{"id":6546,"date":"2019-05-10T05:07:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T05:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/thetechnium\/?p=6546"},"modified":"2019-05-10T05:07:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T05:07:05","slug":"recent-readings-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/thetechnium\/recent-readings-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Readings, 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Second thoughts on sunscreen toxicity. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The verification paradox: the best perceiving machines (AI) may not be verifiable by humans; but the most “trustworthy” algos may not be the best. Good intro: Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is very true: “Science Fiction Doesn’t Have to Be Dystopian.” Title of a long book review in the New Yorker by Joyce Carol Oates of new Ted Chiang short stories. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I don’t worry about much, but I do worry about cyberwar because 1) we have no consensus on what is permitted, 2) it is hard to track, and 3) it can spill into the real world. Link.<\/a><\/p>\n

Writers are more and more relying on paid newsletters for income. They find 1,000 true fans<\/a> and get them to pay for their writing. Good intro to this emerging genre. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Breaking up Facebook (into what?) will not remedy the issues of overuse, nor fake news, nor extremist views, nor privacy. Breakup is a romantic fantasy. Study the long history of anti-trust and AT&T, beginning in 1913. For that I am reading “The Fall of Telecom” by Thomas Lauria.<\/p>\n

This account of a tech demo that failed is a pretty good update on\u00a0the business aspect of the coming\u00a0Mirrorworld.\u00a0Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Big, long-term, many-decade projects are out of fashion now. One exception is China’s Belt and Road initiative. Here is a site that tracks it’s progress. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With a contrary view, this article argues that China’s Belt and Road Initiative is One Big Mistake. It is merely atmospheric handwaving, a pretty name for regional states to keep the state-owned industries and construction complex going by building infrastructure further from home. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Second thoughts on sunscreen toxicity. Link. The verification paradox: the best perceiving machines (AI) may not be verifiable by humans; but the most “trustworthy” algos may not be the best. Good intro: Link. This is very true: “Science Fiction Doesn’t … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/thetechnium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6546"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/thetechnium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/thetechnium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/thetechnium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/thetechnium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6546"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/thetechnium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6565,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/thetechnium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6546\/revisions\/6565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/thetechnium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/thetechnium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/thetechnium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}