You probably think of America as the land of opportunity, that opportunity is a good thing. Here’s the definition from Merriam-Webster of opportunism: : the art, policy, or practice of taking advantage of opportunities or circumstances often with little regard for principles or consequences I focus on “with little regard for principles or consequences.” Hopefully,…
Tag: Opinion
The Left has too many Leaders
One answer to the question of why leftist groups splinter so much is that leftists are rugged individuals. Leftists have embraced America’s culture of rugged individualism much more than the Right has. The Right is primarily made up of followers. The Left is primarily leaders. Too many leaders. But, that is fundamental to American politics.
Donald Trump is Today’s Walter Cronkite
I was listening to Sean Carroll’s Mindscape podcast, episode 301, interviewing Tina Eliassi-Rad. It is an interesting discussion of AI and data, and its relevance to human knowledge and behavior. Eliassi-Rad commented that Walter Cronkite was the most trusted authority, that anything he said would be believed. Eliassi-Rad asserted that we don’t have anyone like…
It’s the Stupidity, Stupid!
“One small step for America, one giant leap for Idiocracy.” Yes, that’s a reference to the Mike Judge movie. #Republicans and the #MasterPlanners (see @levernews.com) have taken us most of the way to Idiocracy. When Private Equity and the Churches complete their takeover of the health care industrial complex, then we will make it the…
Robot Optimism
I follow a couple of YouTubers who report on developments in the technological realm of AI and robotics. Recently, one described work at Meta on a home companion/helper robot based on the “dog” platform that many robot developers have adopted. Give Meta credit for opportunistic exploitation of the love that people have for dogs. The…