One of the lessons is that existing companies will distort markets to protect themselves from competition, and that a healthy market requires new companies to shake things up. I'm not sure why w… (View Post)

We did lose that argument, but on the other hand I think we're in a better place than I expected despite losing that argument. The energy transition that is happening now means that the worst ca… (View Post)

All public demonstrations are dominating. That's the point of them. People are naturally more comfortable with acts of domination by their side (e.g. I was more comfortable about the anti-Iraq W… (View Post)

This depends on the stone circle. The wider landscape they are in can greatly enhance them. So, for example, there's a stone circle in West Cork with a winter solstice alignment that we go to se… (View Post)

Looks like AI theft of independent music is really ramping up into a big problem. Came across a story of a musician who had someone train an AI on her YouTube videos, create new videos based on that,… (View Post)