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Greg Daneke, Emeritus Prof., Arizona State Univ.
Greg Daneke, Emeritus Prof., Arizona State Univ.

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AN ECONOMY BUILT ON SAND AND BLOOD: the Mixed Blessing of Silicon Valley

I am worried that our technology is helping to bring the long, postwar consensus against fascism to an end. ____ David Bodanis I first began studying the Silicon Valley as a policy phenomenon back in the early 1980s, when state and local governments across the globe were trying to replicate…

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A ECONOMY BUILT ON SAND: Silicon Valley is a Mixed Blessing at Best
A ECONOMY BUILT ON SAND: Silicon Valley is a Mixed Blessing at Best

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THE LANDLORD’S GAME: The Grand Dispossession of America

THE LANDLORD’S GAME: The Grand Dispossession of America How can a man be said to have a country when he has not a right to a square inch of it. ___ Henry George Who the Heck was Henry George? Henry George is one of the greatest American economists, that practically…

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THE LANDLORD’S GAME: The Grand Dispossession of America
THE LANDLORD’S GAME: The Grand Dispossession of America

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SLOUCHING TOWARD UNTOPIA

The main way we are fooled is by being convinced that there is some perfect society that awaits us if we follow all the rules — a utopia, if you will. It is the American and the Marxian dream that one day we will be part of a well-oiled machine…

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TOO BIG TO FAIL JUST GOT SMALLER: We are no longer a nation with banks, but banks with a nation.

[There are]no atheists in foxholes. [n]or libertarians in bank runs. Jean-Louis Gassée Wall Street loves socialism for bankers, but not for ordinary people. Robert Reich Whenever anyone who isn’t FDR tells you that there is nothing to fear but fear itself, it is time to get the heck out of…

Svb

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Svb

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Human: a primate that builds a model of the universe inside its brain and upon physical maturity…
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Auntiegrav

Very deep Auntie!!!! Cheers!!!!

Very deep Auntie!!!! Cheers!!!!

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AI Singularity realistically by 2029: year-by-year milestones
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Paul Pallaghy, PhD

Good discussion. Unfortunately, the term singularity makes me think of black holes.

Good discussion. Unfortunately, the term singularity makes me think of black holes.

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IS “RESPONSIBLE AI” ANOTHER OXYMORON? The New Tech Culture and Economic Irresponsibility

“That means you can aggregate responsibility: ‘It’s not me that’s the problem. It’s the tool. It’s super-powerful. We don’t know what it’s going to do.’ Well, no — it’s you that’s the problem. You’re building something with certain characteristics for your profit. That’s extremely distracting, and it takes the attention away from real harms and things that we need to do. Right now.” Timmit Gebr —

Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial Intelligence

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May 4

WANKING VERSUS BANKING: Self-regulation and Financial Suicide

“I do not think you can trust bankers to control themselves. They are like heroin addicts”. Charlie Munger “Deregulation is a transfer of power from the trodden to the treading”. George Monbiot “It’s all very well to run around saying regulation is bad, get the government off our backs, etc…

Banking

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Banking

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Wake Up and Smell the Serfdom

“We will never be royals. It don’t run in our blood. That kind of luxe just ain’t for us. We crave a different kind of buzz”. Lorde “The history of the modern democratic state can be understood as a story of shifting authority and lawmaking, first from private potentates…

Economics

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Economics

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REST IN PEACE MR. PRESIDENT: Jimmy Carter vs. The Dirty Tricks and War Machines.

It is clear that global challenges must be met with an emphasis on peace, in harmony with others, with strong alliances and international consensus. Jimmy Carter, The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture Why Republicans play dirty? They fear that if they stick to the rules, they will lose everything. Their behavior…

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REST IN PEACE MR. PRESIDENT: Jimmy Carter vs. The Dirty Tricks and War Machines.
REST IN PEACE MR. PRESIDENT: Jimmy Carter vs. The Dirty Tricks and War Machines.
Politics

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Greg Daneke, Emeritus Prof., Arizona State Univ.

Greg Daneke, Emeritus Prof., Arizona State Univ.

175 Followers

Note: https://www.amazon.com/SERFS-FInance-Feudalism-Fascism-Ruminations/dp/1796405728, where they will let you read the first section for free.

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