David Lester
@edinteractive.bsky.social
Pathological optimist. Techno-hippie (the attempt to balance physical with virtual). Always earnest. Always learning...
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Of course, you've tuned-in to Alison McDowell? Not quite sure who this person is? She claims to have an arts background, but sounds like the reference librarian at the CIA/DARPA weird desk. Good witch? I think she's trying to head the Dark Enlightenment off at the pass.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=dYal...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=dYal...
What If The Totalitarian Game Ends Up Participatory? Musings on CogNarr, Eusociality, and Synanon
YouTube video by Alison McDowell
m.youtube.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Of course, you've tuned-in to Alison McDowell? Not quite sure who this person is? She claims to have an arts background, but sounds like the reference librarian at the CIA/DARPA weird desk. Good witch? I think she's trying to head the Dark Enlightenment off at the pass.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=dYal...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=dYal...
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“The smartphone changed from being our servant to being our master, for many people,” the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says. What does this mean for the development of children and teens?
Jonathan Haidt Wants You to Take Away Your Kid’s Phone
The social psychologist discusses the “great rewiring” of children’s brains, why social-media companies are to blame, and how to reverse course.
www.newyorker.com
March 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“The smartphone changed from being our servant to being our master, for many people,” the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says. What does this mean for the development of children and teens?
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The RAND Corporation’s new report finds that $79 trillion was taken from the bottom 90% of households.
So the problem isn’t a lack of “abundance” — it is the abundance being hoarded by the rich.
But that fact isn’t allowed in The Abundance Discourse.
www.rand.org/pubs/working...
So the problem isn’t a lack of “abundance” — it is the abundance being hoarded by the rich.
But that fact isn’t allowed in The Abundance Discourse.
www.rand.org/pubs/working...
Measuring the Income Gap from 1975 to 2023
The author extends the results of prior work on the income gap between the bottom 90 percent of workers in 2023 and what they would have earned with an even growth rate from 1975 to 2023. These worker...
www.rand.org
March 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The RAND Corporation’s new report finds that $79 trillion was taken from the bottom 90% of households.
So the problem isn’t a lack of “abundance” — it is the abundance being hoarded by the rich.
But that fact isn’t allowed in The Abundance Discourse.
www.rand.org/pubs/working...
So the problem isn’t a lack of “abundance” — it is the abundance being hoarded by the rich.
But that fact isn’t allowed in The Abundance Discourse.
www.rand.org/pubs/working...
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Every few years, we sign up for yet another platform just to keep in touch with our friends. Private platforms have locked users in for too long, causing a lack of innovation & competition in social media.
Bluesky aims to fundamentally change this.
Live in 20 min with @jay.bsky.team:
Bluesky aims to fundamentally change this.
Live in 20 min with @jay.bsky.team:
Bluesky's CEO on the Future of Social Media | SXSW LIVE
YouTube video by SXSW
www.youtube.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Every few years, we sign up for yet another platform just to keep in touch with our friends. Private platforms have locked users in for too long, causing a lack of innovation & competition in social media.
Bluesky aims to fundamentally change this.
Live in 20 min with @jay.bsky.team:
Bluesky aims to fundamentally change this.
Live in 20 min with @jay.bsky.team: