#Technological

THREADFor the last six weeks, I've been covering the digital election, in its all horror and, well, more horrorI'm not allowed to tweet about politics tomorrow and after that I
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[Theory of imaginary progress] I do not know if you ever thought about this, but we are in a phase were there are really few people that really accelerate progress.
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You know when someone accepts man-made climate change, but then explains why we should do nothing about it? We call these "Discourses of #ClimateDelay" & there are 12 of them.
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A solo media founder like Rogan or Mr Beast can make as much money as a strong tech founder, with significantly less managerial stress.Tech created this ecosystem but there’s a
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In a deceptive software update, @TXInstruments removed a popular feature from its bestselling TI-84 graphing calculators, removing the ability of calculator owners to write and run their own C and
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1/9Of course regulators worry about Ant's disruptive potential. Its overwhelming success had less to do with its technological innovation and more to do with the fact that a lightly regulated
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So this is a really contentious point, but first off:It's easy to shrug off allegations of being an arbiter of truth. I think it's obvious that what the truth needs
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Gonna double down on how insane all of this is. To recap yesterday's discussion, there are two ways to think about China joining a multilateral arms control agreement with the
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"Toxic masculinity" is a modern phenomenon. It's a neurosis born of a mismatch between the remnants of earlier systems of ritual honor and the dynamics of an atomized global village
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URGENT CALL: Do you know the extent & terms under which #Palantir are involved in your country's COVID response? Could you find out?Palantir run the digital platforms for the NHS
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Amorphous solids are not as random! In our new work we studied, with Q. Marsal and @danielvarjas how to describe topological phases in amorphous lattices! Check this and the
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Friends. it is #MemorialDay2020. And as such, it is time to remember our war dead, and our wars.ALL of our war dead. ALL of our wars.Including the current war. Which
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I watched The Mitchells vsd The Machines with two 9 yr olds last night and we all loved it. Watch it. S'great.However, what I think is more interesting is that
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Thought: Should the worlds’ economies not sue China(fashioned like a class action suit) for the impact of this virus on the livelihoods of ALL global citizens? Economies irreparably scarred. Businesses
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THREAD Listened to @AndrewYang on audiobook. Many of the workers we are celebrating today in this crisis - drivers, cashiers, sales/retail & more will lose their jobs over the next
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Next week I will be starting my new (dream) job @uclpress. I have worked in academic book publishing for 10 years & throughout that time, I have watched the discussion
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