Klug seziert @nminkmar in #Der7Tag warum die Brandmauer notwendig ist.”In den USA und in Russland kann man live verfolgen,wie starke, rechtsradikale Männer ihre Länder regieren.Für ein Kreuz bei der AfD gibt es keinen guten Grund.Dort ist die Lüge zuhause.”https://t.co/Hz02amGvOk
Künstliche Intelligenzen machen keine Erfahrungen, besitzen keinen Leib, empfinden weder Freude noch Schmerz, reifen nicht in Beziehungen, wissen nicht von ihrem Inneren her, was Liebe, Arbeit, Freundschaft und Verantwortung bedeutet. Sie haben auch kein moralisches Gewissen: Sie unterscheiden nicht zwischen Gut und Böse, sie erkennen nicht den eigentlichen Sinn von Situationen und sie nehmen die Last der Konsequenzen nicht auf sich. Sie können imitieren, simulieren, aber sie verstehen nicht, was sie damit bewirken, denn sie bewegen sich nicht in jenem affektiven, relationalen und geistigen Horizont, in dem der Mensch zur Weisheit gelangt. #MagnificaHumanitas
Hello, this is Yanis Varoufakis with a piece of news that would have been hilarious if it weren’t so scary. This morning, two policemen appeared on my doorstep to serve a summons ordering me to the police headquarters to be interrogated by the Greek DEA, our drug busting police department. Not as a witness, expert or not, but as the accused. Accused of what?
Shortly after New Year’s, I appeared on a podcast organised by young people to answer their questions on everything that concerns Gen Z today: social media, the meaning of life, their job prospects, what I call technofeudalism etc. At some point, they asked me if I had ever used drugs. Determined not to do a Bill Clinton (remember the laughable “I didn’t inhale”?), I said I had. Apart from pot, I told them, I had one experience of taking ecstasy in Sydney 36 years ago. It was pleasant, I danced for 16 hours effortlessly but then, I added, it gave me a migraine for a week – and so I never used again. That was my introduction to making the point that, however pleasant drug taking may seem, there is a price to pay. And that the ultimate price is dependence, addiction – “the end of liberty”, I said emphatically.
Do you see where this is going? Yes, the Greek police have opened an investigation of me under the charge of... aiding and abetting the narco-mafia. [Do me a favour folks: Please don’t tell Trump, OK?]
Seriously now, at a time of war, genocide, stupendous exploitation and so on, my little trouble with the inane Greek police is neither here nor there. But it is important. Here, in Europe, many people still live under the illusion that we have liberty, rationality and freedom. We don’t. Dark forces are at work, pushing us into a postmodern version of the Dark Ages.
So, beware, people! They are out to take away the last remnants of autonomy and freedom we have left. Resistance is, literally, existence.
Things to teach your kids;
- Chess
- First aid
- Resilience
- Astronomy
- Persuasion
- Adaptability
- Self-respect
- Self-defence
- Cooking skills
- Assertiveness
- Managing time
- A good attitude
- Public speaking
- Problem solving
- Self-awareness
- Gardening skills
- How to volunteer
- How to negotiate
- Living off the land
- Basic home repair
- Starting a business
- Money management
- Good communication
- Don’t watch the news
- Emotional intelligence
- How to manage stress
- Basic car maintenance
- How to make a decision
- How to influence people
- How to be a great mother
- It’s okay to feel your emotions
- Mental frameworks for thinking
- Understanding healthy relationships
- Building others up, not tearing them down
- Problem-solving over memorization
- Exploration over conformity
- Creativity over rote learning
- The value of hard work.
- How to be kind to everyone.
- Why failure is the path to success.
- How to think, not what to think.
- How to adapt, not conform.
- How to lead, not follow.
- How to create, not consume.
- Taking care of animals.
- Good use of language.
- Opposite sex relationships.
- Healhy food choices.
- Music, listening and performing.
- General culture.
- Foreign languages.
- Leadership.
- Stoicism.
- Fasting.
- Sports.
- Video games.
- Spirituality.
- Travelling.
- Copywriting.
- Drawing.
- Self love.
What would you add?
Habe gestern meinen 23-jährigen Neffen dabei erwischt, wie er nervös auf sein Handy starrte.
Er benutzte eine dieser unseriösen "Neobroker"-Apps.
Ich fragte streng, was er da treibt.
"Ich bespare einen ETF auf den S&P 500", sagte er leise.
Mir fiel fast mein Dinkel-Vollkornbrötchen aus der Hand.
Ich musste mich setzen.
Der Junge investiert sein hart erarbeitetes Geld in amerikanische Firmen ohne physische Präsenz in Castrop-Rauxel?
Das ist buchstäblich Glücksspiel.
Ich fragte ihn: "Was machst du, wenn die Börse mal zwei Tage geschlossen hat? Oder wenn Elon Musk twittert?"
Er hatte keine Antwort.
Der pure Leichtsinn.
Ich habe ihm sofort das Handy weggenommen und die App gelöscht.
Wir sind dann gemeinsam zur Sparkasse gefahren.
Haben ein 2-stündiges Beratungsgespräch für einen soliden Bausparvertrag geführt.
Abschlussgebühr nur 1,6% der Bausparsumme.
Garantierte Verzinsung von 0,25% bis zur Zuteilung in 18 Jahren.
Er fing an zu weinen und faselte etwas von "Inflation" und "Opportunitätskosten".
Ich legte ihm väterlich die Hand auf die Schulter.
"Hör mal zu", sagte ich sanft.
"Reichtum entsteht nicht dadurch, dass das Geld mehr wird."
"Wahrer Reichtum ist das warme Gefühl, dass dein Geld sicher vor dem amerikanischen Turbokapitalismus auf einem deutschen Girokonto liegt und langsam an Wert verliert."
"Aber dafür planbar."
Er hat es endlich verstanden.
Nie war ich stolzer auf die finanzielle Bildung in diesem Land.
The crux of the entire diplomatic situation is that it was Russia, and only Russia, that started this war, and it is Russia, and only Russia, that has been refusing to end it throughout the full-scale invasion. From the very first minutes of February 24, Putin has been waging this war with complete disregard for how many of his own people he loses and how many of ours he kills.
Russian commanders are not merely inclined to act brutally – they receive explicit orders allowing them to kill however they please. That is why Russia’s war is so bloody, taking lives both on the front lines and in peaceful Ukrainian cities. That is why Russia not only kills adults but also abducts children and tries to re-educate them so that they will take part in the war once they grow up.
Russian commanders are now sending into assaults against Ukrainian positions those who were still in elementary school in 2014, when Crimea was occupied and Russia’s hybrid aggression against Ukraine began. This is a long war, and the main thing Russia is trying to do is to preserve its ability to wage it even longer, and not only against Ukraine. That is why we appreciate so deeply that so many forces and leaders are working for peace right now.
Ukraine is grateful to the United States, to every American heart, and personally to President Trump for the assistance that – starting with the Javelins – has been saving Ukrainian lives. We thank everyone in Europe, in the G7, and in the G20 who is helping us defend life. It is important to preserve the support.
It is important not to forget the main goal – to stop Russia’s war and prevent it from ever igniting again. And to achieve that, peace must be dignified. In just this one year alone, Putin has already sent hundreds of thousands of his own people to their deaths in order to occupy one percent or several percent of Ukrainian territory. And this is what Russia is doing – a country that already has more internationally recognized territory than any other state in the world. This nature of the war, and Russia’s attempts to prolong it, show that for them this is not about territory or about how one neighbor or another behaves toward Russia, but about Russia’s “right to wage war,” its “right to subjugate” others, and a fundamental absence of security.
That is why we work so carefully on every point, on every step toward peace. Everything must work out the right way – so that this war is truly ended and so that it does not happen again. Thank you to everyone who is helping! Thank you, America! Thank you, Europe! I am proud of our people. Glory to Ukraine!