melvyn newell

Surveyor, yachtsman, philosopher

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

A stream of stories now coming out of the US saying that AI ‘singularity’ — or recursive self-improvement, I think — is much closer than most folks thought. It means current AI models able to develop the next model without human participation, then the next and the next, ad finitum. Each one more powerful than the previous. Likely to lead to amazing sci/tech breakthroughs. But also huge risks over human loss of control. Exciting and scary.

[melvyn newell @melvynnewell]

@Stsantek Happy birthday and bon appetit

[melvyn newell @melvynnewell]

“The European institutions have overseen the creation of a vast legal and bureaucratic system which undermines sovereignty and border integrity at every turn”

[MCC Brussels @MCC_Brussels]

Spanish progressive elites have surrendered Spain and betrayed their own people https://t.co/7UXEmgAHwo

[melvyn newell @melvynnewell]

“As long as young people are constantly subjected to the culture of repudiation by their educators, and the dominant institutions of culture all talk of a post woke era is immature”

[Frank Furedi @Furedibyte]

My latest post...

[melvyn newell @melvynnewell]

@Stsantek Nothing succeeds like success

[melvyn newell @melvynnewell]

“…depends on the strength of the now emerging patriotic opposition to the project of turning Hungary into a vassal state of the EU”

[Frank Furedi @Furedibyte]

https://t.co/UaQ94vmYgO

[melvyn newell @melvynnewell]

The bombing of the Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv is “another Russian crime against humanity, against history, against Christianity”, the Primate of the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epiphany, said on Monday.

https://t.co/cpreQ7xQkl

[melvyn newell @melvynnewell]

Locke wrote that ‘for words, especially of languages already framed, being no man’s private possession, but the common measure of commerce and communication, ‘tis not for any one, at pleasure, to change’

[Frank Furedi @Furedibyte]

Why Do I Hate The Designation Of The Term ‘Carer’ For Family Caregivers? , by @Furedibyte https://t.co/uv9OEGWpJ9

[melvyn newell @melvynnewell]

@bobmontefusco The plot thickens (Defence Secretary John Healey has resigned from Keir Starmer's government.
In a letter to the prime minister, he said the UK's defence investment plan "falls well short of what is required for defence and the country at this dangerous time")

[Jacob Rees-Mogg @Jacob_Rees_Mogg]

We Should Celebrate the British Empire. Watch now: https://t.co/t2HDImvM9H

[melvyn newell @melvynnewell]

@Furedibyte The categorical imperative and common sense

[melvyn newell @melvynnewell]

“The spirit of populism has caught on, creating the potential for creating a vibrant political environment. In this sense, populism has shown that it is democracy in action”

[Frank Furedi @Furedibyte]

https://t.co/qFvHTTG249

[melvyn newell @melvynnewell]

Grey expectations https://t.co/2UecScRNvH

[Peter Ricketts @LordRickettsP]

This has been the most consequential State Visit for many years. The King’s status and experience enabled him in those brilliantly crafted speeches to get beyond differences on policy, mobilising history to show there is still much we share. For a moment, he changed the context.

[Peter Ricketts @LordRickettsP]

100% agree! Shows the way a State Visit can produce a magic moment which transcends politics.

[melvyn newell @melvynnewell]

@TheFactCompiler @Madz_Grant @WilliamClouston A happy day spent

[melvyn newell @melvynnewell]

“Rather than representing hope as an instrument of politics it should be seen as merely an attitude towards the future”

[Frank Furedi @Furedibyte]

The Politics of Hope and how it became a weapon for discrediting conservatism, by @Furedibyte https://t.co/G0zf4k3J7N

[melvyn newell @melvynnewell]

‘We in America have no interest in being polite and orderly caretakers of the West’s managed decline.’

[Frank Furedi @Furedibyte]

https://t.co/MkNS8nmVEs

[melvyn newell @melvynnewell]

“It wasn’t until the last two decades of the 20thcentury that this word acquired its current usage became humanised as the property of individuals and groups”

[Frank Furedi @Furedibyte]

So why is it important to counter the influence of the ethos of vulnerability? A society that loses confidence in the capacity of humanity to assume a measure of influence over its destiny turns its people into a disoriented mass fearful of assuming responsibility for the future of their community. The regime of vulnerability represents a cultural trap that weakens the aspiration for moral independence. The only beneficiaries of the maintenance of this trap are the members and supporters of the mental health industrial complex who are given the opportunity to colonise our soul.

https://t.co/tCZMY3ohLX

[melvyn newell @melvynnewell]

@Ol_One_Eye @BROKENBRITAIN0 Remember: https://t.co/OmSXkEBqd2