Some stories make headlines. Others get ignored. On "Unreported," Meagan Medick takes a deeper look at the stories others gloss over or blow off. In this episode, Meagan sits down with Douglas Rushkoff, one of the first in Silicon Valley to sound the alarm about AI. Are algorithms a new form of mind control, similar to MK-Ultra? They dive into questions around whether AI was designed to exploit us as a society and how powerful corporations are the real winners at the end of the day. Find Douglas Rushkoff here: https://rushkoff.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/c/douglasrushkoff #mkultra #mindcontrol #ai Credits: Host: Meagan Medick Executive Producers: Andy Gipson, Meagan Medick Segment Producer: Christine Jenkinson Associate Producer: Will…
The medicalization of human nature has unwelcome consequences. The post Weakness of Will Is Not a Biological Condition appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag Weakness of Will Is Not a Biological Condition The medicalization of human nature has unwelcome consequences. TakiMag (Photo by Joe Martinez for The Washington Post via Getty Images) There is nothing more important than the trivial, as Sherlock Holmes well knew. The smallest indications often (though not always) have the widest implications. One should always be on the lookout for deeper significance while, of course, guarding against paranoia and the siren song of conspiracy theory. There are perhaps few things more trivial than letters to the British Medical Journal, but they sometimes suggest…Open
Smoking has seemed to resurface in many shows popular among Gen Z, and New York Post wellness editor Carly Stern tells Leland Vittert, "Hollywood is definitely influential, and that's an important thing to keep in mind, but people have a personal responsibility as well." MORE: https://www.newsnationnow.com/on-balance-with-leland-vittert/vitterts-war-notes/leland-vitterts-war-notes-looking-for-an-exit-ramp/
The loss of distinctions in dress and speech has made the world sadder and more vulgar. The post The Baseball Cap Maketh the Man appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag The Baseball Cap Maketh the Man The loss of distinctions in dress and speech has made the world sadder and more vulgar. TakiMag President Trump has been criticized, in my view rightly, for wearing a baseball cap at a ceremony for U.S. servicemen killed in the war against Iran. His cap is undignified at best and wearing it at the ceremony was lacking in respect for men who had died carrying out his policy. No doubt by wearing the cap he was showing himself to be a man of the people, and doing so in a sense quite accurately: It is true that much of the population of the Western world has lost any notion that there are…Open
