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Complexity and purpose

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Jun 16
Complexity as a phenomenon is real. The problem is that Complexity Theory (and […]
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Why data ownership must be decentralized – the path to decentralized human capitalism

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May 26
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The usefulness and deceptiveness of AI

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May 8
What about AI that concerns you the most?  I can tell you mine.  The deception […]
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Public opinion and reality

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May 5
I read some portions of the PUBLIC OPINION (1921) written by Walter Lippmann. […]
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The DDD (Detrimental Dollar Dominance) Syndrome

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May 4
Contrary to what most people think, the dollar dominance in the long term […]
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Left-brain thinking is destroying civilization

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May 3
Dr. Iain McGilchrist’s UnHerd interview is worth watching. Such a profound thinker, whether you […]
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ChatGPT is both incredibly unintelligent and superbly capable at the same time

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Apr 26
ChatGPT is still incredibly unintelligent. But it is also superbly capable at the […]
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The sleeping beauty paradox is a fallacy

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Apr 20
The sleeping beauty paradox is a problem that has puzzled mathematicians and many […]
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China’s systemic problems compared to America’s

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Apr 8
The New York Times: China’s Cities Are Buried in Debt, but They Keep […]
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The problem of higher education – a call for decentralized education

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Apr 1
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in the last 40 years, […]
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Communalism vs. communism

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Mar 22
Jared A. Brock wrote an interesting piece on ‘Capitalism vs. Communalism‘ based on […]
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AI is not generative, but synthetic

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Mar 21
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is both underestimated and overestimated at the same time. Underestimated […]
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The Layers of Universe and Humanity

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Feb 17
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Republic, democracy and demagoguery

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Jan 31
The word ‘democracy’ has broad meaning, and really isn’t the right word for […]
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The two dimensional Orwellian / Huxleyan vector space

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Jan 30
In his book “Amusing Ourselves to Death”, Neil Postman compared Orwell and Huxley: […]
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Inflation & Deflation

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Dec 21
The most fundamental difference between inflation and deflation is that inflation is artificial […]
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What’s wrong with the politicians?  

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Nov 9
The US is an economy that struggles to produce what people need, while […]
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Understanding the objective necessity of global changes may help peace

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Nov 2
These Twitter posts by Prof. Michael Pettis reveal one of the most enlightening […]
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Science and Faith

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Oct 15
Abstract. Biblical faith and science do not contradict each other. They are in […]
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Marks of the end time – Is cashless society a mark of the end time?

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Oct 8
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Bayesian probability and the Monty Hall problem

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Aug 26
Bayesian Probability and the Monty Hall Problem On a rare, slow Friday, I […]
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Anonymity and Privacy

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Aug 10
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Truth in culture

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May 13
“The irony is that only western culture allows dissent against culture and the […]
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The politically modest but technologically ambitious Bitcoin

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Mar 11
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The Internet is a test

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Jan 25
Allan Milne Lees’ article Why The Internet Is Destroying Civilization is an interesting […]
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WallstreetBets — why it is foolish to do and also foolish to abolish

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Feb 2
No, it is not David versus Goliath. It is Mob versus Mafia. It […]
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Wake up, Americans

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Jan 2
Americans are not aware of the real threat this country is now facing. […]
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“Meritocracy”​ and “Equality”​

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Dec 17
Headline: Nation’s No. 1 High School Poised To Pick Students Based On Race, […]
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Why AI Will Never Replace True Humanity

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Nov 2
This article is not about the usefulness of artificial intelligence (AI), but an attempt to address a […]
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Autocracy 1, Democracy 0

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Oct 30
Autocracy is characteristically good at avoiding truth for short terms, until one day […]
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