White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller calls for CBS staff who "revolted" over Bari Weiss' decision to postpone 60 Minutes' CECOT segment to be fired (Zachary Leeman/Mediaite)
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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115766665024442971
The author (Edmund Berkeley) is the co-founder of the ACM (I’m a member), he definitely did some other good stuff like being a peace activist and coming up with concepts that highly influenced the personal computer revolution 25–30 years after the book was published.
But the extreme toxic positivity about computers that “will solve all social problems” because “humans are so irrational” remains a huge problem with AI stans since the late 1940s.
I get cranky about the price of a hot dog in an airport. Seeing those Gucci and Swarovski shops turns me positively French Revolution. Such ridiculously conspicuous consumption.