PJ
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Focus on building things that are easy to explain, not explaining things that are easy to build
@marklittle.bsky.social posts such good stuff. Essential follow.
Such an important thread
Government’s wins are often invisible: Systems that avoid plane crashes; alliances that avert war; surveillance that prevent pandemics.
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
February 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
@marklittle.bsky.social posts such good stuff. Essential follow.
Narrator: in fact, Elon Musk did not put a chip in this paralysed man’s brain.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Elon Musk put a chip in this paralysed man’s brain. Now he can move things with his mind. Should we be amazed - or terrified?
An accident left Noland Arbaugh paralysed, but Musk’s Neuralink brain implant allows him to control computers with his thoughts. Is it a life-changing innovation that could help millions – or the star...
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Narrator: in fact, Elon Musk did not put a chip in this paralysed man’s brain.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
The enshitification of politics
“There are no checks and balances in a world where only charisma matters, no rule of law in a world where emotion defeats reason—only a void that anyone with a shocking and compelling story can fill” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The New Rasputins
Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.
www.theatlantic.com
January 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The enshitification of politics
You have to read Blindboy's posts in Blindboy's voice
I was at a business awards thing years ago. The older men were stuffing wedding rings into their denim condom pockets before toddler waddling on the dance floor. And when they clutched pints their fingers had a pale indented band edging the pink skin, like if you made a sausage out of Billy Roll
Seeing a guy who has clearly recently taken off a wedding ring and now I understand why Sherlock Holmes was like that all the time, this feels sick as hell
January 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
You have to read Blindboy's posts in Blindboy's voice
if ((post.topic == crypto) && (post.sentiment == negative))...
You don't burn electricity, it's not coal 😂
Did you know that America needs to produce waayyy more energy by the end of this decade than now?
We don't have the electricity generation for everyone to move to electric cars but we need everyone to move to them. Bitcoin mining monetizes renewables
Did you know that America needs to produce waayyy more energy by the end of this decade than now?
We don't have the electricity generation for everyone to move to electric cars but we need everyone to move to them. Bitcoin mining monetizes renewables
December 5, 2024 at 11:53 PM
if ((post.topic == crypto) && (post.sentiment == negative))...
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Not sure if they mean the premium offer or the website
November 29, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Not sure if they mean the premium offer or the website