state with the fewest illusions about its place in the world. That's why, today, it's the European player with the most globally open and realistic foreign policy.
From the Spanish point of view, this is very particular. Spain is not immune to the reactionary wave, but it’s interesting how the 2008 crisis is shaking the west much like the disaster of 1898 did to Spain:
The Anglo consensus of the first half of 2010s was that where continental Europeans were endemically subject to crises and demagoguery, "we" were distinctly were more enlightened. Cameron's Britain. Obama's America. Ponderous essays about Magna Carta and the "golden thread".
How wrong it all was.
How wrong it all was.
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Spain is thriving now because 1898, and then 1975, left it as the big Western state with the fewest illusions about its place in the world. That's why, today, it's the European player with the most globally open and realistic foreign policy.
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I met someone via LinkedIn (I work in digital health) and had a zoom meeting with her. This was earlier in the year. She was convinced ChatGpt was a god and that she had made several incredible scientific discoveries because it told her so. She seemed like a good person recently turned mad.
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I met someone via LinkedIn (I work in digital health) and had a zoom meeting with her. This was earlier in the year. She was convinced ChatGpt was a god and that she had made several incredible scientific discoveries because it told her so. She seemed like a good person recently turned mad.
You wouldn't see them making such threats or exerting such pressure on a EU member state.
Baby it's cold outside.
Baby it's cold outside.
US pharma to abandon UK unless NHS pays more, says Trump’s ambassador
www.politico.eu/article/us-p...
www.politico.eu/article/us-p...
US pharma to abandon UK unless NHS pays more, says Trump’s ambassador
Britain has offered to increase the threshold at which the NHS pays firms for medicines. Pharma firms want the government to go further.
www.politico.eu
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
You wouldn't see them making such threats or exerting such pressure on a EU member state.
Baby it's cold outside.
Baby it's cold outside.
People treat public health as a "cost" but it is the ultimate revenue generator for government.
Save someone's life today and you can tax them for the rest of their life.
Save someone's life today and you can tax them for the rest of their life.
November 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
People treat public health as a "cost" but it is the ultimate revenue generator for government.
Save someone's life today and you can tax them for the rest of their life.
Save someone's life today and you can tax them for the rest of their life.
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What Madmani and Powlanski represent is a new heuristic for persuasion. I also I see it in my world of B2B healthcare/pharma.
Aligned on values paramount. "Vibe checking" for trust. Unscripted interactions on video. Transparent strategy and goals.
Aligned on values paramount. "Vibe checking" for trust. Unscripted interactions on video. Transparent strategy and goals.
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
What Madmani and Powlanski represent is a new heuristic for persuasion. I also I see it in my world of B2B healthcare/pharma.
Aligned on values paramount. "Vibe checking" for trust. Unscripted interactions on video. Transparent strategy and goals.
Aligned on values paramount. "Vibe checking" for trust. Unscripted interactions on video. Transparent strategy and goals.
Musk thinks he understands Tolkein because he played Dungeons and Dragons and is a Gary Gygax fan.
Gary Gygax famously didn't understand Tolkein's work either.
Gary Gygax famously didn't understand Tolkein's work either.
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Musk thinks he understands Tolkein because he played Dungeons and Dragons and is a Gary Gygax fan.
Gary Gygax famously didn't understand Tolkein's work either.
Gary Gygax famously didn't understand Tolkein's work either.
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Technocracy is scissors. MAGA is rock.
Rock beats scissors.
Technocracy is great if a society is high trust and there isn't a deep divide in what the population wants.
Rock beats scissors.
Technocracy is great if a society is high trust and there isn't a deep divide in what the population wants.
November 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Technocracy is scissors. MAGA is rock.
Rock beats scissors.
Technocracy is great if a society is high trust and there isn't a deep divide in what the population wants.
Rock beats scissors.
Technocracy is great if a society is high trust and there isn't a deep divide in what the population wants.
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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away - Philip K Dick
November 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away - Philip K Dick
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You can only fight post truth politics with technocratic means if:
a) the post truth forces are small and lack support
and
b) the society is high trust with strong institutions.
Otherwise it means mass political engagement.
a) the post truth forces are small and lack support
and
b) the society is high trust with strong institutions.
Otherwise it means mass political engagement.
November 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
You can only fight post truth politics with technocratic means if:
a) the post truth forces are small and lack support
and
b) the society is high trust with strong institutions.
Otherwise it means mass political engagement.
a) the post truth forces are small and lack support
and
b) the society is high trust with strong institutions.
Otherwise it means mass political engagement.
We think of evidence based medicine as this time honoured tradition but contemporary evidence review is only thirty years old.
Most people don't even know what it is.
This makes it an easy target for attack by the far right (RFK etc)
Defending it must be broad based not purely technocratic.
Most people don't even know what it is.
This makes it an easy target for attack by the far right (RFK etc)
Defending it must be broad based not purely technocratic.
November 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
We think of evidence based medicine as this time honoured tradition but contemporary evidence review is only thirty years old.
Most people don't even know what it is.
This makes it an easy target for attack by the far right (RFK etc)
Defending it must be broad based not purely technocratic.
Most people don't even know what it is.
This makes it an easy target for attack by the far right (RFK etc)
Defending it must be broad based not purely technocratic.
When my mother was a child (Franco Spain) one of her cousins (possibly autistic) was carted away to a facility like this. A week later our family was informed he died of natural causes.
The community believed he was murdered.
The community believed he was murdered.
these are concentration camps.
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
When my mother was a child (Franco Spain) one of her cousins (possibly autistic) was carted away to a facility like this. A week later our family was informed he died of natural causes.
The community believed he was murdered.
The community believed he was murdered.
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Are Trumpism and Putinism coherent ideologies, and which will outlive its 'creator'? Post-truth politics is part of a profound transformation happening globally, leading to political crises in the West and Russia. Vlad Vexler thinks both will collapse. @vladvexler.bsky.social - youtu.be/PT3rESTV91c
Trumpism Versus Putinism - Which will Outlive its Creator?
YouTube video by Silicon Curtain
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Are Trumpism and Putinism coherent ideologies, and which will outlive its 'creator'? Post-truth politics is part of a profound transformation happening globally, leading to political crises in the West and Russia. Vlad Vexler thinks both will collapse. @vladvexler.bsky.social - youtu.be/PT3rESTV91c
Plot twist: Despite appearances the ballroom is fully operational.
BREAKING: areal photograph reveals Donald Trump's new $250M "ballroom" is nearing completion.
October 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Plot twist: Despite appearances the ballroom is fully operational.
RFK Jr nuked medical research from orbit.
"Eat more vegtables" was his response to the furore over it.
Now tens of billions of foreign investment is going to research in China while American labs gather dust.
"Eat more vegtables" was his response to the furore over it.
Now tens of billions of foreign investment is going to research in China while American labs gather dust.
October 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
RFK Jr nuked medical research from orbit.
"Eat more vegtables" was his response to the furore over it.
Now tens of billions of foreign investment is going to research in China while American labs gather dust.
"Eat more vegtables" was his response to the furore over it.
Now tens of billions of foreign investment is going to research in China while American labs gather dust.
Spanish politics is boring. What passes for scandal here would be considered too minor and tepid to warrant a mention in the USA.
Any one of the USAs 30 daily scandals would raise such a hue and cry that it would topple any Spanish government and trigger an election.
Any one of the USAs 30 daily scandals would raise such a hue and cry that it would topple any Spanish government and trigger an election.
October 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Spanish politics is boring. What passes for scandal here would be considered too minor and tepid to warrant a mention in the USA.
Any one of the USAs 30 daily scandals would raise such a hue and cry that it would topple any Spanish government and trigger an election.
Any one of the USAs 30 daily scandals would raise such a hue and cry that it would topple any Spanish government and trigger an election.
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The Bolivian election result finally ensures that the US has a secure supply chain for Lithium—the key element in a bipolar world.
October 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The Bolivian election result finally ensures that the US has a secure supply chain for Lithium—the key element in a bipolar world.
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I work in Health AI and I believe the tech has applications but I eyeroll when senior leaders say "faster"
No. Go slower.
No. Go slower.
October 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I work in Health AI and I believe the tech has applications but I eyeroll when senior leaders say "faster"
No. Go slower.
No. Go slower.
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Reality is that which once you stop believing in it doesn't go away - he left behind a lot of all timer quotes
October 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Reality is that which once you stop believing in it doesn't go away - he left behind a lot of all timer quotes
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There's pent up and building demand for greater independence from and legal oversight of American Big Tech. The only thing checking it has been American security guarantees.
Not just in Europe either.
Not just in Europe either.
October 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
There's pent up and building demand for greater independence from and legal oversight of American Big Tech. The only thing checking it has been American security guarantees.
Not just in Europe either.
Not just in Europe either.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only
October 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only
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I work in Health AI and a lot of the cool use cases don't require a lot of compute. They combine LLMs with rules based systems, machine learning and human expertise.
But this involves labour and nicheing down, the hyperscalers are allergic to that because it doesn't lend itself to a monopoly.
But this involves labour and nicheing down, the hyperscalers are allergic to that because it doesn't lend itself to a monopoly.
October 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I work in Health AI and a lot of the cool use cases don't require a lot of compute. They combine LLMs with rules based systems, machine learning and human expertise.
But this involves labour and nicheing down, the hyperscalers are allergic to that because it doesn't lend itself to a monopoly.
But this involves labour and nicheing down, the hyperscalers are allergic to that because it doesn't lend itself to a monopoly.
Doctors are constantly finding new applications for medical technology.
October 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Doctors are constantly finding new applications for medical technology.
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It’s this multiple times a day
October 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It’s this multiple times a day
I don't know which is more improbable: that there was a Mars base in the 19th century or that the Austria-Hungary empire would build a starbase amongst the flooding prone fishing villages of Galicia Spain.
October 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I don't know which is more improbable: that there was a Mars base in the 19th century or that the Austria-Hungary empire would build a starbase amongst the flooding prone fishing villages of Galicia Spain.
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If the EU takes the gloves off wrt Silicon Valley like they look to be doing with Google then the Valley may sour on Trump as well. But I'm not sure what difference that would make at this stage.
October 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If the EU takes the gloves off wrt Silicon Valley like they look to be doing with Google then the Valley may sour on Trump as well. But I'm not sure what difference that would make at this stage.