Seven pillars to fight the erosion of democracy --

"Chinese leaders remain convinced of the country’s historic destiny to rise and displace the United States as the world’s preeminent power. They think that Trump’s policies will undermine U.S. power and reduce U.S. global standing in the long run."

@buitengebieden

Geopolitical theory "suggests that Trump’s radical approach to foreign policy is going to backfire. He may win a few concessions in the short term, but the long-term results will be greater global resistance and new opportunities for America’s rivals."

We were pleased to have a client bring up the timelines and branching points from "Loki" today, as a way to understand foresight.

RT @shashj: DOGE is not just decimating the IC, it's also putting Russian and Chinese cryptanalysts out of a job. "The C.I.A. sent the Whit…

RT @ForesightAlianz: "Climate change makes homes a less reliable store of wealth, not just because climate disasters destroy homes, but bec…

Question: Is there an AI system I could train to read handwritten text by image training (not OCR, as the letters are too small and arbitrary)? cc @michellzappa

Technically speaking, he is proposing more of a war crime than a resort development project.

RT @lrozen: Translation of “interesting” here is effing nuts

"The trust fund has dwindled and is projected to be totally depleted by 2035 under ... intermediate assumptions, at which point the other revenue sources will only cover about 83% of benefit payments. Over time, those sources would cover even less of scheduled payments."

Canada, Mexico, or China are the top trade partner of most US states. #trade #tariffs

It is going to cost an awful lot of money to reinstate all these FBI agents etc. with backpay down the road --

RT @ianbremmer: i’ve never seen a country work so hard to undermine its own alliances

RT @EvansRyan202: I'm thinking today of our Canadian and Danish allies who answered the call to fight bravely alongside us in Afghanistan.…

@nils_gilman No mountains, too much good cheese and pretty flowers? I've read one Dutch novel, in my read-the-world program, which now counts 43 countries.

Futurist at the movies microreview: "Project Almanac," which came out today in 2015.

A short film about the danger of superintelligent AI -- solid, even if most of the ideas have been covered well by science fiction. #AGI #future