#Facebook VP N. Clegg just confirmed what I said yesterday:
REAL #parents of today are NOT going to manage the complexity (50 tools!) of keeping #children safe INSIDE #smartphones & #socialmedia.
The only solution is to just say NO:
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/wrong-questions-about-children-online
"What $1tn problem will AI solve? Replacing low-wage jobs with tremendously costly technology is basically the polar opposite of the prior technology transitions I’ve witnessed."
"Seriously, what big problems does #AI solve? Producing massive amounts of self-confident bullshit? We already have Americans."
"large portions of the #insurance industry have decided that they’re not interested in selling liability insurance coverage for #PFAS ."
Small businesses, beware!
https://grist.org/business/forever-chemicals-are-poisoning-your-insurance/
a future where “the majority of new varieties of (edible!) plants entering the market will be affected by #patents”.
"the low #fertility issue could be a key part of the tech-conservative agenda"
Here is something that would do #nVidia employees and the whole world a LOT of good:
"While #WallStreet is focused on customer demand, I think the biggest risk facing Nvidia is an employee exodus."
https://sherwood.news/business/earnings-nvidia-employees-millionare-rsu-talent-retention/
Here is something that would do #nVidia employees and the whole world a LOT of good:
"While #WallStreet is focused on customer demand, I think the biggest risk facing Nvidia is an employee exodus."
https://sherwood.news/business/earnings-nvidia-employees-millionare-rsu-talent-retention/
"would the United States engage in thermonuclear war over a sparsely populated swath of #Arctic #Norway?"
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/16/russias-espionage-war-in-the-arctic
what #aliens will look like
nutrition collapse
mass shooting diary
psycopaths CEOS
and much more #serendipity in today's #onthisday Almanac:
Q: What links a pediatrician's digital advice for #parents to suboptimal reactions to bad #EU law proposals to "protect #children"?
A: Unfeasibleor partial answers to wrong or incomplete questions
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/wrong-questions-about-children-online
"The nearly 1 billion human beings who don’t yet have electricity connected to their homes will doubtless be looking on with interest as the tech bros and mining bosses vie to crack 13 digits."
italian #Euroc traitors
circulating fans back with a vengeance
soccer mom hate
and many more things you didn't know you wanted to know, in today's #onthisday almanac:
"Over recent decades we have increasingly deprived #children of basic #humanrights."
Indeed we have:
https://petergray.substack.com/p/52-childrens-rights-and-adults-wrongs
Today #school started in Italy and...
This is the first year I see lots of #parents posting to #socialmedia some variation of
"I am proudly NOT posting any picture of my kids going #BackToSchool, because I protect their #privacy from #BigTech"
What about other countries? Is this a trend elsewhere?
“Through his insightful exploration of digital-human studies, Marco offers an extremely important - and often underrepresented - perspective to lively discussions of post- #Growth futures":
https://mfioretti.com/endorsements/
THANKS N. Natrella for a great encouragement!
Also, folks: DO follow him here:
Reason n. 9999... why #universalBasicIncome will be acknowledged as unavoidable:
"Becoming unable to buy and maintain a car, many people will also become unable to maintain their commuter lifestyle."
https://thehonestsorcerer.medium.com/back-to-a-carless-future-f5b7e0640c4d
"I have three jobs just to pay for my life"
What about YOU?
How many do you people know in the same situation?
https://breachmedia.ca/canadian-mega-landlord-ai-pricing-scheme-hikes-rents/
From #india, about #globalization and #geopolitics
"the Westphalian model of international relations is over for us in this era of technological interpenetration"
https://mastodon.social/@ravirockks@infosec.exchange/109442646795950727
is there any decent, as distraction-free as possible, FULL TRANSCRIPT of the #TrumpKamalaDebate ?
Thanks.
Self-booked funerals
Armies wanting #drones to kill people. In 2012
#politics making humans unable to do #math
Heroic vote about #911Day
all this and much more, in my daily #onthisday #serendipity Almanac
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