You have probably noticed that gasoline is starting to become extremely expensive. That is really bad news for all of us, because our entire way of life depends on cheap energy. We can’t make stuff without energy. We can’t move stuff without energy. That is why the cost of energy directly affects the cost of…
Another huge win! Longtime Democrat Rep. Steve Cohen has ended his reelection bid after Tennessee Republicans erased his district with a newly drawn congressional map. Cohen has served as a Rep for Tennessee’s ‘majority-black’ 9th congressional district (Memphis) since 2007. He previously served in the Tennessee Senate for more than two decades. However, Cohen’s political…
An evangelist who had been preaching at a gospel event was murdered by suspected Islamic extremists in Kampala, Uganda, last month. Alfred Kitenga was reportedly beaten and stabbed around 9:30 p.m. on April 9 as he and his wife, Anna Grace Nabirye, were returning from a preaching event in the Namungoona area of Kampala, according…
How we define “problems” also defines what we “understand” as a “solution,” and if our definition is circular, it’s delusional. Readers kindly point out I don’t understand either AI or human nature. I readily confess to having an imperfect understanding of AI and human nature, along with everything else. One thing I do understand is that…
“In Iraq, it took more than three years to reach that high. In Vietnam, it took six years.” More than 6 in 10 Americans now say President Donald Trump’s war in Iran was a “mistake,” according to a poll out Friday from the Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos. Within two months, the war—which has inflicted thousands of civilian deaths and caused…
While United States President Donald Trump prepares to blockade Iranian ports for many more “months”, the price of oil spikes to its highest since 2022. The price of Brent crude oil rose to $126 on Thursday. As Fuel Prices Poised to TRIPLE, EU Mulls Rationing Gas Across Bloc Monday This news comes as US-Iran talks…
Screencap of Twitter/X video. Just in time for America’s 250th birthday celebrations, the liberal Associated Press is suddenly floating the idea of gun control for muskets. They’re not coming right out and saying it, of course. What they have done is drop an article that basically says: Hey America, did you know that muskets are…
Screencap of Twitter/X video. Under Gavin Newsom, California has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to give electronic devices to prisoners. Can you guess what they’re using them for? They’re using them to watch porn. Of course they’re using them for porn. Stevie Wonder could have seen this coming. This is just another reminder that…
Only then do we realize that by optimizing profit and efficiency, we’ve also optimized systemic failure. In my essay AI, Money, Human Nature and the Problem with Problems, I refer to boundary conditions but didn’t offer a thorough explanation of the role this concept plays in understanding not just how the world works but more importantly, how things break down. Boundary…
A new report from Bitget and Polymarket reveals that prediction markets are evolving into a $240 billion industry driven by retail users who are trading more frequently on everything from crypto to politics. What to know: Prediction markets are shifting from occasional, event-driven bets to continuous platforms built around frequent, smaller trades by retail users….
