#Minds

This is a great interview with Kim Stanley Robinson in which he discusses the necessity to imagine the end of capitalism rather than the end of the world.https://jacobinmag.com/2020/10/kim-stanley-robinson-ministry-future-science-fiction/ A
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#syscourse related thoughts, a long thread about truth and personhood. Our Librarian used to believe that there is a clear, objective truth about everything there is to know, and that
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The S&P500 and CPC are both “superintelligences,” but quite different in their goal seek.Let’s study the world’s two largest systems in terms of how they aggregate, and direct the efforts
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Won't be surprised if we go into a lockdown next month. Seeing some patterns. Let's see. Ppl, let me be specific. This might not be due to #ccpvirus.https://twitter.com/avarakai/status/1321828640372318208 Ho many
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Trump uses social media as a weapon to control the news cycle. It works like a charm. His tweets are tactical rather than substantive. They mostly fall into one of
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"It was obvious there would be a trade-off between sovereignty and market access. The only question was the balance the next prime minister would strike between the two." @CamCavendish https://www.ft.com/content/0c5637d3-c193-4527
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Speaking as someone who was raised by racists to be a racist, this misses the mark.Racism is a cultural phenomenon. When one is surrounded by racists from one's earliest years,
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Just a reminder to all the supporters of outgoing president Trump who actually think he can still remain in office, he does not believe this himself. It's all a show
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Pulp fiction and the second chance in life (thread) Life always gives you a second chance. It is upon you if you take the chance or let It go. Pulp
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Philosophy twitter...please...just...take a break. The anti-trans assholes are going to have their tantrum. LET THEM HAVE IT.Stop wasting your limited time and emotional resources on the day-to-day onslaught of their
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I made it into the original room with @elonmusk. Several overflow rooms with 5k rebroadcasting. .@elonmusk says he “hasn’t seen any evidence of an alien civilization” and that he would
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1/17Thread on “October Surprises” 2/17An October Surprise is, “a news event deliberately created or timed or sometimes occurring spontaneously to influence the outcome of an election.”https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_surprise
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Thread – The Inexorable Marxist Push in America1. Americans thought the war with Communism was “over” after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Well, at least some did.
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1/ Australian Academy of Science Press Release at 20.40 on Jan 14th"statement on the pandemic, vaccines and misinformation"A 'suck-up to government', incorrect press release. I'll show you how @Science_Academy itself
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I have been away from Social Media for a while,and believe me that does wonders to your Mental Health.I just came here because I watched this amazingly haunting show on
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Maybe now is a good time to respond to @sahelblog's thoughtful review of my piece on the #ISIS/#ISWAP relation... (Thanks, Alex). I don't think we disagree, really.https://twitter.com/sahelblog/status/1322150236928835584 I am glad
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