I taught logic as part of my literature classes.......and we should do more of it.
Refusing to deal with our own dirty business by pointing here there or everywhere at other situations is classic.
Few want the whole story, few imagine taking responsibility. In the west, everything has become about winning the debate.........not eliminating the errors that obscure our view of the whole truth,
We're stupid people, imagining there's a short cut to being right.
Check out Scott Ritter's view on the current war, and the role of AI in bombing that girl's school in Iran:
Useful for context, but I don’t subscribe to ad hominem as there are ideas to learn even if the specific source has been dismissed. It is not like this individual has done things as bad as the Epstein Class that is currently in charge of the US government.
This is only one part of the learning. There is some critical aspects of regional geopolitics that are missed in what I watched, especially when the conversation of the “why” Israel and USA would target Iran (and have had it as a target for decades).
I know nothing of his personal life, but another commenter did say something about a rape charge. Thing is, the country that has protected a high end sex trafficking ring for decades, isn't above framing a truth teller. They did it to Julien Assange, trying to get him back to America, so the morons could try a non-American citizen for treason.
I don't think there is any depths to which American status quo won't sink.......or conspiracy fiction they won't fall for. They'll be lamenting the victims of Epstein, while covering up for the perpetrators, AND ignoring the growing obviousness of Epsteins Israel connection for years to come.
They keep everything in separate silos. Be glad to demonize someone like Ritter, while continuing to vote for someone like Trump. So to conclude: Scott told the truth, where it mattered; America bought the 'weapons of mass destruction' lie.
I don't imagine their courts are that much smarter. Everyone down there knows when to fall silent or point the finger.
I still regularly reference Lessig's books, and point people to the two editions of "Code: And other laws of cyberspace" to discuss still missing transparency and accountability required for software.
Great stuff. Lessig and Geist were the two authors that helped reshape my views on so called IT. I celebrate the Creative Commons, and I have been involved in repurposing and appropriating visual representations as “fair use” for commentary and satire.
Really great piece. I spent decades in an industry based on intellectual property, and it was only toward the end of my career that I began to challenge its assumptions.
I taught logic as part of my literature classes.......and we should do more of it.
Refusing to deal with our own dirty business by pointing here there or everywhere at other situations is classic.
Few want the whole story, few imagine taking responsibility. In the west, everything has become about winning the debate.........not eliminating the errors that obscure our view of the whole truth,
We're stupid people, imagining there's a short cut to being right.
Check out Scott Ritter's view on the current war, and the role of AI in bombing that girl's school in Iran:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi-057Asvvg
I checked it out.
I also read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Ritter
Useful for context, but I don’t subscribe to ad hominem as there are ideas to learn even if the specific source has been dismissed. It is not like this individual has done things as bad as the Epstein Class that is currently in charge of the US government.
This is only one part of the learning. There is some critical aspects of regional geopolitics that are missed in what I watched, especially when the conversation of the “why” Israel and USA would target Iran (and have had it as a target for decades).
I agree....Scott is military intelligence.
I know nothing of his personal life, but another commenter did say something about a rape charge. Thing is, the country that has protected a high end sex trafficking ring for decades, isn't above framing a truth teller. They did it to Julien Assange, trying to get him back to America, so the morons could try a non-American citizen for treason.
I don't think there is any depths to which American status quo won't sink.......or conspiracy fiction they won't fall for. They'll be lamenting the victims of Epstein, while covering up for the perpetrators, AND ignoring the growing obviousness of Epsteins Israel connection for years to come.
They keep everything in separate silos. Be glad to demonize someone like Ritter, while continuing to vote for someone like Trump. So to conclude: Scott told the truth, where it mattered; America bought the 'weapons of mass destruction' lie.
I don't imagine their courts are that much smarter. Everyone down there knows when to fall silent or point the finger.
Have you read Lawrence Lessig’s books on IT and the Creative Commons? In Canada we also have Michael Geist’s work on the subject.
I was at Michael Geist's book launches, and involved in that community quite actively.
That is also the context that I first met Charlie Angus https://charlieangus.substack.com/ , who was also involved in digital copyright. https://r.flora.ca/p/mp
There are archives of that era - https://r.flora.ca/p/closing-digital-copyrightca-21-07-15
I was even blogging for IT World Canada during that era https://r.flora.ca/t/itworldcanada
I still regularly reference Lessig's books, and point people to the two editions of "Code: And other laws of cyberspace" to discuss still missing transparency and accountability required for software.
https://substack.com/@russellmcormond/note/c-221407074
Thanks for engaging!
Great stuff. Lessig and Geist were the two authors that helped reshape my views on so called IT. I celebrate the Creative Commons, and I have been involved in repurposing and appropriating visual representations as “fair use” for commentary and satire.
Really great piece. I spent decades in an industry based on intellectual property, and it was only toward the end of my career that I began to challenge its assumptions.
I re-read something I wrote from 2010, and the more "Copyright" related commentary at the time in relation to Eastern vs Western censorship.
Google, China, Hillary Clinton and the filtered Internet
https://r.flora.ca/p/google-china-hillary-clinton-and