Tag: Economics
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TFS 18 – Bernie is Russian Scum, Rise of the Eloi, and the Future of Work
Topics in Order of Appearance (More or Less) Wired Magazine Sees Russians In Its Cornflakes My 2014 or so experience at a Navy Recruiting Office Garbage Language at Trendy Pseudowork Companies I Love This Molly Broad The Eloi are soCal and spreading The Future of Work Sources my soulmate’s article: https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/spread-of-corporate-speak.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab i have no…
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TFS – 17 – Poverty and Intelligence, Aldi’s Thrift, and Hippy Points
Environmental factors do indeed play a significant role in cognitive performance. At least according to the studies listed in this “The Correspondent” article. Wanna avoid getting intellectualy tongue-tied by your empty pockets. Shop at Aldi’s! 12 strings + DADGAD = 9000 + Hippy Points It’s science. Sources https://thecorrespondent.com/6777/poverty-isnt-a-lack-of-character-its-a-lack-of-cash/260541765-09059a71
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The Robots Are Here (Vlog)
Automation is a hot topic these days. There are lots of ramifications. Whether they be economic, social, or psychological the domain in which they lie is well suited to philosophical exploration. In this super breif video I go over some recent developments that depending on your perspective are yet another step in either liberating or…
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The Future – The Seven Pillars of Dawn
In the future…. 1) Number crunching and decision making will be done via algorithm. Algorithms don’t require bonuses. CEO’s will become Baristas. 2) The most hipstery Baristas will use the power of snark to become managers and tell the CEO to get the UPS driver a coffee. 3) Visual processing is difficult so all…
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Are US made drugs Better? (Vlog)
Wherein I go over an article by Eric Margolis. The Article |http://www.unz.com/emargolis/just-how-safe-are-us-made-drugs/ Call Me An Idiot Here http://www.minds.com/Weirmellow Or Here mellow.mission.productions@gmail.com Support This Here http://www.subscribestar.com/TFJ Or With PayPal
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Look Out Boss! It’s the Bots!
The closing paragraphs of ‘The New Yorker article, ‘Machine Hands’ (John Seabrook), contain this little nugget: “It’s also possible that this second wave of A.I.-based mechanization will automate the farmer’s job long before it removes the need for hired labor. In the indoor farms I visited, the brain work…
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Forgetting Labor
‘There’s more than that to being poor.’ A discussion on the disconnect between pundits and the working class. The question as to whether or not I should upload this… was answered – when I did a random search for Free Domain music on the Internet Archive and found a song with the title: ‘There’s More…
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Driving Vlog – Talking Heads vs The Productive Class
This was super impromptu so I’ll definitely have to revisit it. I hear these talking points all the time. All this stuff about bootstrapping and class envy. Some of it makes sense but most of it is just hot air. Join me on my morning commute as I take a caffeinated crack at the issues.…
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‘Don’t Datamine Me Bro’ – Taser, Axon, Skynet? (Part III)
Axon the company that was once Taser is just that a company – a corporate entity. Yet, its cloud holds police data which as far as I understand is subject to public interest and access. Whether or not the data is actually ‘public’ is a question that I do not have the time to research.…