Learn to rest – Harold Jarsh

On the last Friday of every month, I compile some observations and insights that I share on social media. I call these Friday’s discovery.
“I’m in good health physically, but mentally I’m in terrible shape.” —Anne Shirley, Anne of Green Gables via @FelicityShoulders
“Perhaps one of the shortcomings of the Hall of Fame class of all time is that economists dress up their discipline as an exact science, with fake Nobel Prizes and all.”— @brunoc
when i asked
for them to analyze
my friend
(Those who have read the theory)
To quote Gramsci:
“Old World
Almost dead. and
new world
struggle
Born: now
it’s time
monster.So, my friends,
at this time
monster
stay human
Oh my friends, please
Try to stay human.
——Plague Poem
Decentralized social media ‘increases citizen empowerment’, Oxford University study says
“Decentralized social media platforms represent a shift towards user autonomy, where individuals can participate in safer and more inclusive digital spaces without the restrictions and biases imposed by traditional, centralized, algorithm-driven networks ”
“The Beginning of the End of Big Tech” by Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal
At a time when demand for privacy is at an all-time high, it doesn’t help that the public and regulators are becoming aware of AI’s reliance on and generation of sensitive material—as evidenced by Signal’s continued user growth. Artificial intelligence, on the other hand, often erodes privacy. We saw this in June when Microsoft announced Recall, a product that, I kid you not, takes screenshots of everything you do on your device so that an AI system can do it for you on your computer Doing things that provide “perfect memories” (Doomscrolling? Porn) – Watching? The system needs to capture these sensitive images (which would otherwise not exist) in order to function properly.
Five years on: COVID-19 retrospective
What else have we forgotten during the pandemic? We forget how fascinated we are when nature comes back to life, how clean the air is in the absence of industrial-scale human activity. We forget that carbon emissions are falling at a rate necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change. We forget that no-strings cash payments drove child poverty to record lows in the US and that the UK reduced homelessness through a scheme to find homes for rough sleepers [and CERB in Canada].
… It cannot continue because of capitalism. This is not some glib statement, which is why such promises can never be fulfilled. Because these promises require redistribution and structural changes in the economy that billionaires don’t want to happen.
“If you are tired, learn to rest instead of giving up.” — Banks via @earthshine