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Accidental%20Billionaires%3A%20How%20Seven%20Academics%20Who%20Didn%u2019t%20Want%20To%20Make%20A%20Cent%20Are%20Now%20Worth%20Billions

Accidental%20Billionaires%3A%20How%20Seven%20Academics%20Who%20Didn%u2019t%20Want%20To%20Make%20A%20Cent%20Are%20Now%20Worth%20Billions : Databricks%20CEO%20Ali%20Ghodsi%20and%20his%20cofounders%20weren%u2019t%20interested%20in%20starting%20a%20business%2C%20and%20even%20less%20interested%20in%20making%20a%20profit%20on%20the%20tech.%20Eight%20years%20later%2C%20at%20least%20three%20are%20billionaires.%0A%0A
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(2) "Knowledge Creation and its Risks" - David Deutsch on AGI - Centre for the Future of Intelligence - YouTube

(2) "Knowledge Creation and its Risks" - David Deutsch on AGI - Centre for the Future of Intelligence - YouTube : to become the sole exception to that 07:41 rule will have to do no other surviving 07:45 species can create an endless stream of 07:50 knowledge explanatory knowledge to 07:53 overcome an emphasis cream of dangers we 07:58 know only a few of them and then not to become the sole exception to that 07:41 rule will have to do no other surviving 07:45 species can create an endless stream of 07:50 knowledge explanatory knowledge to 07:53 overcome an emphasis cream of dangers we 07:58 know only a few of them and then not
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%u201CBig%20Short%u201D%20trader%20Michael%20Burry%20quits%20Twitter%2C%20disappointing%20his%20legion%20of%20retail%20trading%20superfans%20-%20MarketWatch

%u201CBig%20Short%u201D%20trader%20Michael%20Burry%20quits%20Twitter%2C%20disappointing%20his%20legion%20of%20retail%20trading%20superfans%20-%20MarketWatch : Investor%20Michael%20Burry%20may%20have%20deleted%20his%20entire%20Twitter%20account%20on%20Tuesday%2C%20a%20move%20that%20comes%20just%20weeks%20after%20the%20famous%20short-seller%20told%20his%20followers%20that%20his%20tweets%20about%20GameStop%20Corp.%20GME%2C%20+1.82%25%20and%20other%20market%20trends%20had%20prompted%20a%20visit%20from%20the%20Securities%20and%20Exchange%20Commission.%0A%0AThe%20webpage%20for%20the%20@michaeljburry%20account%20that%20used%20to%20show%20Burry%u2019s%20musings%20on%20the%20dangers%20of%20Bitcoin%20and%20the%20bubble%20around%20the%20current%20retail%20trading%20wave%20now%20displays%20a%20message%20saying%2C%20%u201CThis%20account%20doesn%u2019t%20exist.%u201D
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What happens when virtue-signalling enters corporate life | Financial Times

What happens when virtue-signalling enters corporate life | Financial Times : Apple%u2019s%20response%20is%20also%20inconsistent.%20In%202014%20the%20company%20paid%20%243bn%20to%20buy%20hip%20hop%20mogul%20Dr%20Dre%u2019s%20Beats%20Electronics%20%u2014%20an%20acquisition%20that%20has%20proven%20very%20profitable%20%u2014%20with%20Dre%20given%20an%20unspecified%20role%20at%20the%20company%20as%20part%20of%20the%20deal.%20I%20am%20a%20big%20fan%20of%20Dre%u2019s%20music%2C%20and%20don%u2019t%20feel%20song%20lyrics%20should%20be%20evaluated%20on%20the%20basis%20of%20their%20moral%20righteousness.%20But%20it%20is%20worth%20pointing%20out%20that%20his%20songs%20include%20such%20titles%20as%20%u201CBitches%20ain%u2019t%20Shit%u201D%2C%20and%20that%20he%20has%20a%20history%20of%20actual%20violence%20against%20women.
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Apple%20employees%20circulate%20petition%20demanding%20investigation%20into%20%u2018misogynistic%u2019%20new%20hire%20-%20The%20Verge

Apple%20employees%20circulate%20petition%20demanding%20investigation%20into%20%u2018misogynistic%u2019%20new%20hire%20-%20The%20Verge : ad%2C%20you%20should%20meet%20other%20people%20in%20tech.%0A%0AHere%u2019s%20the%20scoop%3A%20outsiders%20who%20know%20nothing%20about%20Silicon%20Valley%20think%20I%u2019m%20terrible.%0A%0AInsiders%20who%20know%20the%20game%20well%20think%20I%u2019m%20actually%20honest%2C%20self-deprecating%2C%20and%20funny%2C%20and%20actually%20tame%20by%20Valley%20standards.%0A%0AYou%u2019re%20evidently%20the%20former%2C%20as%20are%20many%20of%20the%20one-star%20reviews%20on%20AMZN.%0A%0AThe%20latter%20are%20the%20five-star%20reviews%20and%20the%20gushing%20Tweets.%0A%0AMaybe%20the%20
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In China, Apple Compromises on Censorship and Surveillance - The New York Times

In China, Apple Compromises on Censorship and Surveillance - The New York Times : The%20Chinese%20employees%20were%20angered%2C%20according%20to%20Mr.%20Guthrie%20and%20another%20person%20in%20the%20room.%20If%20the%20products%20were%20designed%20in%20California%2C%20they%20shouted%2C%20then%20what%20were%20they%20doing%20in%20China%3F%0A%0A%u201CThe%20statement%20was%20deeply%20offensive%20to%20them%2C%u201D%20said%20Mr.%20Guthrie%2C%20who%20left%20Apple%20in%202019%20to%20return%20to%20his%20home%20in%20Michigan.%20%u201CThey%20were%20just%20furious.%u201D%0A%0AThe%20next%20iPhone%20didn%u2019t%20include%20the%20phrase.
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Cameron%u2019s%20clever%20defence%3A%20that%20he%20can%u2019t%20do%20a%20proper%20job%20after%20leaving%20office%20either%20%7C%20Marina%20Hyde%20%7C%20The%20Guardian

Cameron%u2019s%20clever%20defence%3A%20that%20he%20can%u2019t%20do%20a%20proper%20job%20after%20leaving%20office%20either%20%7C%20Marina%20Hyde%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : Hauled%20before%20two%20select%20committees%20to%20answer%20for%20his%20Greensill%20lobbying%20role%2C%20David%20Cameron%20yesterday%20claimed%20his%20text%20to%20the%20Treasury%20mentioning%20a%20%u201Crate%20cut%u201D%20might%20in%20fact%20have%20meant%20to%20say%20%u201CVAT%20cut%u201D.%20As%20the%20former%20prime%20minister%20put%20it%3A%20%u201CI%20think%20I%u2019m%20a%20victim%20of%20spellcheck%20here.%u201D%20A%20what%20now%3F%20Still%2C%20you%u2019ll%20have%20nothing%20but%20respect%20for%20this%20excuse%2C%20which%20is%20basically%3A%20%u201CI%20fear%20that%20I%2C%20a%20standup%20guy%2C%20have%20been%20autocorrected%20into%20a%20complete%20chancer.%u201D%20And%20yet%20%u2026%20on%20which%20phone%20software%20does%20VAT%20autocorrect%20to%20rate%3F%20I%u2019m%20afraid%20I%20found%20it%20rather%20difficult%20to%2...
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NHS faces exodus of doctors after Covid pandemic, survey finds | NHS | The Guardian

NHS faces exodus of doctors after Covid pandemic, survey finds | NHS | The Guardian : Thousands%20of%20UK%20doctors%20are%20planning%20to%20quit%20the%20NHS%20after%20the%20Covid%20pandemic%20because%20they%20are%20exhausted%20by%20their%20workloads%20and%20worried%20about%20their%20mental%20health%2C%20a%20survey%20has%20revealed.%0A%0AAlmost%20one%20in%20three%20may%20retire%20early%20while%20a%20quarter%20are%20considering%20taking%20a%20career%20break%20and%20a%20fifth%20are%20weighing%20up%20quitting%20the%20health%20service%20to%20do%20something%20else.%0A%0ALong%20hours%2C%20high%20demand%20for%20care%2C%20the%20impact%20of%20the%20pandemic%20and%20unpleasant%20working%20environments%20are%20taking%20their%20toll%20on%20medics%2C%20the%20British%20Medical%20Association%20findings%20show.%0A%0AIn%20a%20survey%20of%205%2C521%20doctors%201%2C352%20%2831.9%25%29%20of%20the%204%2C258%20who%20replied%20to%20a%20question%20about%20whether%20their%20career%20plans%20had%20changed%20over...
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Marketers Plan Study to Shine Light on the Murky Business of Automated Ad Buying - WSJ

Marketers Plan Study to Shine Light on the Murky Business of Automated Ad Buying - WSJ : The%20Association%20of%20National%20Advertisers%20is%20searching%20for%20consultants%20to%20help%20it%20better%20understand%20where%20marketers%u2019%20money%20winds%20up%20during%20the%20automated%20digital%20ad-buying%20process%2C%20revisiting%20an%20issue%20that%20has%20vexed%20the%20industry%20for%20the%20better%20part%20of%20a%20decade.%0A%0AA%20lack%20of%20transparency%20in%20automated%20digital%20ad%20buying%2C%20an%20increasingly%20complex%20process%20that%20requires%20participation%20from%20a%20number%20of%20ad%2C%20media%20and%20technology%20vendors%2C%20is%20costing%20advertisers%20billions%20of%20dollars%20in%20waste%20and%20making%20it%20difficult%20for%20them%20to%20plan%20their%20investments%2C%20said%20Bob%20Liodice%2C%20chief%20executive%20of%20the%20ANA.%0A%0AThe%20ANA%u2019s%20effort%20echoes%20a%20push%20it%20began%20more%20than%20five%20years%20ago%20over%20advertisers%u2019%20...
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