Somehow I don't think the Hesgeth knows how the crusades led to the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire and the sack of the greatest city in Christendom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Constantinople
The crusades were an absolute clusterf*ck
#crusades #christianity #islam #history #UnintendedConsequences
Really, what kind of war would it be without a little Hezbollah, amirite?!
#missioncreep #blowback #unintendedconsequences #terrygilliam
Use the word "peatslide" in a sentence, LOL.
"Since the peatslide, AWS has remained quiet about its involvement, but in the run-up to the construction work the company was in full green PR mode, advertising the agreement as a historic breakthrough for both its ambition to run a service powered completely by renewables by 2030 and for contributing to Irish green-energy infrastructure without costing the taxpayer a penny. "
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/bog-trouble-doherty
#unintendedconsequences #sustainability #esg #aws #wind #ireland
@ARC_Tracker
16 months? Too late! Cat's out of the bag! I could get heaps of research done with all me north Korean collaborators during that 16 months, publish a stack of papers, patents and all, before the actual funding application is sent to the bottom of the harbour on national security grounds.
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@guyjantic/116108893032363524
To help undergrads grasp cognitive dissonance effects, I often end my lecture on this topic with "Be careful who or what you sacrifice for."
Apparently I can quote-boost my own reply to my own post. The narcissistic possibilities expand like a blackberry bush in western Washington.
#CognitiveDissonance #psychology #professor #mastodon #unintendedConsequences
Another 'win' for the Australian social media ban.
Unable to use their (age-appropriate) account to watch YouTube, my teen watches it while not logged in, and has just been algorithmically served a video titled "Which colour Skittles taste the best while high?"
Good one, Aus Govt, you're doing *such* a great job protecting kids from harm... 🙄
It struck me during Carl's talk that massive, general LLMs are yet another technology that, through the competitive haste of capitalism, we’ve unleashed globally without considering all of the likely effects on things we value (like social cohesion, functional democracies, and a healthy biosphere). As usual, we’ll now live through all these consequences and will scramble to undo the worst of the damage.
We’ve done the same with chlorofluorocarbons, DDT, acid rain, whaling, forever chemicals, cars,... It’s what we do, but every new global-scale technology is a gamble that it won’t irrevocably damage civilisation and the biosphere. Eventually we’re going to lose that gamble.
To drive a large, global high-tech civilisation for thousands of years, we have to learn to be *much* more restrained and future smart. Are we capable of that?
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Tea time.
Evan Genest
Rowena Ball
Proto Himbo European
Bob Jonkman
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Jon Sullivan