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Peace, chaos and many things in between
We finally learned Elon Musk's DOGE-show was only a new fancy toy for a big kid to play with. The outcome: no efficiency improvements and a few important tools broken

Meanwhile, with less noise, other big kids got their hands on another larger and deadly tool-box

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The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
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December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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After getting various answers from ChatGPT that obviously were based on Wikipedia, I asked it if Open AI supported Wikimedia. It found Apple, Google.org, plus individual donors like Omidyar Network did, but not OpenAI. So I asked it to prepare a call for social media. This is it. Let's use it:
August 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Picture emerging from US is one of grift. New president sets up various opaque cryptocurrencies/wallets for himself and family, deregulates them and forces everyone to negotiate - DoJ threats, tariffs... Then just cash in, giving Americans few benefits to feed the news to keep the business running
April 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Reminder: 136 countries offered the United States assistance after 9/11.

Not one asked for our mineral rights in return.
March 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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At the upcoming #AIActionSummit, Europe has a chance to pioneer a different approach: creating an AI ecosystem that prioritizes public value over extraction.

Read my latest on @projectsyndicate.bsky.social ➡️ www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Resisting Digital Feudalism | by Mariana Mazzucato - Project Syndicate
Mariana Mazzucato calls for urgent action to shape the development of AI before it becomes another means of rent extraction.
www.project-syndicate.org
February 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM