tripu @tripu@qoto.org

Farewell, then!

> _«Seguramente el raro soy yo pero intento no clasificar a la gente por el número de ladrillos, solo me preocupa la conversación agradable. La riqueza, si me preguntas a mí, son otras variables. Rico es quien alarga una sobremesa con amigos. Rico es quien puede decir que no. Rico es quien tiene tiempo de jugar con su hijo. Rico es quien emprende una travesía sin fecha de regreso. Rico es quien se muda a Tokio persiguiendo la curiosidad. Rico es quien busca la realización personal en un proyecto sin beneficio.»_

https://joantubau.substack.com/p/la-riqueza-no-se-mide-en-ladrillos

Same here!

I care about existential risk, sustainability, the precautionary principle, #tech #ethics and risk management.

#MarcAndreessen is attacking a straw man here. Of course any of those concerns can be exaggerated, distorted and politicised.

Know what, Marc? Growth, progress and #technology can _also_ be exaggerated, distorted and politicised.

https://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/

Any rational agent grabs as much #power as it's officially conferred on it, and _then more_. An extra inch, or an extra mile: as much as it can get away with.

Sovereign states display that behaviour to the extreme: they are massive in size, extremely hard to scrutinise, and have the best mechanisms for #secrecy built in by design (eg, for the sake of national security).

Think what you want about the likes of #Snowden, #Assange and #Manning — they have repeatedly demonstrated that #governments routinely abuse their powers.

To argue that #ChatControl isn't dangerous because it's just the provision for automatic scanning under special circumstances, for specific cases — and not an absolute mandate for massive scanning of everyone, all the time — is either naive or disingenuous.

The #law must follow the [principle of least privilege](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_privilege).

¿Cómo? ¿Una mujer ha ganado el #PremioPlaneta por cuarto año consecutivo?

¿Con una novela que [«tiene como enfoque principal la fuerza femenina»](https://www.lasprovincias.es/culturas/argumento-hijas-criada-novela-ganadora-premio-planeta-20231016003420-nt.html)?

¿Superando a otras novelas presentadas en las que [«abundan también los personajes femeninos»](https://elpais.com/cultura/2023-10-15/sonsoles-onega-gana-el-premio-planeta-2023.html)?

Maldito #patriarcado…

(Carmen Mola era «una mujer» a todos los efectos cuando ganó el premio)

Don't be fooled by generic promises to “get better at decision-making”.

Decision-making is what we all do, all the time.

There's a much shorter synonym for “decision-making”: “living”.

What hundreds of millions of people have used for millennia to get better at living is: religion, philosophy, science, art (literature, music) and the like.

Nothing new under the sun!

https://blog.tripu.info/encrypt

#ChatControl #privacy

This is to leave a record on the fediverse that @fidel honoured [our bet](https://qoto.org/@tripu/110329206856108768), as expected, and paid me in #BTC when the time came.

I believe he's working on a blog entry to explain his reasons to bet against the #USD in such aggressive terms. I'll boost his post when it's ready, perhaps adding my own commentary.

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-control-2-0-eu-governments-set-to-approve-the-end-of-private-messaging-and-secure-encryption/

This is _very bad_.

Complain. And, if it comes to that, disobey. Reason and ethics are on our side.

#Europe #EU #democracy #privacy #surveillance #chatcontrol

In areas that interest me but where I am mostly ignorant (so many!), usually my main goal is to have the “big picture”. ie, I won't read a book on Austrian economics or a book on Kantianism — I'd rather read a comprehensive overview of the different fields within the area, the key concepts and authors, the timeline of events, and the different schools of thought involved. I prefer to do that first before I zoom in on anything in particular.

Question:

in

#philosophy,
#ethics (moral philosophy),
#politics (political science/philosophy),
#economics or
#history,

do you know of a good book like what I'm describing (a “mind map”, a “map” of the field)?