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Author Archives: Max West
The Rise of the Term ‘Weaponized Information’
In “The Rise of the Weaponized AI Propaganda Machine”, the authors begin: “This is a propaganda machine. It’s targeting people individually to recruit them to an idea. It’s a level of social engineering that I’ve never seen before. They’re capturing … Continue reading
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The Relentless Pace of Automation
In MIT Technology Review, Dave Rotman discusses “The Relentless Pace of Automation”: But many economists argue that automation bears much more blame than globalization for the decline of jobs in the region’s manufacturing sector and the gutting of its middle … Continue reading
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Study: Relationship Between IQ, Economic Growth & Welfare
Hafer, R.W. “New estimates on the relationship between IQ, economic growth and welfare”, Intelligence, Feb 2017. ABSTRACT: Previous research has found that there is a statistically significant, positive link between country-level IQ and various measures of aggregate production, such as … Continue reading
NRx Summary of Trump’s Victory
In “Reactionary Political Theory on Contemporary America”, Vincent Hanna summarizes the Mencius, NRx interpretation of Trump’s victory: Reactionaries attend to political reality, not to political form. In politics, reactionaries study power, because politics is the struggle for power. Reactionaries study … Continue reading
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Paris 2016: Scenes from the Apocalypse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmMxJz9oOMg
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NYT: 2/14/17
Happy Valentine’s Day from the NYT, where it’s 1933 all over again. There are two standout articles today. The first is “Which Dystopian Novel Got It Right: Orwell’s ‘1984’ or Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’?”: This week, Charles McGrath and Siddhartha Deb … Continue reading
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Pitch Meeting
Occasionally, SNL makes fun of the Left, such as this jab at the P.C. Superbowl commercials:
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WH Press Corps Welcomes Gateway Pundit
The WH has given press credentials to Gateway Pundit, and the NYT is freaking out (“White House Grants Press Credentials to a Pro-Trump Blog”): The Gateway Pundit, a provocative conservative blog, gained notice last year for its fervent pro-Trump coverage … Continue reading
Some Light on the Dark Enlightenment
“Behind the Internet’s Anti-Democracy Movement” is a scary piece in The Atlantic by Rosie Gray. “White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is reportedly a reader of neoreactionary political theory,” the byline reads, “A tour through the pro-authoritarian philosophy gaining visibility … Continue reading
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