Stocks are dumping.
Gold is dumping.
Silver is dumping.
Crypto is dumping.
Bonds are dumping.
Even Oil is dumping.
If everything is dumping, where the hell is money going?
Officially 1 month since I switched to a flip phone.
- Everyone is more severely addicted to their smartphones than I thought. Once you have a dumbphone, you'll frequently find yourself as the only person in the room not on their phone. It's not just teenagers, it's parents and adults of all ages. It's like everyone is stuck in a trance. 75+ year olds might be the only exception.
- All the objections I previously had for getting a dumbphone have turned out to be overblown and/or solvable. My iPhone addiction had fed my brain excuses to not do this earlier. If you really want to make the switch, you can.
- I've felt embarrassed to pull out my flip phone in public at times, for fear of being different or drawing too much attention to myself. But I have learned to just own up to it. Most people end up saying something like "Oh, I probably should do that too."
- I am using my brain more. Even though my flip phone has Waze, I find myself memorizing maps and roads. I'm more bored and get lost in my thoughts. I'm using paper and pen more. Increased desire for tangible things > digital things.
Overall, it has been a great experience and I plan on never going back.
🚨 Flock cameras are commenting a lot more data than we think they are
“They also monitor where you walk, what you do, what you say, what's on your phone when you walk by, and they spy on you all the time — These cameras utilize AI to track you and your family when you're out in public. They run, they run by a company, Palantir.
This company claims that they just record movement of vehicles and they will reduce the crime rate 0. However, people much more educated than I on these cameras have proven this to be false”
“Today I walked around and I noticed the one down by the bridge was pointed towards the courtyard and the field, not towards any roads. So why would it be pointed towards the river, not towards the streets, if it's just to monitor vehicles?”
He’s right, I looked it up and they are collecting way more data than we think
They create “vehicle fingerprints”of your car like color, make, model, stickers, dents and use AI for searches. Newer systems include video feeds and natural language queries. They can capture pedestrians, bystanders, and activities in view
They are also using this data for “predictive policing.” You can be profiled before you do anything wrong
Flock is not owned or operated by Palantir. Flock says they don’t share data with Palantir. However, Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund invested in Flock, and Flock’s data can integrate with platforms like Palantir’s for law enforcement analytics. Thiel co-founded Palantir, which does predictive policing and data fusion
So I think there is very clearly more to this….
Flock cameras are the surveillance state being put up on America