Dr Ricky Jeffrey
@rickyjeffrey.bsky.social
(Although it can sometimes feel a little like it, with the water replaced by a sea of form-filling, webpages to scour through, hundreds of documents to provide, etc.etc.)
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April 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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It’s also what autocrat governments have always said about protests - see Russia, China, etc etc. Now the US government & its spox use this unevidenced propaganda trick too.
March 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It’s also what autocrat governments have always said about protests - see Russia, China, etc etc. Now the US government & its spox use this unevidenced propaganda trick too.
“Young male kills in order to become famous.” Yet again. UK government could reduce these events by at least 50% by passing a law prohibiting the media from including the killer’s face or name in their reports. If they want to kill to become famous, then just make sure killing doesn’t lead to fame.
March 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“In a decade, perhaps everyone on earth will be capable of accomplishing more than the most impactful person can today.” blog.samaltman.com
Sam Altman
Sam Altman
blog.samaltman.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
“In a decade, perhaps everyone on earth will be capable of accomplishing more than the most impactful person can today.” blog.samaltman.com
Reposted by Dr Ricky Jeffrey
The more coverage Musk gets in the media, surely the better chance that Trump will soon jettison him, as he jettisons pretty much everyone, & then afterwards deride him as “weirdo Musk” etc.
a group of men in suits and ties are standing in a room .
ALT: a group of men in suits and ties are standing in a room .
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The more coverage Musk gets in the media, surely the better chance that Trump will soon jettison him, as he jettisons pretty much everyone, & then afterwards deride him as “weirdo Musk” etc.
The more coverage Musk gets in the media, surely the better chance that Trump will soon jettison him, as he jettisons pretty much everyone, & then afterwards deride him as “weirdo Musk” etc.
a group of men in suits and ties are standing in a room .
ALT: a group of men in suits and ties are standing in a room .
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The more coverage Musk gets in the media, surely the better chance that Trump will soon jettison him, as he jettisons pretty much everyone, & then afterwards deride him as “weirdo Musk” etc.
So everyone in China knows a range iconic western stories like Robinson Crusoe, Tom Sawyer etc, along with deep knowledge of their own literature; meanwhile US & UK publics largely can’t name a single Chinese author, story or fictional character? Maybe just Mulan, from the dubious Disney adaptations
February 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
So everyone in China knows a range iconic western stories like Robinson Crusoe, Tom Sawyer etc, along with deep knowledge of their own literature; meanwhile US & UK publics largely can’t name a single Chinese author, story or fictional character? Maybe just Mulan, from the dubious Disney adaptations
Finally, a challenge for governments is: although some level of cultural lag is inevitable, you need to manage & reduce it as much as possible. If not, competitors may master & exploit the new tech more quickly than you.
January 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Finally, a challenge for governments is: although some level of cultural lag is inevitable, you need to manage & reduce it as much as possible. If not, competitors may master & exploit the new tech more quickly than you.
..on the cusp as we are of a range of even more momentous technological advances in AI, the only certainty appears to be that we are in line for a lot more social, cultural, & political upheaval for the rest of this century.
January 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
..on the cusp as we are of a range of even more momentous technological advances in AI, the only certainty appears to be that we are in line for a lot more social, cultural, & political upheaval for the rest of this century.
New technology is created; then society slowly adapts to it, first undergoing various transitional “maladjustments”, before eventually settling into a new stability a long time afterward. Our culture is still adapting to the 00s innovations of smartphones & social media; ….
January 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
New technology is created; then society slowly adapts to it, first undergoing various transitional “maladjustments”, before eventually settling into a new stability a long time afterward. Our culture is still adapting to the 00s innovations of smartphones & social media; ….
Reposted by Dr Ricky Jeffrey
This is quite something, both the quadrupling in extra exam time over the past decade, across all schools, and also the difference between state and independent schools.
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
January 20, 2025 at 5:24 AM
This is quite something, both the quadrupling in extra exam time over the past decade, across all schools, and also the difference between state and independent schools.
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
This is quite something, both the quadrupling in extra exam time over the past decade, across all schools, and also the difference between state and independent schools.
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
January 20, 2025 at 5:24 AM
This is quite something, both the quadrupling in extra exam time over the past decade, across all schools, and also the difference between state and independent schools.
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Reposted by Dr Ricky Jeffrey
