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If this is his basis for concern I can't take this guy seriously. There are real dangers with any tech and this includes AI. But he's pointing to nonsense hype stories designed to scare people. Either he's just naive or invested in the movement to get governments to protect the tech titans with a regulatory moat.
Well, we know there are people like Mark Levin that have been asking him to attack Iran for some time. The Neocons never went away. Still at work and seem to be stuck to the sides of the swamp.
The wildest part of all this is that I grew up thinking the state would be the ones doing this by force. Turns out the people do it voluntarily via companies making cool stuff.
Indeed. We need supernatural help but taking that out if we aim for something lower we will hit it. I think this is a key aspect in living the Christian life is realizing God's love is without condition but we do need to aspire to a higher goal and through that work we learn how much we need Him and the broader effect is that the world around us benefits.
The Economist authors and the nature editors throw in ad hoc social explanations like girl perform poorly under pressure or buu-huu outdated stereotypes brainwash the girls into performing worse.
This is so absurd. I'm sure the cultures girls are influenced by varies broadly but in my experience girls do not seem to be hearing or even believing they are inferior in academics. Its the opposite. More boys I've seen suffer from this. This was not the case when I was growing up. I think we've over-corrected culturally and its probably in the process of self correcting.
I've done software engineering for a long time now and I have watched many people learn to code and discover they just don't like it. I'm convinced that most people can do math very well. Its mostly that they don't enjoy it or they do. Of course there is a bell curve but enjoyment of a subject is a massive factor in determining if you get good at it. You have to keep doing something to get better. If you don't like it won't. Of course the learning curve factors in.
I've seen it in music as well. People who give up before they get over the hump on the piano or guitar never get to the fun stage. Those that stick with it usually do love it.
When I was getting programmed on how much of a crime it was that there wasn't equal representation in tech back in the early 2000s I talked to my wife about it. She was puzzled by it. Why does it need to be 50/50? Maybe women just don't enjoy this work? Maybe they would rather do other things? Incidentally she can code and picked it up pretty quickly but just didn't enjoy doing it herself. Of course there was/is sexism in tech. Guess what, its in every field I've worked in. Humans are humans. Flawed and unfair. Often we over-correct and don't think it through. Maybe our goals are the bigger problem.
I firmly believe we need each other. Men and women were designed to complement one another. They aren't all the same but I think we should embrace the differences rather than trying pretend they don't exist. I don't know how deep they are in the mind or brain. Honestly, it doesn't matter to me. Each person is different but patterns emerge and fighting them seems incredibly dumb to me.
Yep, seems VERY likely that it would a large factor if not the entire reason. Of course individuals vary and there are often exceptions. The funny thing to me is how fearful people are about admitting there are differences in men and women, girls and boys. Its absurd. We have over-corrected from the stupidity of the past where women were considered inferior to the idea of universal equality.
Honestly, I think most people know these things but don't feel safe talking about them or even feel like these thoughts are OK. We've been so programmed against sexism we have lost a lot of common sense.
What's funny about this image to me is that we live in a society where a massive number of us do not do physical labor as a part of our jobs and yet we labor voluntarily in the form of exercise. Not working is not natural.
A far better goal IMO is to reduce wear and tear and pointless toiling. Work without purpose is terrible. I think this is one reason so many people dream of not working. Its not work that's the problem but the value of the work.
You may have talked about this before but I know you are "retired" from your law career. What do you do for work these days? Obviously I'm not expecting to invade your privacy :)
As I get older I think more about second, or third careers as I get closer to retirement age.
No question. Yes. If you wanna really fall into deep depression do nothing for an extended period of time. Of course I would be much more picky about what I worked on, not working is not a recipe for a joyful life.
Yeah, I'm hear for it too. There is so much bravado about privacy and stupid takes which seem more like ego than anything else. Its so dumb.
Americans I know seem to not only think of political groups as monoliths but also foreigners. The idea that many Israelis might not support the current government or all Iranians aren't blood thirsty hasn't crossed their minds. And don't get me started about Gaza and those Christians that live there while US Christians cheer on the Netanyahu government.
And people actually think the masses are qualified to select leaders? I'm pretty sure they aren't.