Julian Friedland
@julianfriedland.bsky.social
Philosopher of business ethics and technology.
Weekend levity.
"Ah, the French" - Orson Welles REMIX
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March 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Weekend levity.
Reposted by Julian Friedland
One pernicious step after another, Bezos encroached on the Post editorial policy. Today he seized it fully. The old Washington Post is gone. I'll never write for it again as long as he's the owner.
February 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
One pernicious step after another, Bezos encroached on the Post editorial policy. Today he seized it fully. The old Washington Post is gone. I'll never write for it again as long as he's the owner.
“Some contracts the group claims credit for were double- or triple-counted. Another initially contained an error that inflated the totals by billions of dollars.”
DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes
The figures from Elon Musk’s team of outsiders represent billions in government cuts. They are also full of accounting errors, outdated data and other miscalculations.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“Some contracts the group claims credit for were double- or triple-counted. Another initially contained an error that inflated the totals by billions of dollars.”
Well look at that. Evidently money isn’t everything. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/b...
The U.S. Economy Is Racing Ahead. Almost Everything Else Is Falling Behind.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Well look at that. Evidently money isn’t everything. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/b...
Time for all those tech bro effective altruists to show their worth.
Starting from Scratch
This misery and chaos presents an opportunity to do something remarkable. We should not waste it.
samharris.substack.com
January 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Time for all those tech bro effective altruists to show their worth.
Self-knowledge is important.
Mark Zuckerberg Insists Anyone With Same Skewed Values And Unrelenting Thirst For Power Could Have Made Same Mistakes
MENLO PARK, CA—In an effort to dismiss widespread criticism, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly insisted Thursday that anyone with the same skewed values and tenacious thirst for power could have...
theonion.com
January 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Self-knowledge is important.
Another good primer on one of the symptoms of the current cultural demise. Which also makes me realize that my Bluesky page is really more of a blood red.
The Americans Who Need Chaos
They’re embracing nihilism and upending politics.
www.theatlantic.com
January 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Another good primer on one of the symptoms of the current cultural demise. Which also makes me realize that my Bluesky page is really more of a blood red.
Excellent piece by the executive editor of the Atlantic. One of the few voices willing to look at cultural decline straight in the face. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Decivilization May Already Be Under Way
The brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and the cheering reaction to his execution—amounts to a blinking-and-blaring warning signal for a society that has become already too inured to bloodshe...
www.theatlantic.com
December 31, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Excellent piece by the executive editor of the Atlantic. One of the few voices willing to look at cultural decline straight in the face. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Sam really puts his finger here on this culture of shamelessness. Too bad he is unable - like most Americans - to grasp the deeper structural causes, ones that most other countries have and continue to put into place in order to foster and preserve a broad culture of refinement and decency.
Sam Harris on Instagram: "#331 — A Golden Age for Assholes. The full 12 minute episode, unlocked.
“Whatever their faults, there is one common moral failing of which all true assholes are perpetually ...
7,375 likes, 766 comments - samharrisorg on August 24, 2023: "#331 — A Golden Age for Assholes. The full 12 minute episode, unlocked.
“Whatever their faults, there is one common moral failing of whic...
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November 30, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Sam really puts his finger here on this culture of shamelessness. Too bad he is unable - like most Americans - to grasp the deeper structural causes, ones that most other countries have and continue to put into place in order to foster and preserve a broad culture of refinement and decency.
Sign of the times.
Opinion | I Talked to the Cassandra of the Internet Age (Published 2021)
The internet rewired our brains. He predicted it would.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Sign of the times.