Karp, Andriessen , Thiel, et al. are a Perpetual Straw Man Machine.. otherweise known as WhatAboutism

if only it were funny

Funding for the National Endowment For the Arts, which DODGE killed , was 200 mil..

3) The Overton window has already shifted. In SF nobody pays attention anymore when 5 driverless Waymos pull up to Symphony Hall post concert. The same will be true for Humanoids.. The question is how will we organize ourselves, who gets to decide?

2) I live in the Bay Area. My GF lives near where WAYMO recharges. These things are coming, everywhere. They have made tremendous improvements. One of Geoffrey Hinton's important insights is that when one node in these networks learns something, it is learned everywhere

Autonomous jittney mini bus type routes, as in Asia and may other parts of the world, could solve a lot of urban/suburban public transportation deficits, and reduce the number of single occupancy vehicles. But... we need to nationalize or somehow own "public" transport collectively.

Trump is an abuser, a terrorist. Perpetual psychodrama. “I could withdraw funding from NY but I won’t «  Next week when he wants attention he’ll be back at it.

Of course it’s a relief. That’s the game. See tarriffs.

2) Witikoff in Ukraine? Data Centers in the Gulf? Pardons for ther Binance guy?

There's one common thread.

WTF?