things no one is talking about
probably bad things, random facts about things we thought we knew, etc. (AI is on the other board.)
things no one is talking about
And I have to wonder: what are these incentive structures doing to my writing?
Substack is a Dangerous Game for Writers
honestly need to make a whole subsection of this collection for Substack
With your interest in decentralized spaces, I’m curious what you think about decentralized or “network” states, which are, in theory, startup countries—a bunch of like-minded people who met online and bought up land together, for example. Are you following the network state movement?
We’ll have a lot of trial and error to develop good governance in... See more
We’ll have a lot of trial and error to develop good governance in... See more
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network state movement???
Estimates vary, but states Kamala Harris won in 2024 will probably surrender 12 congressional seats - and electoral votes - after the next census.
Tim Daly • Mississippi Can't Possibly Have Good Schools
This is a sign with facial recognition built in. It’s plugged into a database that reads moods and recognizes emotions so they can spit out a request for targeted advertising.
Just a moment...
ICE raids are carried out using data provided by Silicon Valley companies—most notably Peter Thiel and Alex Karp’s Palantir, which has a $30 million contract with ICE to manage a “real-time” surveillance system on immigrants. But whether directly or through third party contractors, much of big tech, including Google, has made deals with ICE, too.
The weaponization of Waymo
Single family homes use less energy per square foot than multifamily apartments, likely because certain "fixed" energy costs like refrigerators and water heaters are spread across more living space.
Brian Potter • 50 Things I’ve Learned Writing Construction Physics
but this is not inherently a bad fact! on aggregate and per capita, multifamily apartments use less energy
KNEW IT. SNIFFED IT immediately. “The inspirational yet vacuous fare that makes a fetish out of individual grit and achievement is funded by a right-wing billionaire who wants you to forget about systemic causes of injustice.”
When systems that were designed for resilience are optimized instead for efficiency, they break.
kyla scanlon • The Most Valuable Commodity in the World Is Friction
on the influence of tech frictionlessness in physical infrastructure systems, like airplanes — terrifying stuff