The UK's General Medical Council is blocking doctors from speaking freely about COVID-19. This was also a dangerous phenomenon in the U.S. Doctors have lost a lot of clout in the past two decades, and I fear that this will affect quality of care, as doctors prefer to stick with safe narratives when recommending treatment, instead of going with what their training tells them. It's unclear how AI will affect this.
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Et tu, Nordstrom?. The CEO of Nordstrom hints that he might pull out of downtown Portland, as it's harder to function there. When, oh when, will the City get the hint?
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Andrew Yang and Yann Le Cun think that China will surpass the U.S. in AI tech leadership. Because China is open source and the U.S. is closed source. Being closed-source hasn't stopped the pharmaceutical industry, though. I think the root of the issue lies elsewhere.
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Why is South Korean and Japanese sunscreen better than U.S. sunscreen? You can still get South Korean sunscreen on Amazon, but the brands I used to buy are no longer listed.
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Encore anxiety. Something else to be anxious about. As if you didn't have enough already.
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Facebook offered a VPN, called Onavo. But it wasn't meant to protect your privacy. It was a surveillance tool, allowing Facebook to see what competing apps you were using. Why do people trust Zuckerberg and Meta apps?
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