In his keynote address to the National Conservatism Conference Oct. 31, billionaire tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel argued that false consensus has silenced debate on important questions, including COVID-19, the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, and ongoing inflation in the American economy. Thiel spoke to the conference about examples of what he called “the incredible derangement of […]
Posts Tagged ‘centralized’
Peter Thiel Warns The “Centralized Misinformation Problem” Creates “A Fake Consensus”
Beyond Slogans: Palestinians Need an Urgent, Centralized Strategy to Counter Israel in Africa
Arab normalization with Israel is expected to have serious consequences that go well beyond the limited and self-serving agendas of a few Arab countries. Thanks to the Arab normalizers, the doors are now flung wide open for new political actors to extend or cement ties with Israel at the expense of Palestine, without fearing any […]
France: Macron Pushes for Centralized European Military, Budget
French president Emmanuel Macron made a wide-ranging speech on his vision for the future of the European Union Tuesday, in a landmark event which signifies the acceptance of the Union’s main players of an accelerated move towards a European State, with Britain being dragged along. In comments that come just months after the de facto […]
Centralized "Truth" – 13 Ways To Fight Fake News (And The Big Problem With All Of Them)
Will humans or computer algorithms be the future arbiters of “truth”? The following infographic from Futurism sums up the ideas that academics, technologists, and other experts are proposing that we implement to stop the spread of fake news. Below the infographic, Visual Capitalist’s Jeff Desjardins raises concerns about each of these methods. […]
Russia banned a Polish board game that simulates Communist-era shopping
(From QZ) The Russian version of the “Queue,” which simulates the experience of shopping in the empty stores of communist-era Poland, was released in Russia in November 2015. Several months later, the country’s consumer protection agency Rospotrebnadzor informed the game’s Polish producer TREFL that if it does not change the historical content of […]