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"The crisis, therefore, was not (merely) the result of individuals making bad decisions. Yes, they did, but people make mistakes all the time; blaming the crisis on mistakes is like blaming a plane crash on gravity. Instead, it was the product of fundamental forces within capitalism."

Chris Dillow: stumblingandmumbling.typepad.c @academicchatter

→ Inside #Google’s plan to have #Hollywood make AI look less #doomsday
latimes.com/entertainment-arts

“The effort comes at a time when many Americans have mixed feelings about AI. […] 56% of Americans see AI as doing "equal amounts of harm and good," while 31% believe AI does "more harm than good."”

“Negative public perceptions about #AI could put tech companies at a disadvantage when [legal cases] go before juries of laypeople. That’s one reason why firms are motivated to makeover AI’s #reputation.”

Los Angeles Times · Inside Google’s plan to have Hollywood make AI look less doomsdayBy Wendy Lee
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"I don’t think I was a terrible coworker because I learned to still remain polite and professional. But, now that I look back, I always found a way to split up work where I could be left to my devices on some parts of the projects while letting others own their bits and keep the two isolated."
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🚨"Europe just canceled $25B in US military deals. NATO allies are planning to replace American l'ship. Japan, France & the UK are prepping deployments w/o us. And now Trump says allies only get ‘toned-down’ jets bc ‘someday they’re not our ally.'
News flash: They’re already walking away."
-R Saddler

Trump is destroying the #economy, #GDP, America's #reputation, #tourism, #jobs, #freepress, #freespeech, #rights, #nationalsecurity, relationships with allies, #publicsafety, #publichealth...
#USPol

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#nonce is two separate nouns:

Nonce (1) means: The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose.
(Etymology 1 is inherited from Middle English nonse, nones.)

Nonce (2, in Britain and Ireland) means: A sex offender, especially one who perpetrates against children.
(Etymology 2 is dated 1975, in British criminal slang.) French equivalent: #pointeur

More: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nonce

Wiktionarynonce - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Обожаю, блин, людей, которые кого-то репортят без пруфов и пишут в комменте что-нибудь вроде "расизм", "фашизм", "сексизм".

А ты потом идёшь, листаешь последние несколько дней активности пользователя и там нихера нет. Ну то есть там есть какие-нибудь срачи где кто-то с кем-то не согласен, но не более.

Иногда кажется, что в феди не хватает системы репутации как в каком-нибудь Counter-Strike, где если ты репортишь регулярно нормальных игроков, то твоим репортам просто придётся пониженный вес.

С другой стороны, конечно, тут бы это не сильно помогло - только от "добропорядочных дураков".

А жаль.

It Isn’t Just #Trump.# America’s Whole #Reputation Is Shot. nyt nytimes.com/2025/03/13/opinion #Trump does not seem 2 notice or care that if you betray people, or jerk them around, they will revile U. Over last few weeks Europeans have gone from shock 2 bewilderment to revulsion. This period was 4 them what 9/11 was for us the stripping away of illusions, the exposure of an existential threat. Europeans have realized that America, the nation they thought was their friend is actually a rogue superpower.

The New York Times · Opinion | It Isn’t Just Trump. America’s Whole Reputation Is Shot.By David Brooks
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"Capitalism and extreme poverty: A global analysis of real wages, human height, and mortality since the long 16th century
[…]
• Data on real wages suggests that, historically, extreme poverty was uncommon and arose primarily during periods of severe social and economic dislocation, particularly under colonialism.
• The rise of capitalism from the long 16th century onward is associated with a decline in wages to below subsistence, a deterioration in human stature, and an upturn in premature mortality.
• In parts of South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, wages and/or height have still not recovered."

Sullivan, Hickel, 2022 : sciencedirect.com/science/arti

@histodons 🧶

The commitment to collaborate
aeon.co/essays/commitment-and-

#Cooperation isn't just about immediate benefits, but about creating future opportunities through:
#Signaling intent to collaborate
Building #reputation
Creating social consequences for not following through

How did we get here? A step-by-step evolution:
Early group hunting required coordination
Successful hunts depended on mutual #trust
#Reputation became crucial for future interactions
Language emerged and made more complex commitments possible.

We learned to make credible promises that go beyond immediate context - promises across time, space, and with strangers.

AeonCommitment and cooperation: a coevolutionary relationship | Aeon EssaysThough natural selection favours self-interest, humans are extraordinarily good at cooperating with one another. Why?

"Look What You Made Me Do" is a song by the American singer-songwriter #TaylorSwift and the lead single from her sixth studio album, #Reputation (2017). #BigMachineRecords released the song on August 24, 2017, after approximately one year of Swift's hiatus due to the controversies that affected her "America's Sweetheart" public image throughout 2016. While secluding from public appearances, she wrote and produced the track with #JackAntonoff.
youtube.com/watch?v=3K0RzZGpyds

Musk didn't invent Tesla, he bought it.
Musk didn't invent SpaceX, he bought it.
Musk didn't invent Starlink, he bought it.
Musk didn't invent "X," he bought it.
Musk didn't invent Trump, he bought him.

He even bought his hair to hide his insecurities.

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Tous coupables, de 26 à 74 ans.

"Gisèle est allée voir ses médecins pour obtenir de l'aide - et ils l'ont lachée. Ils ont eu l'occasion de comprendre ce qui lui arrivait - ou du moins d'impliquer les bonnes personnes qui auraient pu comprendre la situation. Imaginez si elle avait pu découvrir la trahison de son mari grâce à un·e travailleur·e de santé qu'elle connaissait et en qui elle avait confiance, plutôt qu'à la police qui s'était présentée à sa porte par hasard ?

"La façon dont vous recevez un diagnostic dévastateur ou des nouvelles traumatisantes est importante. Elle aurait dû l'apprendre plus tôt et de quelqu'un avec qui elle entretenait une relation de confiance.

"Pourquoi a-t-elle demandé des soins médicaux?

"Selon les rapports, Gisèle a consulté un médecin pour divers symptômes, dont la confusion, la perte de mémoire, des ecchymoses vaginales et anales et des douleurs. Elle ne savait pas CE QUI clochait, mais elle en savait suffisamment pour essayer d'obtenir de l'aide.

"Je crois que c'est quelque chose que nous négligeons souvent - notre corps est incroyablement intuitif. Il sait quand quelque chose ne va pas - même si notre cerveau n'en est pas conscient ou incapable de l'accepter. Cette petite voix dans votre tête se plaindra à vous disant que vous ratez quelque chose ; votre instinct vous enverra des signaux d'avertissement répétés vous demandant d'être attentif·ve.

"Gisèle est allée voir ses médecins et leur a expliqué ses symptômes - et son mari l'a accompagnée. Il les a informés qu'elle était oublieuse et qu'elle avait des signes de démence précoce.

"Au lieu de parler seule à Gisèle - les médecins ont laissé son mari de conduire la conversation - Gisèle a fini par se convaincre qu'elle souffrait de la maladie d'Alzheimer. Dans un article du Telegraph, Gisèle se souvient avoir demandé à son mari s'il la droguait :

"Je n'ai pas compris pourquoi j'ai vécu des moments comme celui-ci, j'ai une excellente mémoire", a déclaré Mme Pelicot, ajoutant que lorsqu'elle a demandé à son mari, en plaisantant, s'il la droguait, celui-ci" a fondu en larmes " et a dit: 'Tu penses vraiment que je pourrais faire ça?'."

Traduit de @broadwaybabyto (en) disabledginger.com/p/gisele-pe