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I regret to inform you that Paul Graham, investor and founder of the startup training program Y Combinator, has published a new essay: "The Origins of Wokeness." You can tell the political bent of his screed by the invocation of "woke," no doubt. But at this stage, I'm not sure

The Yarvin interview in the NYTimes magazine illustrates the change in vibes, but frankly, I was bored. It’s amusing when Yarvin tweaks liberals by pointing out that FDR was an authoritarian, but Liberal Fascism did it better. More generally, much of Yarvin’s thinking is superficial. He thinks, for example, that capitalism works because firms are […]

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Social media often seems minor and harmless, just an app or two on the side for entertainment and learning. Originally, it was supposed to be a wonderful thing that brought the world together. World ... [continued]

Some of Trump's first day initiatives will run into a buzz saw of legal opposition, but others on the economic warfare front seem to pack a punch.

The executive orders expose the strategy: claim to be defending democracy as you dismantle it.

Abstract. How does inventors’ migration affect international talent allocation, knowledge diffusion, and productivity growth? To answer this question, I bu

I’ve always admired people who can successfully navigate what I refer to as “Kafka’s Castle,” a term of dread for the many government and corporate agencies that have an inordinate amount of power over our permanent records, and that seem as inscrutable and chillingly absurd as the labyrinth the character K navigates in Kafka’s last allegorical novel.

Between 2005 and 2010, a set of books called “Project Russia” was distributed to high-ranking officials in the Russian government and other influential thought leaders. The books offered a detailed program of spiritual warfare against Western democracies culminating in “controlled global collapse” and the establishment of a “supranational” state headed by a Prince-Monk who “best understands the world.” The plan described is ultimately a program for subjugating the world, which would also be united together in a single religion. This all may sound fantastical, or even absurd. But the Project Russia plan comports very closely with what’s unfolding now, and

True Names is a 1981 science fiction novella by American writer Vernor Vinge, a seminal work of the cyberpunk genre. It is one of the earliest stories to present a fully fleshed-out concept of cyberspace, which would later be central to cyberpunk. The story also contains elements of transhumanism.

This piece appears in my book A Creature Wanting Form. I awoke early enough for the first time in recent memory to see the last of the sunrise spilling out over the roof of the house next door in its twee little pink mist and I thought to myself sure

Twenty-third in the News Commons series Disaster coverage tends to go through four stages: Live reporting. TV stations stop all advertising and go into round-the-clock coverage. Radio stations drop…

Metaculus is an online forecasting platform and aggregation engine working to improve human reasoning and coordination on topics of global importance.

(It's been here the entire time.)

Journalists’ flawed math and ignorance of crypto markets turn tokens into fake fortunes

An interview with Asianometry founder Jon Yu about starting and running a successful YouTube channel, how semiconductors are made, and the past and future of Intel and TSMC.

🇺🇸 It’s MLK Jr. Day and Inauguration Day today here in the U.S. — so we’re off today, but we have a brief issue for you while we’re out…

In Mexico, those displaced by armed conflict find themselves caught between criminal groups, paramilitaries, and a frequently indifferent government.

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Lynch’s films and TV series reflected the dark, ominous, often bizarre underbelly of American culture – one increasingly out of the shadows today.

Source: Better Business Bureau The daily news is filled with personal stories about bad experiences with banks. Here’s a recent example . In...

Regulators and lawmakers eagerly prepare to abdicate any last traces of interest in the wellbeing of everyday Americans as they suck up to the powerful billionaires who will soon be publicly calling the shots.

VPNs are having a moment. On January 1st, Florida joined 18 other states in implementing an age verification law that burdens Floridians' access to sites that host adult content, including

The official US poverty rate is based on an outdated metric.

Nationally representative survey data from The Center for Democracy & Technology finds schools subjectively and broadly block students from information online

At a landmark gathering in California, workers discussed defenses against artificial intelligence and surveillance technology

In December, Cooler Screens shut down access to hundreds of the digitized fridge doors, which Walgreens claims affected sales.

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