I thought the “fail often fail early” part was satirical editorializing. Horrified to see that it’s their actual policy.
How incredibly dystopian.
I thought the “fail often fail early” part was satirical editorializing. Horrified to see that it’s their actual policy.
How incredibly dystopian.
Really glad to see the article was about defence spending not territorial annexation like Greenland.
Realistically the real problem is likely to be nothing like this, it’s more likely to be more subtle pressure on sovereignty issues (particularly civil rights and surveillance, possibly nuclear weapons) at the behest of Thiel et al.
Historically, once a faction of powerful country has strong vested private economic interests in a weaker one, if those private companies get the ear of their monarch or govt, they amp for their interests to be protected.
In extreme cases that’s how the US got Hawai’i and the British got the Raj. In less extreme cases, it can play out in things like Musk’s various interventions into South African politics.
Thanks. Those things would help, though I suspect the age distribution of bad drivers is probably a reverse bell curve.
I’d like all three.
What are your ideas for how to get better drivers, out of interest?
If you have 1h47 to spare, the old documentary Someone Else’s Country is quite good.
It’s part of a global pattern. All over the world, political parties who were incumbent in the covid aftermath were mostly voted out by 2024. Most reportage attributes it to reactions to economic conditions caused by covid.
We are also seeing a rise in populism, which can be fickle.