Billionaire VC Marc Andreessen welcomes the symbiotic AI future: ‘It’s going to be a much better way to live’

BYPaige Hagy September 7, 2023 at 1:50 PM EDT Marc Andreessen anticipates that everyone, starting with children, will have a constant AI companion and helper. selimaksan—Getty Images The 2013 film Her, a science-fiction romance starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson, isn’t far off from what billionaire Marc Andreessen […]

Companies use AI to monitor workers—45% of employees say it has a negative effect on their mental health

Aditi Shrikant@Aditi_Shrikant CNBC Courtneyk | E+ | Getty Images As companies implement return-to-office plans, employers are increasingly interested in utilizing artificial intelligence, not to replace workers, but to watch them. Between March 2020 and June 2023, demand for employee surveillance software grew 54%, according to research from Top10VPN, […]

Round-Table #90: Hamas-Israel Conflict

I will be joined by Keith Preston, Florian Ulrich and Aleksey Bashtavenko to discuss the recent outbreak of hostilities between Hamas and Israel and the broader implications for the region. My contact info: Locals: https://praiseoffolly.locals.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PoFPodcast Telegram: t.me/PraiseOfFolly_1511 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PraiseOfFoll… BuyMeACoffe: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/PraiseOf… Subscribe Star: https://www.subscribestar.com/PraiseO… Substack: https://substack.com/profile/40985862… […]

1 Million Told To Flee

1 Million Told To Flee Plus: Inflation issues, California’s “Ebony Alerts”, and campus macroaggressions… LIZ WOLFE Israel tells one million people to flee Gaza: Overnight, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) warned the more than a million residents of Gaza to flee the entirety of the north. Two major refugee camps and […]

Ethnopluralism: An Inherently Anti-Racist Concept

By Constantin von Hoffmeister12 October 2023No Comments Constantin von Hoffmeister explores ethnopluralism, a philosophy advocating the inherent value of every culture, as exemplified historically by empires like Rome and the Soviet Union. The essay was originally published here. In today’s interconnected global society, conversations about cultural and racial […]

Harvard backlash

October 13, 2023 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Happy Friday! We’ve reached a historic moment in the age of the internet: Gen Alpha is making Gen Z feel old. In today’s big story, we’re looking at the backlash at Harvard University over comments related to the […]

On Israel, Hamas, and Gaza

Raja Shehadeh Causes for Despair Wars are usually harbingers of change, yet Israel’s previous wars have achieved no fundamental progress toward peace. David Shulman Déjà Vu in Israel The conceptual system that has dominated Israeli thinking and policy for decades has been exposed, repeatedly, as dangerous and delusional. […]

Guantanamo: A Constitutional Debacle

HORNBERGER’S BLOG October 12, 2023 The Planned Chaos of Immigration Socialism Sometimes I just can’t help but be amused by defenders of America’s socialist system of immigration controls. They point to the large number of migrants who are crossing America’s southern border and to all the migrants who […]

Why Biden is building Trump’s border wall

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Hamas is ISIS

The Extremism Roundup Promoting Civil Discourse and Marginalizing the Extremes A weekly compilation of the most important developments in the struggle against radical ideologies Islamist Extremism President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel in the State Dining Room of the White House October 10 […]

Israel-Palestine is Just the Tip

By thecollective Anarchist News by CyberDandy A lot of leftists and anarchists have accepted a narrative about Israel-Palestine that is pretty warped. The basic problem isn’t limited to anglophone ignorance about Jews and/or Palestinians; it’s a problem that leftists and anarchists seem to have in comprehending multinational conflicts […]

10/12/23: US Confirms Israel Warned Before Attack, Major Destruction In Gaza, Netanyahu Faces Pressure To Resign, Krystal And Saagar Debate Israel Palestine, Zelensky To Visit Israel, Lindsey Graham Calls For Holy War, House Speaker Updates, Wild Rhetoric On Israel And Palestine, Cenk Uygur Launches 2024 Bid, And Hannity Attacks RFK Jr

Krystal and Saagar discuss the US confirms Israel was warned of Hamas attack, massive destruction across Gaza amid bombing, Netanyahu face pressure to resign, Krystal And Saagar debate Israel Palestine, Zelensky to visit Israel, Lindsey Graham says we are in a holy war, GOP House Speaker chaos, Cenk […]