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One of the things I battle with constantly is people who get distracted by the new hotness… “We’ve got to be AI enabled!” When told “no” they get their knickers in a knot. Roll forward 6 months and it’s proven that their hyperventilation was a waste of time. Seth Goldin said it best today: The…
Blake Masters loses again. Thiel really isn’t good at picking winners in this space. Masters last ran (and lost) against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) for his senate seat; this cycle he was angling for a House seat in Arizona. The other notable Peter-Thiel-protege-turned-politician is, of course, JD Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president. https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/31/24210926/thiel-protege-blake-masters-loses-his-primary-race
This feels like a gigantic deal… not in numbers, but in impact. Uber is teaming up with BYD to bring 100,000 of the Chinese automaker’s electric vehicles to the ridesharing app. The multiyear partnership will roll out in Europe and Latin America first, giving drivers “best-in-class pricing and financing” for BYD vehicles used with Uber. https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/31/24210369/uber-byd-partnership-ride-hailing-evs That…
Describing someone as weird calls attention to their posturing and affectations that—when unnoticed—give them actual power. “Weird” takes the paper tiger, crumples it up and arcs it, across the classroom, and into the trash. https://newrepublic.com/article/184348/why-calling-trump-weird-works
At school I was taught (by a very forward thinking Religious Education teacher) that Christianity stole a lot of it’s iconography as a way of taking over cultures… the rest of the world is learning that now… :cheffy-kiss:
In short, Zuckerberg’s bet on the metaverse has so far been an unmitigated disaster — and given his newfound obsession with AI, it just might be an experiment he eventually abandons. https://futurism.com/the-byte/facebook-vr-department-reality-labs-catastrophe Consumer VR will never be a thing… 16 year old me found that out the disappointing way… 30 years hasn’t changed that.
I think a lot of Pakeha don’t see the emergent power of young Maori. I went to a protest rally earlier this year and a full 50% of the crowd was under 20. This is becoming an inspiring force to be reckon’d with. It is one of the truely hopeful signals in NZ at present.…
A really interesting interview on the Open Research unrestricted cash grants research.
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