I wish you a happy New Year, and appreciate your positive thoughts at this juncture. But science denial is on the rise, and it seems society on the whole is regressing to more primitive views. Ironically, reaction to science’s gains.
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Hmm, some cheerful stuff here, but #62 is just rubbish, and no mention of the climate change or ecosystem collapse elephants in the room.
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"Technology … aims to produce neither concepts nor images, nor the joy of understanding, but method, exploitation of the labor of others, capital" . Horkheimer & Adorno
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Though knowledge is fundamental for humanity's advancement, technology has been a powerful tool for politics and economical interests. Unfortunately, they are not yet completely separated.
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Love your thoughts on my 2018 outlook.https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609868/18-exponential-changes-we-can-expect-in-the-year-ahead/ …
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When will the human race gain the "beneficial knowledge" that mystical belief systems are a just that...mystical...and find better ways to spend time assisting humanity move forward?
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But these discoveries seem to benefit only the wealthy ones, since 80% of the generated wealth goes to the 1% of the population and the gap goes on increasing
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Knowledge needs a reputable forum to get momentum for action. With Trump making conventional politics irrelevant, can a new forum for initiating action evolve?
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I’m sure last year there have been >82 positive discoveries
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Historically politicians didn’t adversely affect beneficial knowledge. But that may change to the extent the current admin stays in power. People like Inhofe, DeVos, Pruitt, et al. can do some serious damage over time.
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Thank you for posting this. I wish the media would choose to report at list the same amount of good news as bad news.
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Ask Orrin Hatch to name one.
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Keep the good news coming, professor. We need all of it we can get.
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At the same time, such advances would not happen or wouldn't be available to people unless we have working political systems.
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YES: THE WORLD IS BETTER FOR THEM> http://tinyurl.com/PayisTax http://www.itv.com/news/2016-08-30/david-cameron-gave-pay-rise-of-24-to-some-special-advisers-before-resignation/ … https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/end-subsidised-food-and-alcohol-in-parliament-and-the-lords?source=twitter-share-button … via
@38_degrees http://tinyurl.com/17M-house http://tinyurl.com/27M-Houses https://evolvepolitics.com/theresa-may-scoffed-lobster-at-secret-50k-head-banquet-hours-after-freezing-benefits-for-millions-of-brits/ … http://tinyurl.com/cameron-shed https://www.ft.com/content/21db0302-c25c-11e7-a1d2-6786f39ef675 … -
The majority of the advances listed benefit everyone.
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Gamble on a Boat to the island of Offshore cash off the poorhttps://www.thepoke.co.uk/2017/12/29/tory-mps-want-lottery-money-buy-new-royal-yacht-tweets-need-read/ …
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