Why Must Humans Compete for Electric Power with AI Bullshit Generators Programmed by Ritual Incantations?
A takedown of AI so-called “prompt engineering.”
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Albrt: Naked Capitalism – a Home for the Heterodox
How Naked Capitalism is doing the work virtually no other site does and also provides a refuge for independent thinkers.
Read more...The Rise of the Science Sleuths
When an Alzheimer’s paper came under scrutiny, correcting the scientific record meant battling much bigger problems.
Read more...Links 9/12/2024
Putin Calls for Sanctions Revenge, Threatens to Cap Uranium Exports
Russia is considering restricting commodities exports such as uranium to what it has called “unfriendly” countries.
Read more...The Rev Kev: And Now for Something Completely Different
Some celebrities make special guest appearances to urge you to donate generously to Naked Capitalism.
Read more...Official US Poverty Rate Declined in 2023, but More People Faced Economic Hardship
The arguably better official measure of US poverty says the poor are getting poorer.
Read more...How Extensive is the Privatization of Security?
A disconcerting review of how far private security, as in policing not supervised by a state, has gone in the US and abroad.
Read more...No Solid Scientific Basis for Degrowth
Two economists depict degrowth studies as analytically weak and advocating political infeasible ideas.
Read more...A Short Overview of Making Colonial Empires by European Powers from the Time of the Vienna Congress up to WWI (1815−1914)
A high level recap of how European powers built out their empires in the century before the Great War.
Read more...A Dilly in Philly: Kamala v. Trump Presidential Debate Live Blog
Volatility is the central feature of this election, despite all efforts to keep things stable. It follows that the debate will be volatile.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 9/10/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Kamala: Change vs. more of the same; Melania intervenes; Trump’s ear, examined; Winds carry potential pathogens over great distances. ~
Read more...Thomas Neuburger: 5G War, or Why You Need Naked Capitalism
Support Naked Capitalism as a key part of your defense against the war to control your information and ultimately, how you see the world.
Read more...First Russia-China Barter Trade May Come This Autumn, Sources Say
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Read more...The Myth That the US is Rapidly Approaching Bankruptcy
Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff take apart widespread myths about Federal spending and debts.
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