Research scientist at Uni of Manchester. Lover of coding. Used to play cricket and football. Now an injured runner + wannabe cyclist. Pretend MMT economist.
Making payments anonymously is not inherently criminal. Too many progressives, in their zealousness against truly bad actors, are letting the surveillance state into their minds and their politics.
It's really bad. Private greed and bureaucratic surveillance are twin enemies.
@clintballinger @timparrique When you accept (1) the super-rich will never permit real systemic change to reduce inequality (2) they do now understand the climate risks to the system that makes them super-rich, then the events of the last few years start to make sense.
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@AllisonPearson Because too many journalists believe the "government as a household budget" myth. Until you understand why that makes you part of the problem, you'll never be able hold the government to account properly.
@rohangrey And if tech innovation is genuinely your motivator, stop creating solutions searching for a problem, become an #RSE, find a problem that actually needs solving, then apply your "high integrity" skills to that.
@jd_wilko Did you not read the nailfold grant we've just submitted? We'll be using DALL-E to generate personalised artwork for the record file of each patient we recruit.