Why we don’t trust robots
Robots raise all kinds of concerns. They could steal our jobs, as some experts think. And if artificial intelligence grows,…
Who is Peter Altmaier and why does he matter?
IF YOU pass the vast, glass-walled chancellery in Berlin at night, you will often see a solitary room illuminated high…
A.I. is Progressing Faster Than You Think!
Was hacked, I’ll have to rewrite this later. Sources: https://deepmind.com/blog/wavenet-generative-model-raw-audio/ https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3cxcnOkPx9AeWpLVXhkTDJINDQ/view?pageId=100077358973363715310 The Nintendo Switch’s left Joy-Con connection issues are hardware…
Government Plays Casino Numbers Game In Australia’s Queensland
Star Entertainment and and its partners are investing US$3 billion in Queensland integrated resorts, including the icon Arc with its…
A primer on the AfD wars
IT IS a well-established truth that fast-rising political parties outside the political mainstream are prone to division. The National Front…
A political audit of Martin Schulz
SHORTLY after his emergence as the SPD’s candidate for chancellor, Martin Schulz was interviewed on “Anne Will”, one of Germany’s…
2017/04/06: Dr Jordan B Peterson Chats with Some Black Guy
I had a good conversation with Derrick Pilot, better known as Some Black Guy (http://bit.ly/2eZ9xqb). We first talked about protests,…
2017/02/25: Postmodernism: practice and pathology
I gave a talk on postmodernism and its dangers at the Manning Conference in Ottawa February (www.manningcentre.ca/conference) on a panel…
The Black Death and Inflation
Following a lead from Mark Koyama’s twitter I arrived at the blog of Scott Summer, where I learned that heterodoxy…
Introducing Kaffeeklatsch: a new blog about German politics
IT IS, to put it mildly, a big year for Germany. In the era of Trump, its neighbours and partners…
Aliens, very strange universes and Brexit – Martin Rees Q&A
Martin Rees is Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics, at the University of Cambridge, the Astronomer Royal, a member of…
VIP Revenue Drives Macau Casinos To March Beyond Forecasts
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Listen, Liberal – Part II
Part I here. One of the most interesting passages in Listen, Liberal is Frank’s characterization of the Republicans as the…
What are Virtual and Augmented Realities?
A explanation of virtual and augmented reality. Includes a brief history and description of the differences. Music at 2:20 Twisted…