#Technological

Benjamin Proulx

BP_SherwoodPark

Important for Albertans to remember:The #UCP are barely into their provincial term & people are saying, “If this is what they’re doing so early on, think of what they’ll be

MartyrMade

martyrmade

1/ In the 1930s, the US and USSR were undergoing parallel socioeconomic transformations. The US (or, the West generally) and China are undergoing parallel socioeconomic transformations today. A few thoughts.

manu #BLM 🖖

trekonomics

Oh shut the fuck up space brohttps://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/elon-musk-mars-spacex-starship-colony-b1179088.html Instead of literally shooting excess cash into space, why don't we make Earth habitable for every

Colin Adams

ColinAdams__

Been doing a fair bit of reading and thinking about the 'online communion' debate. At the risk of being lynched, some reflections:1. Genuine believers/churches are making different calls on this

Berry Beam

Scamzel

I really gotta do a thread and inform the fellas cuh shit is getting sad out here. Women are running up the score and the bodies on us lol I

Patrick Spencer

pspencerCSJ

Thread: 1/ At @csjthinktank we believe work is the best route out of poverty... therefore concerns over AI and automation displacing jobs is of huge concern. Having said that we

Erik Torenberg

eriktorenberg

Here's a meta thread of some of my favorite twitter threads, updated edition The most interesting books I read in 2019, including- The Accidental Superpower- Nonzero- The Sovereign Individual-

Shadab Peerzada

ShadabPeerzada

#Prediction 1:World will be hit by more types of Viruses and disease, economics and daily life will get disturbed in all over the world.#Opinion #Prediction 2:China & Israel

Sebastian Seung

SebastianSeung

"We use TraceTogether to supplement contact tracing — not replace it." Great essay by @jasonbay, a pioneer of bluetooth smartphone app for contact tracing before Apple/Google h/t @kevinpurcell 1/https://blog.gds-gov.tech/automated-contact-t

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nothingxs

Listen, some of you need to hear this.When properly configured and in normal situations (ie. all equipment works as it should), Wi-Fi can't beat a wired network connection.The very nature

L Harris

ladyduckpojok

What happens when queer theory transforms facts (this man is not a woman and therefore can't be a lesbian) into value judgements (you are excluding this 'woman' for not fitting

Romesh Vaitilingam

econromesh

A time for action on climate change & a time for economics to change, Nick Stern @GRI_LSE delivering his past president's address @RoyalEconSoc #RES2021 https://www.res.org.uk/resources-page/past-president-s-address-12-april-2021-ni

Tom Giles

tomgiles

I’ve been asked about @Stacks a lot latelyWhat do I like about it? What’s interesting? What's exciting?Over the past month I’ve been digging in, trying to learn as much as

Jabin T Jacob 鄭嘉賓

jabinjacobt

My students just completed a module titled "Liberty in the Technological State" in my Sc, Tech & IR course.Health surveillance is necessary in a pandemic but the extensive data collection

Anosognosiogenesis

pookleblinky

Data over a certain size is impossible to anonymize. That size is ridiculously small, it is far smaller than you'd think. A few hundred data points can reveal an enormous

Samo Burja

SamoBurja

Technologies create entire ecosystems that prevent other possible ecosystems emerging.1/10 Improving on an existing technology can be more profitable than investigating its alternative. This is called path dependency.2/10 Through path