Ron Hashiro

[Dr. Zev Zelenko @zev_dr]

Here’s Dr Zelenko teaching us how to treat Hantavirus back in 2022. This will be the most enlightening 2 minutes and 47 seconds of your life. Please listen carefully.

[Hawaii EMA @Hawaii_EMA]

HIEMA HIGHLIGHTS : We are taking proactive steps to ensure the states readiness and operational effectiveness.

[𝔗𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰 @politicsusa46]

If there was one clip I would want every American to listen to today it would be this one. It’s a 10 minute essential message that is long overdue.

This is not catastrophising, it’s a recognition of the societal threat it represents. This not about using ChatGPT to write a report or an email, this is about the intersection between AI and robotics and that’s the accelerant on the fire that is AI.

I have worked with it and I have seen first hand what it can do in terms of accelerating workflow and application development. It is formidable technology and we are way past the point at which the genie can be put back in the bottle.

I wrote about it at length last year and in the short intervening period since, it has advanced beyond comprehension. As Bernie points out here, the threat to jobs is existential, but what’s important to recognise is that is the jobs most at risk are not at the bottom of the economic food chain, they are middle and upper middle class jobs.

From accountants to bankers to research scientists to lawyers to programmers, a whole raft of middle and upper management roles are about to quickly become extinct.

I believe we face the threat of an economic extinction event. Just as in 1928 when the wealth gap was not dissimilar to what it is today, it took an economic depression and a World War to drive an economic reset that also reset the wealth gap.

These are dangerous times and unless we regulate this technology, society itself is facing an extinction event of its own. AI renders human labour acceptable collateral damage in this revolution. Declining population will shift from being a liability to an asset.

The oligarchs believe they have insulated themselves against the human catastrophe that will follow. They believe they are on the right side of a winner takes all strategy and they might be right, but I suspect they are more likely wrong, because the fly in the ointment they are ignoring is CHINA.

Xi is just sitting back while the West sets itself on fire. They are approaching the AI revolution in a totally different way. They will win because they don’t have to worry about the shareholder class. They don’t plan in 2 year election cycles, they plan in 10 and 25 year cycles.

While the US was obsessed with large language models, China has integrated AI into manufacturing automation which is central to their wealth engine. They don’t have to build infrastructure, they’ve already done it. They don’t need to invest in supply chain infrastructure because the Belt and Road initiative is already in place.

They own deep port and road infrastructure across Europe Africa and Latin America and have a distribution pipeline ready to go. They are electrifying their economy to remove reliance on fossil fuel imports. They are adding capacity to their energy grid faster than any nation on earth.

In 2025 alone they added 543 GW with solar accounting for almost 50%. They have now surpassed 1,000 GW in solar power and given they manufacture 92% of the world’s solar modules they have ZERO supply chain issues as they march on to cheap energy when the U.S. is running away from renewable energy.

They also added a further 80 GW of wind power. If you’re looking for a broader energy comparison, The capacity added by China since the end of 2021 already exceeds the entire power system of the United States.

The critical point here is that the top two global powers are approaching the AI revolution from two opposite angles. The Chinese are seeking to integrate it into society, at the same time the oligarchs are seeking to replace society. This is why China will win and become the number one global economy.

The world is at an inflection point and I’m afraid greed will prove to be the downfall of American imperial ambition. Will the rich survive? Of course they will, they always do. As for everyone else, I’m afraid you’re on your own unless they are stopped. My advice is to learn Chinese.

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[Hawaii EMA @Hawaii_EMA]

EVACUATION NOTICES CANCELED

[Hawaiian Electric - Maui County @MauiElectric]

330p: ~540 customers without power in the Kihei area. 1st responder en route. This outage is NOT PSPS or Public Safety Power Shutoff. Mahalo for your patience. #MauiOutage

[Hawaii EMA @Hawaii_EMA]

Don’t wait for an emergency to get informed.

Sign up for county alerts: https://t.co/uq5MMhAHSP

[Matt Wallace @MattWallace888]

🚨 A PLANE FULL OF PASSENGERS JUST CRASHED OUT OF THE SKY 🚨

[Hawaii EMA @Hawaii_EMA]

Please be aware, on Oahu this afternoon from Hawaiian Electric!

[FEMA Region 9 @FEMARegion9]

#Maui: Online classified ads are luring #Mauifires survivors with false offers of available rental units, and people are learning too late that the cash they paid for a security deposit went to a scammer instead.

https://t.co/ccZgwPwae0

[USGS Volcanoes🌋 @USGSVolcanoes]

HVO Kilauea RED/WARNING - Kīlauea is erupting; status upgrade to RED/WARNING https://t.co/ftGF6dDgw9

[Hawaii EMA @Hawaii_EMA]

In addition to today's driver's license/state ID replacement event, Maui County also will reopen satellite Motor Vehicle and Licensing office on THURSDAY at Lahaina Gateway Center (with limited services, for now). Details linked below:

[KHON2 News @KHONnews]

If you’ve been patiently waiting for the time to buy a plane ticket you may not want to wait much longer to book a flight.
https://t.co/vv4nX4Z6cz

[Kohala @SustainKohala]

Important response regarding the rumor that “FEMA will take your house.”

[The White House 46 Archived @WhiteHouse46]

Tune in for a briefing with Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. https://t.co/p7PCMMP3V1

[HawaiiRedCross @HawaiiRedCross]

Another group of Red Crossers boarded a flight today, this time in San Jose, bound for Hawaii to bring help, comfort and hope to those impacted by the wildfires on Maui. Airport snapshots like this have happened all over the country this week as more people join the response.

[Hawai‘i Public Schools @HIDOE808]

With the exception of ​King Kekaulike High School, all Upcountry, South and Central Maui school staff will return to campuses on Aug.14. Students will be welcomed to school on Wednesday, Aug. 16, though Maui High’s student start date will be announced next week.

[Hawaii EMA @Hawaii_EMA]

The Maui Unemployment Insurance Office is closed. File your claim online https://t.co/sUy03eYee0

[Hawaii EMA @Hawaii_EMA]

News release from Department of Land and Natural Resources regarding aerial photos and video of all four fires on Maui—August 11, 2023

[FEMA @fema]

Trusted sources for Hawaii wildfire info:

@FEMARegion9
@CountyofMaui
@Hawaii_EMA
@Maui_EMA
@GovHawaii
@GovJoshGreenMD
@lgsylvialuke
@HawaiiDOH
@HawaiiRedCross

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