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hinchlt··on Eric Schmidt's 6 proposals for the US to beat China in critical technologies
You may very well be correct.
hinchlt··on Eric Schmidt's 6 proposals for the US to beat China in critical technologies
The funding is already being proposed in the same House Committee with the "Securing American Leadership in Science and Technology Act" -- which proposes doubling basic research funding over the next decade at the Energy Department, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Science and Technology, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Perhaps if Schmidt's last point about building public confidence is successful, maybe public opinion would be in favor of it.

At the same time, the irony isn't lost on me that the former CEO of Google is warning about authoritarian tech.

hinchlt··on Nearly 90 percent of Peruvians want members of Congress to step down
Wow! "All living former presidents of Peru are either in prison or under investigation for corruption charges."
hinchlt··on Darpa Wants Benefits of Psychedelics but Without Hallucinations
"A military cannot function if its soldiers realize they are one with the enemy."
hinchlt··on Photos from Medellín's march for social leaders
These photos beautifully capture Colombia's relentless spirit and unwavering passion for peace and justice in the face of its community leaders being slaughtered by the hundreds.
hinchlt··on What is Colombia's commitment to protecting it's social leaders?
"623 social leaders and human rights defenders have been assassinated in Colombia since the signing of the peace accord in November 2016." - Indepaz
hinchlt··on In-Q-Tel taps Forge.AI to predict impact of world events for govt agencies
"Forge is listening to that ecosystem in real-time — the ecoystem of news, of social, of websites, of blogs, of whatever we can from around the world — and we’re capturing that information"
hinchlt··on [dead]
Today Salesforce is down, experiencing major technical issues, and its Co-Founder and CTO Parker Harris has been giving updates on Twitter.
hinchlt··on US intelligence wants to monitor planetwide ‘construction’ sites from space
If you want to know what the US intelligence community is up to in space, then check out IARPA’s SMART program, which aims to find out who’s building what and where.
hinchlt··on The Übermensch in the Cuckoo’s Nest: Malware in AI-Human Hybrids
"If malware still exists in the future, our hospitals may be treating patients with chronic implant disorders whose illnesses may look like something out of Dante’s “Inferno” or "The Book of the Dead."
hinchlt··on Space Force ‘should leverage commercial space technology’: Dep Def Sec
“When you think about what has happened in commercial space, and the amount of money that people have spent to develop commercial space technology, it’s this perfect situation where we should leverage that,” said Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan
hinchlt··on Amazon, Palantir are aiding mass deportations of govt ‘undesirables’
The report cited in the article by Mijente, the National Immigration Project, and the Immigrant Defense Project definitely has an agenda of its own and does not like the Trump administration one bit. Saying it's part of a "larger white supremacist project" is a bold statement.

Humanitarian crises are happening all over the world, and you're right, downrightmike, people are going legally or not, and for many, many reasons.

hinchlt··on ‘450 Amazon employees tell Bezos to kick Palantir off AWS’
Solid point and the article has been updated.
hinchlt··on US defense intelligence warns of AI-human hybrid soldiers from China
Elon Musk would say yes. He alluded to this on the Joe Rogan podcast.
hinchlt··on Virtual Reality Takes Consciousness Research into Mystic Realms
VR is getting mystical with experiencing death before death, treating depression, time travel, and lucid dreaming.

What else can VR show us once the doors of perception have been cleansed?