Dave Smith
@davesmithskvn.bsky.social
Watching the world go by with an increasing sense of disbelief.
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Persuasive letter on populism as a cognitive short-cut in the @financialtimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Persuasive letter on populism as a cognitive short-cut in the @financialtimes.com
Reposted by Dave Smith
I liked this story more than most people on my timeline. The reasons I liked it are mostly to do with how it shows that much of the UK state exercises a purely notional control over anything. Trading Standards? Pfft. Companies House? Don't make me laugh. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Crime network behind UK mini-marts is enabling migrants to work illegally
Undercover reporters were told how easy it was to make big profits selling illegal vapes and cigarettes.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I liked this story more than most people on my timeline. The reasons I liked it are mostly to do with how it shows that much of the UK state exercises a purely notional control over anything. Trading Standards? Pfft. Companies House? Don't make me laugh. www.bbc.com/news/article...
The UK's financial / government problems (as seen from outside)...
TLDR: We don't make/do stuff other people want to pay for. Except financial services to the very rich. Which warps national policy. This ensures we don't make/do stuff other people want to pay for.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKs0...
TLDR: We don't make/do stuff other people want to pay for. Except financial services to the very rich. Which warps national policy. This ensures we don't make/do stuff other people want to pay for.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKs0...
WTF Happened To The UK?
YouTube video by How Money Works
www.youtube.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The UK's financial / government problems (as seen from outside)...
TLDR: We don't make/do stuff other people want to pay for. Except financial services to the very rich. Which warps national policy. This ensures we don't make/do stuff other people want to pay for.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKs0...
TLDR: We don't make/do stuff other people want to pay for. Except financial services to the very rich. Which warps national policy. This ensures we don't make/do stuff other people want to pay for.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKs0...
"If you want to know what life's like when your not the apex intelligence: ask a chicken."
Would be amusing if it wasn't coming from last year's Nobel prize winner (and AI pioneer).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=giT0...
Would be amusing if it wasn't coming from last year's Nobel prize winner (and AI pioneer).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=giT0...
Godfather of AI: I Tried to Warn Them, But We’ve Already Lost Control! Geoffrey Hinton
YouTube video by The Diary Of A CEO
www.youtube.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"If you want to know what life's like when your not the apex intelligence: ask a chicken."
Would be amusing if it wasn't coming from last year's Nobel prize winner (and AI pioneer).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=giT0...
Would be amusing if it wasn't coming from last year's Nobel prize winner (and AI pioneer).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=giT0...
Reposted by Dave Smith
My personal opinion is this is at least partly fuelled by a fundamental error in the approach in the counter-disinformation on focusing on foreign actors rather than treating information disorder as a societal issue. An extensive piece on that to come.
Still wild to me that so many "savvy" folks on left and right have bought into the idea that online misinformation is overblown and doesn't really matter. From lies about migrants to transgender people to crime to election denial to climate denial, it's literally driving our country's politics.
January 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
My personal opinion is this is at least partly fuelled by a fundamental error in the approach in the counter-disinformation on focusing on foreign actors rather than treating information disorder as a societal issue. An extensive piece on that to come.