So excited to see another piece I commissioned get published! From Lily Lynch, this one is about tech tycoons’ latest venture: startup societies.

Sound intriguing? Give it a read!

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Either AI will serve the creative class, or it will serve AI, Nathan Gardels argues

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''Digital nomad' is a misnomer — and an instructive one.'

CHASING UTOPIA, STARTUP STYLE noemamag.com/chasing-utopia… by Lily Lynch

A fascinating read by Lily Lynch

I wrote a piece about startup societies for @noemamag noemamag.com/chasing-utopia…

The latest hot-ticket item in Silicon Valley’s investment portfolios?

Startup societies, Lily Lynch writes. noemamag.com/chasing-utopia…

'These aspirations are rooted in a desire to withdraw from existing polities & to escape their high taxes, regulations [&] liberal democracy. It’s a yearning for new forms of self-governance & citizenship. In other words, they are political exit projects.' noemamag.com/chasing-utopia…

“Everyone agrees that there’s a problem. But we’re still at the moment with China where we’re speaking in generalities. There is not a proposal in front of either side that is actionable” - Eric Schmidt about AI integration into NC3.
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Truly healthy civil societies are also physically fit, Colm O’Shea argues

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Some really critical (if scary and daunting) insights on AI in this interview with Eric Schmidt. Samir Saran noemamag.com/mapping-ais-ra…

In Noema Magazine I reflect on how herbicide use has skyrocketed in the years since Rachel Carson’s brilliant essay. Biocides = oil that is repurposed to destroy living beings: noemamag.com/the-war-on-wee…

Eric Schmidt: Well, one of the things that . . . it’s always useful to remind the techno-optimists in my world, is that there are evil people.

Evil should be the starting point for *anyone* thinking about *anything*. noemamag.com/mapping-ais-ra…

#Somaliland 's rich tradition of #poetry has not only been a form of artistic expression but also a powerful tool for political change and peacebuilding. noemamag.com/a-country-shap…

Eric Schmidt: 'Some believe that these [AI] agents will develop their own language to communicate with each other. And that’s the point when we won’t understand what the models are doing. What should we do? Pull the plug? Literally unplug the computer?' noemamag.com/mapping-ais-ra…

'The War On Weeds'
Pesticides and herbicides made from fossil fuels that are freely available to unwitting consumers poison our land, our bodies and life all around.
Dr. Laura J. Martin
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The rhetoric over “superhuman” AI implicitly erases what’s most important about being human.

The Danger Of Superhuman AI Is Not What You Think,

by Shannon Vallor

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Truly healthy civil societies are also physically fit, Colm O’Shea argues

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'What if we thought of the internet not as a doomsday “hyperobject,” but as a damaged and struggling ecosystem facing destruction?' noemamag.com/we-need-to-rew… (via Danslesalgorithmes's newsletter)

The Coming Entropy Of Our World Order, a very cogent paper, well worth reading. noemamag.com/the-coming-ent…

“If we accept that language alone might be capable of prompting the emergence of real consciousness, we should prepare for a major shakeup of our current moral universe.”

—John Last

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