Important takeaway from this ClaraFerreiraMarques piece on RT & misinformation: Both sides of #blacklivesmatter & other progressive movements routinely co-opted by Russian propaganda networks to discredit democracy. Don’t become a cog in the outrage machine. apple.news/ATU-6fyplTCyr_…

👀 Fast scaling has massive downsides: startups that scale more quickly fail more, but are no more likely to succeed than those that scale slower. Why? Because scaling marks the end of experimenting. Startups that scale after lots of experiments succeed. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Russian soldiers have raped and tortured children as young as 4 years old in Ukraine, a UN-appointed panel of independent legal experts said in a damning statement on Friday that concluded war crimes had been committed in the conflict. nyti.ms/3f83zEx

Although I would be honored to be invited, I am not in fact the Berit Anderson who sits on the Nobel Committee.

NEW PODCAST: Future in Review podcast host Berit Anderson talks w/ Strategic News Service Analyst Evan Anderson about ASML's EUV lithography, its role in the chip ecosystem, and why it may just be the world's most important chip company. youtu.be/QRMiP0K2upw

Facebook and TikTok are approving ads with 'blatant' misinformation about voting in midterms, researchers say (Jennifer Korn - CNN) redef.com/item/6355c38fc…

new UN report confirms: climate-warming methane pollution rising faster than ever--so cutting methane is quickest way to slow global warming washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Every #ElectionDay I wake up and wonder: Will this be the day that far right white nationalists allied w/ Russia & China successfully undermine U.S. democracy through information and legal jiu-jitsu? It’s by far the most stressful day of the year.

I welcome all efforts to create new, improved social networks, but also😂at everyone "Quitting Twitter to avoid the billionaire man child. Find me on FB & Insta." Hello? Have you seen Mark Zuckerberg? Dude offered to let Xi Jinping name his first-born child.

Oh good. Sri Lanka is now China. Vietnam unfortunately appears close behind.

Future in Review Berit Anderson talks w/ Evan Anderson about accelerating military aggression from China, Russia, Iran & N.Korea - and Canadian election interference - may be the end of TikTok despite US lobbying from parent company ByteDance youtube.com/watch?v=zhoBdX…

How are Microsoft, Google, and Apple thinking about #chips? Evan Anderson and I nerded out about their strategies on our latest Future in Review podcast episode.

Don't try to share this Forbes piece on TikTok. forbes.com/sites/alexandr…

Humans and capitalism are not identical...

It is such an honor to be working with this group (👋 Reed) designing games, research and media to support community resilience.

The CCP is using information warfare on WeChat to unseat Canadian lawmakers. So tell me again why banning TikTok, a direct channel for influence of the American youth vote, is a bad idea. wsj.com/articles/canad…

More #CCP ministers have gone missing: The latest on the list: The CCP’s famous “wolf warrior” and the current (and a former) Foreign Minister #WangYi. There are rumors that Wang Yi has been ordered to write a self-criticism at home, allegedly because he embarrassed #XiJinping

MAJOR UPDATE: All planetary boundaries are assessed, and six are crossed. For the first time ever, scientists have quantified all nine planetary boundaries. Six of them are already transgressed and we are increasing pressure on the others. Read more: buff.ly/45Ps1QG

I have two suggestions for Elon: 1. Slartibartfast is a far more appropriate name for a snarky chatbot. 2. He should run the #LLM on #Groq ™ so he can provide sarcasm at speed. Read my recent blog post to #grok why on both fronts: groq.link/groqgalaxy #GroqOn

However, Google alone decides whether, on what terms, students get access to these incredibly costly AI infrastructures. This is the opposite of "democratizing." In fact, it's another example of how acute concentration of power in the AI industry is.