INVESTIGATION:

'Today, we can reveal that since the Labour Party swept to power in 2013, the government spent a total of at least €293 million on services from companies involved in the private security industry.'

'If I look at the bigger picture, all I see is snake oil that’s being sold as a transhumanist antidote. An elixir that will nurse us back to health and move us towards a better future.'

Public documents show that Security First Services Ltd made at least €3.9 million in direct orders and tenders since 2015.

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I *do* understand the use case of AI. There are several practical applications which I do find interesting.

What I *do not* understand is why we are pouring trillions into AI when it's obviously not worth doing so.

1. Energy-guzzling data hubs are anathema to climate change.

Over the last few decades, Western democracies failed to address rampant inequality.

This failure is what set the stage for making Nazis palatable again in the span of a generation.

It now falls to individuals to choose to be intolerant towards the intolerant.

2025 is going to be particularly mind-boggling because of world leaders who are detached from reality.

Putin thinks forcing Ukraine to submit will restore Russia's empire.

Trump is eyeing Greenland and Panama.

Xi Jinping wants Taiwan to submit.

Meanwhile, poor people everywhere remain poor.

It is amazing how events coalesce when there is the right mixture of effort and serendipity.

Chasing opportunities can feel like a never ending chore --- until you land the right one.

You could only land it because you took a leap of faith to begin with.

I come to this platform as a freelance journalist desperately seeking an online safe haven. I suppose I am just one of many escaping from Meta's clutches.

I'll be sharing some new material soon, curious to see how it will perform here.