Always a pleasure to see someone display phronesis in the analysis of history and human societies. I hope more people engage with history and philosophy in a nuanced way, especially the big fishes in the marketplace of ideas.
Obama:
It is possible for me to be a great admirer of George Washington and also acknowledge he was a slaveholder. And that does not negate his greatness.
That simply acknowledges that there is a profound, deep flaw in these Founding Fathers, who were also geniuses and gave us these tools.
Which is true of all of us, right? It's true of every president. We're this mixed bag.
We've got contradictions and embody the country's contradictions.
Source: MS NOW
We cannot consider #AI to be morally neutral. In reality, every technical tool embodies choices and priorities through what it measures, ignores, and optimizes, and how it classifies people and situations. Ethical discernment cannot be limited to asking whether we are using a system for good or bad purposes. It must also examine how that system is designed and what vision of the human person and society is embedded in the data and models that guide it. #MagnificaHumanitas
"... the political left has long had a remarkable lack of interest in how wealth is created. As far as they are concerned, wealth exists somehow and the only interesting question is how to redistribute it."
— Thomas Sowell
Tant que l’immobilier rapportera plus en dormant que l’industrie en innovant, notre économie restera bloquée.
Le capital marocain préfère le béton au risque industriel, et c'est une vérité qui dérange. Il faut casser cette culture de la rente pour libérer le vrai entrepreneuriat.
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The Ukrainian decision to double down on drone warfare, from the battlefield, to mid range and long range strike, and not to draft all of its young men to make infantry, will be seen by historians as one of the most important decisions in 19th-21st century warfare.