If anybody has already written, or found, a decent explanation of what this latest crap from #facebook #meta #ai is REALLY about, can they please post it? Thanks.

"Anyone who peddles the idea of plenty of beef for the masses might as well be selling you the idea of #electriccars for everybody." (*)

Discuss

(*) just seen on FB, about #degrowth

Worrying PSA from **1941** on what contributes to create Nazis:

https://harpers.org/archive/1941/08/who-goes-nazi/

Worrying, and ominous, because THAT "type of education, feeding etc... " is exactly what #overparenting plus #socialmedia are and do nowadays.

"Small, compact and light. The (electric) cars of the future must be redesigned":

https://www.infrajournal.com/en/w/best-electric-car

Of course. For lots of suggestions, see: https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/how-cars-are-dying-why-and-what-comes

and https://stop.zona-m.net/tag/electric-car/

Me, one year ago:

#Parents, THINK before burying your kids under student #debt:

https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/innovation-scams-education-myths

Today:

"Lifetime earnings simply can’t keep up with the cost of degrees"

https://fortune.com/2024/05/14/college-majors-lifetime-earnings-trade-school-return-on-investment/

VERY interesting difference between "White #Catholics" and "Hispanic Catholics" (a distinction only Americans would make, btw)

Does anybody have explanations? Thoughts?
Thx

(SOURCE: https://zenit.org/2024/05/14/9-interesting-and-curious-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-u-s-catholics/)

RIght now, the "5000 words every European should know" include Thermodynamics, #Bulgaria, Sagrada Familia, Hitler and Algorithms.

What's missing? Please tell me. See how and why here: https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/5000-words-for-europe-again

Still too few entries about #ukraine #russia #Latvia #Estonia #Lithuania and all of Eastern #Europe in general in this list of "5000 concepts every European should know".

I cannot know which ones they should be. Please YOU submit them, & pls RT:

https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/5000-words-for-europe-again

Here are some of the last suggestions for my book project about "5K concepts that EVERY EUROPEAN should know":

https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/5000-words-for-europe-again

Do you agree?

Pls read the proposal, let me know, and share it as much as you can. It would be wonderful to reach 5K entries before #EU2024 day!

via @JonHaidt :
"as much as we need to change the norm around handing out smartphones to children..."
https://www.afterbabel.com/p/keeping-our-kids-safe-online

Right. Parents need to turn the social pressure upside down, to this:
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/honestly-the-problem-with-children

"CEO claims data centers are going to start running out of power within 18-24 months", reports @KarlBode

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/05/10/ceo-ai-power-drain-could-cause-data-centers-to-run-out-of-power-within-two-years/

IF WE ARE LUCKY, I ADD.

Something like that may be the only shock big enough to reset the madness, and start using #AI sensibly. See these posts of mine at https://mfioretti.substack.com/archive

I want 5000 words for #Europe, all in one place.

And wherever you live, whatever you think of the #EU, I want one of those words from YOU:

https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/5000-words-for-europe-again

Q: "How can #Europe emulate #SiliconValley’s #startup success?"

Answer: the question is NOT "how". The question is "why do it, instead of doing something better?"

Today:

"If #AI Wrecks #Democracy, We May Never Know..."

https://www.itprotoday.com/artificial-intelligence/if-ai-wrecks-democracy-we-may-never-know

and I said what would happen, and how to fix it, years ago:

https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-usa2024-and-9-suggestions

https://stop.zona-m.net/2019/04/what-if-we-just-outlawed-instantness-in-social-networks/

"From forgotten blog posts to vanished news articles, the Wayback Machine is a crucial tool for exploring our shared online history. Begin your search today"

https://web.archive.org/

#preservation

"They taught me that true wealth is about..."

https://www.roxinekee.com/blog/why-asians-arent-drowning-in-debt-but-north-americans-are

#USA2024 = disinformation apocalypse?

Maybe. But how, exactly

How cars are dying, why, and what comes next

Whether we want it or not.

https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/how-cars-are-dying-why-and-what-comes

Right-wing media may save the whole Web, for everybody. They must just have the guts to go back to the future:

https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/right-wing-media-may-save-the-web

(NB: the image is what THEY feel. I just say that feeling may make them save the web)