YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway Why China is Sorting Kids into “Genius Camps” | China Decode

Is China more meritocratic than the US?

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We need.
1. New supreme court judges.
2. Pre-Reagan tax rates for rich.
3. Wealth Tax on top. Take a large chunk. Reduce buying elections.
4. The tax system fixed so rich people have to pay taxes on the wealth gained. No more gaming the system.

This reminded me of this.

"The famous quote from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is "DON'T PANIC," written in large, friendly letters on the cover of the titular guidebook, serving as advice to intergalactic travelers to stay calm amidst the universe's complexities."

Basically, them making me have to go through three sets of menus to get back to the channel I was listening to just to make sure I consider two more advertisements really annoying.

I'll add to the general rant against ens***ification. Stop making crap a pain to use. For instance, if you have a television and you were watching a channel and you turn it off, or it turns itself off, have the option when you turn it back on to keep playing.

How is 1930's tech too hard?

We need to somehow restore some mainstream sources to fact based neutrality. I know that is stating the obvious, but of those that support the current regime, I'd say at least a third would possibly reconsider if they weren't being fed propaganda, if they knew of things like detaining babies...

You're right of course. It is also clear that public opinion has turned considerably, so it does matter. There are a lot of unsolved problems. That happens in any sufficiently complex system. Sometimes all you can do is keep trying to move forward and looking for options to solve some of those.

Add to that a ban on NDAs associated with anyone who has ever ran for elected office at any non trivial level. Also add those who have agreed to be considered for an appointment for any position.

I think there may be some terminology confusion.

1. Actual culture is important. Celebrate it. Learn about others. Don't obsess if not the same.

2. Right wing made up crap is to keep you from looking at what actually matters, so you vote purely on primal emotions.

(2) is the problem.

Basically Trump's actions will take decades to play out, and most of it is going to be bad. Combine that with AI and the continued determination to reduce people on payroll and, well, we have a lot of problems ahead of us that we are not taking seriously enough.

Technically true, but we're nowhere close. Also we have an insane amount of debt and the paths forward to addressing it are getting narrow. The world is decoupling from us. In time the dollar will not save us. We need to get serious. Much higher taxes on the rich and more effective work.

We focus on the wrong things. We celebrate rock and sports stars and other nonsense instead of jobs that actually matter. People want to grow up to be a job that a fraction of a fraction will make money on. It's dooming our future.

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen News Steve Bannon reveals plan to send ICE agents to polls

Bannon says ICE will surround the polls in November. Is this an exaggeration? Probably, but we need to be prepared to vote regardless.

Still, this alone means we should de-fund them as much as possible, though we already have countless reasons to do so.

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I suppose I have a problem with so much focus on cultural issues period. It's a scam to manipulate by the right wing. Meanwhile while we do this idiocy, China trains a bunch more engineers.

Seriously, the level of self own we are doing to ourselves is insane.

Short term it isn't. Short term little robotic vehicles give a lot of bang for your buck. Automated construction is likely going to be required, because, well, humans are fragile.

Of course if you want to solve the automated construction problem, it might be a little easier here...

They are also boycotting most forms of thinking, introspection, and reason...

I cancelled prime and don't use the others. Do I still buy a small amount from Amazon? Yes, but it is my last resort, and only if it is cheaper, and I always buy just barely enough to get the free shipping. I'd say I cancelled 90% of what I spent at Amazon, but we need so many more to do it.

Trump will use every thing he controls or influences directly or indirectly to get his way, burning every bridge along the way. Places like Harvard and all the rest have to stand up to it for two reasons.

1. Decency and to protect against fascism.
2. It's cheaper in the long run.

YouTube video by MS NOW Hayes: Musk, Bezos, tech billionaires are going after white-collar workers with AI

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Put another way, it seems almost to begin with avarice and then people willing to believe in lies about other people being inferior, if it gains them what they want, much, like, well the demonization of immigrants. Racism exists of course, but how much was fanned and how much was original?

I wonder if racism is cause or effect sometimes. The original cause seems to be the desire for work to be accomplished without having to pay or treat people decently. Racism seems almost the lie told to justify those actions. AI also seems the goal of work without pay, just as outsourcing before it.

The idea that news must first be profitable is a dangerous one, since it puts profit above truth. They were of course also putting propaganda above truth and honestly if he isn't going to sell it, then it quietly ending may be the least bad outcome. It would be nice if Fox was unprofitable.

His tax bill was massively lowered. That's likely all he cares about, well that and not being shut out of government contracts.

We need the tax rates from before Reagan on over say a million in income a year as a step to try to reign in this mess.

I'd argue that character, decency, honesty, and a foundation built on democratic principles matter more than almost anything. With them, you will always be seeking to course correct toward what is right. With them, you see long term progress. Without them, well, we are here.

YouTube video by Rev Ed Trevors What do you think about Mike Johnson correcting Pope Leo?

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Also, have they always supported it, or did they just start now? Republicans have no fixed principles. If it gains them in an election, they will say anything.,

It is worth noting that insane SC decisions are not laws. If we can get power and get some democrats not too afraid to use it we can, at least for now, start the path to nullifying them by either impeaching if we have the votes to remove, adding honest judges, senior status, something.

Basically, until there is a national law banning all of it, gerrymandering likely isn't going anywhere.

Elections are currently majority takes all. You don't generally win many more votes in the House if the margins are close. Yes it creates a greater chance of a greater win by Republicans in a wave year, but that doesn't matter that much. The important key is just to win and it helps.

It's like we need super bowl ads so a few people wake up to the crap that is happening...

We need something... Trump's approval rating should be 0 at this point, as should every republican's in congress not calling for impeachment...