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Is AI The Biggest Threat When Our World Is Guided More By Human Stupidity? -- Nouriel Roubini
Nouriel RoubiniThere is both hope and hype for what artificial intelligence can do for growth -- if politicians can tame its destructive potential Nouriel Roubini -- The Guardian Feb 5, 2024 Since ...
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Defusing The Derivatives Time Bomb: Some Proposed Solutions -- Ellen Brown
CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia CommonsEllen Brown -- Web Of Debt Feb. 16, 2024 The “protected class” is granted “safe harbor” only because their bets are so risky that to let them fail could crash the ...
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Julian Assange’s Day In Court -- Chris Hedges
Julian Assange’s lawyers — in a final bid on Tuesday to stop his extradition — fought valiantly to poke holes in the case of the prosecution to obtain an appeal. Chris Hedges Feb. 21, 2024 LONDON — ...
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‘Two-State Solution’ Is A Distraction -- The Problem is Zionism -- Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 19, 2024 The problem is not the absence of a Palestinian state, but Zionism itself. What is the use of a Palestinian state, if Zionism, as a ...
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Julian Assange’s Final Appeal -- Chris Hedges
Chris HedgesJulian Assange will make his final appeal this week to the British courts to avoid extradition. If he is extradited it is the death of investigations into the inner workings of power by ...
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Day After The Gaza Genocide: The Unpromising Future Of The Palestinian Authority -- Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 17, 2024 In the first phase of the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza, it was clear that the Palestinian Authority was caught off guard. Its ...
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LISTEN: Measuring Money in the Digital Age -- Jim Tebrake, IMF Podcasts
Jim Tebrake -- IMF Podcasts Jan. 24, 2024 Behind any good policy stands good data. As the global economy becomes increasingly digitalized, effective policy and regulation are critical to ensure a ...
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Scientists’ Warning On Technology -- Bill Tomlinson, Andrew W. Torrance, William J. Ripple, Journal Of Cleaner Production
1 / 1In the past century, fossil-fuel-intensive technologies have become ubiquitous in the United States (Ritchie and Roser, 2017). Fossil fuels are heavily involved in the production, use, and ...
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Bitcoin Price Keeps Rising -- AFP
Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Feb. 16, 2024 (AFP) -- Bitcoin is forecast to keep rising after hitting fresh two-year highs above $50,000. The world's biggest cryptocurrency ...
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Cannabis May Ease Cravings For Some Street-Level Drugs -- University Of British Columbia
Credit: CC0 Public Domain University Of British Columbia Feb. 15, 2024 New findings from researchers at the University of British Columbia suggest that cannabis could play a role in addressing the ...
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The Unrepentant West: Olaf Scholz and the Right to Commit Genocide in Gaza -- Ramzy Baroud
U.S. President Joe Biden (R) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. (Photo: The White House, via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 14, 2024 On Feb. 8, German Chancellor Olaf ...
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