Autocracy, Inc. by Anne ApplebaumThis book explains how autocracies around the world are cooperating to defeat democracies and why democracies are an existential threat to them (thus Putin's willingness to expend blood and treasure in his war with Ukraine). For example, they share propaganda techniques (and actual hacker services) for flooding democracies with false information … Continue reading Review of Autocracy Inc.
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Review of Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7511223557 Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah HarariMy rating: 5 of 5 stars Prof Hararri is one of the world's most influential public intellectuals. He looks at the history of human societies from their beginning through the lens of information networks. He tracks the competition … Continue reading Review of Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
An elite education is not the problem.
I am a fan of David Brooks, but his June 6, 2024 NYT column "The Sins of the Educated Class" was such a wrong-headed diagnosis of our country's problem that I started composing a reply, but Robert Reich published a great reply (link below) before I could finish. I have a couple things to add.Brooks … Continue reading An elite education is not the problem.
David Wilkins Musings 