Microsoft chief Brad Smith says rise of killer robots is ‘unstoppable’
TELEGRAPH The rise of killer robots is now unstoppable and a new digital Geneva Convention is essential to protect the world from the growing threat they pose, according to the President of the world’s biggest technology company. In an interview with The Telegraph, Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, said the use of ‘lethal autonomous weapon systems’ poses […]
Video showing hundreds of shackled, blindfolded prisoners in China is ‘genuine’
Human rights groups say China is holding one million people, mostly ethnic Uighurs, at detention camps – a charge Beijing denies. Online footage purporting to show hundreds of blindfolded and shackled prisoners in a mostly Muslim region of China is believed to be authentic, a European security source has told Sky News. The detainees are […]
Chinese New Year: The Biggest Human Migration In The World
The Chinese New Year begins today, and the year of the dog will cede its place to the pig, a zodiac sign that is supposed to attract luck and success. Chinese New Year is one of the largest holidays for travel. During the New Year, hundreds of millions of people take planes, trains, and automobiles to celebrate the event […]
The Ticking Time Bomb of the Statist Utopia – Unsustainable in Any Real Way
Babies wanted: Nordic countries crying for kids Source: Yahoo Oslo (AFP) – “Norway needs more children! I don’t think I need to tell anyone how this is done,” Norway’s prime minister said cheekily, but she was raising a real concern. Too few babies are being born in the Nordic region. The Nordic countries were long […]
Must Read: Great Piece About Technology and Humanity
Survival of the Richest The wealthy are plotting to leave us behind SOURCE: MEDIUM Douglas Rushkoff Last year, I got invited to a super-deluxe private resort to deliver a keynote speech to what I assumed would be a hundred or so investment bankers. It was by far the largest fee I had ever been offered […]
Maybe This is Why Healthcare is Unaffordable? (Just Saying)
Fat Americans, put down your smartphones, take a break from virtue signalling, and maybe go to a gym! Maybe you could decrease healthcare costs. You think? Just 23% of US adults get enough exercise, CDC reports SOURCE: CNN About a quarter of US adults meet guidelines for both aerobic and muscle-strengthening exercise in their spare […]
Because All Cultures Are Equal. Right?
The full horror of the Aztec ‘skull tower’ revealed: Archaeologists say THOUSANDS of human sacrifices had their still-beating hearts cut out before their heads were severed and added to a monument the size of a basketball court SOURCE: DAILY MAIL Aztec human sacrifices were far more widespread and grisly than previously thought, archaeologists have revealed. […]
While Idiots in the U.S. Talk of Civil War and Try to Provoke It
More than 200 people killed during weekend in central Nigeria-state governor SOURCE: AFRICA NEWS More than 200 people were killed last weekend in violence in central Nigeria’s Plateau state, the state governor said late on Tuesday. The latest death toll, up from the police’s previous figure of 86 killed, makes the violence one of the […]
Backbone of America Committing Suicide
Farmers in America are killing themselves in staggering numbers SOURCE: CBS NEWS “Think about trying to live today on the income you had 15 years ago.” That’s how agriculture expert Chris Hurt describes the plight facing U.S. farmers today. The unequal economy that’s emerged over the past decade, combined with patchy access to health care […]
Is ‘Idiocracy’ Becoming a Reality?
US Birth Rate Hits All-Time Low: What’s Behind the Decline? SOURCE: LIVESCIENCE The number of babies being born in the United States continues to fall, with the birth rate reaching a new record low in 2017, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last year, about 3.8 million babies […]