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RIP Jesse Jackson. I still appreciate that he gave me a big smile and a thumbs up when I was 12.
I came across him at the super bowl about 15 years ago. He had a big entourage with him so didn't actually meet him but pretty sure he was the most famous celebrity I came across that day.
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The Trump administration plans to loosen restrictions on coal-burning power plants this week, allowing them to emit more hazardous pollutants including mercury, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
The weird fetishizing of “dirty” production has always been an odd one for me to understand. Like yeah, it’s obviously cheaper on some levels, but it feels like more than that. These ****ers really seem to get off on the darkest parts of industrialization and polluting as much as possible.
Unleashed dog in Breckenridge, CO causing problems. I know, punish the attacked.....
The weird fetishizing of “dirty” production has always been an odd one for me to understand. Like yeah, it’s obviously cheaper on some levels, but it feels like more than that. These ****ers really seem to get off on the darkest parts of industrialization and polluting as much as possible.
Thanks to all the setbacks in energy production and defunding of tens of billions of dollars for higher education, we have pretty much handed the future over to China. They are essentially unstoppable at this point, and I’m not even sure the US beating them to the punch on AI and other advanced weaponry and cyber operations is even desirable at this point. It certainly doesn’t seem feasible for us to pull back ahead despite the tremendous head start we had.
Unleashed dog in Breckenridge, CO causing problems. I know, punish the attacked.....
It sounds like they are punishing the guy who had the unleashed dog and attacked a woman with a ski pole.
It sounds like they are punishing the guy who had the unleashed dog and attacked a woman with a ski pole.
yep, my wording was poor... to the point of sounding incorrect. my bad.
He acted exactly how I would expect someone who thinks they are too good for the rules would act
These people all think they are special snowflakes yet they are just cookie cutter carbon copies of the most annoying ******* you've ever met
Unleashed dog in Breckenridge, CO causing problems. I know, punish the attacked.....
Always learned there are three sides to every story and the truth is one of them
Thanks to all the setbacks in energy production and defunding of tens of billions of dollars for higher education, we have pretty much handed the future over to China. They are essentially unstoppable at this point, and I’m not even sure the US beating them to the punch on AI and other advanced weaponry and cyber operations is even desirable at this point. It certainly do
A good while back, when relations where better and these things were more common, I did some presentations to Chinese delegations from their Ministry of Education. I don't know how such work ranks in China when it comes to being sent abroad on official business, but their people were a league above people in comparable positions I have met from other countries. Brilliant, educated at elite universities, extremely competent, and very professional. I remember thinking that if this is who they send to study something as niche as this, then what kind of superhumans do they appoint for the big stuff?
Meanwhile, in many western countries these days we can can't even be bothered to make sure our ambassadors rise to the standard of "able to speak coherently".
Whether they will be "unstoppable" is a debate of its own. There are shadows also on the Chinese horizon; population decline, regional conflict, corruption, trade wars. Still, they certainly do seem to understand the importance of thinking long-term, the importance of education, future-proofing their energy sector and combine these with an ability to do things on an extremely large scale.
It sounds like he definitely hit the woman with his pole though, so no matter what transpired prior that's no bueno.
A good while back, when relations where better and these things were more common, I did some presentations to Chinese delegations from their Ministry of Education. I don't know how such work ranks in China when it comes to being sent abroad on official business, but their people were a league above people in comparable positions I have met from other countries. Brilliant, educa
china is incredible at identifying top talents, grooming them and putting them in charge of things like that - you were definitely dealing with the lower level members of the c or d team (they typically don't allow the higher level people to leave due to fear of capital flight as the higher level people have decision power and access to make millions and are constantly looking for ways to get out with their cash before eventually getting caught - even their families are not allowed to leave - if your dad is a high ranking military official, not only can he not go abroad but neither can his wife nor children hold a passport) - but the 4th tier of smart people in a country of 1 billion is likely going to have a higher median iq than whomever finagled there way to an equivalent position in other countries
you were not witnessing a finished product but part of the grooming stage for some of the more junior level policy wonks in the department
china is incredible at identifying top talents, grooming them and putting them in charge of things like that - you were definitely dealing with the lower level members of the c or d team (they typically don't allow the higher level people to leave due to fear of capital flight as the higher level people have decision power and access to make millions and are constantly looking
That is good insight and fascinating as well. Thank you for that.
A good while back, when relations where better and these things were more common, I did some presentations to Chinese delegations from their Ministry of Education. I don't know how such work ranks in China when it comes to being sent abroad on official business, but their people were a league above people in comparable positions I have met from other countries. Brilliant, educa
Right, I should say that all else being equal they will easily surpass us in tech, AI, and cybersecurity. The only thing we really have going for us is the outside chance of political collapse, but even that has been waning in recent years due to expert political communication at the hands of Xi, the politburo, and others in elite Chinese society.
1) they understand that in order to maintain authoritarian rule, they can’t have a crisis of quality of life. a huge underclass leads to huge political instability.
2) they have leveraged the political instability of the West as an indictment against democracy. no one in China is looking at the US as some symbol of freedom anymore, it’s just identified with corruption, elites that prevent any progress, and stupid decisions at the expense of the working class. it’s interesting to watch Chinese political leaders comment on why the West is failing in their eyes, and they always connect it back to the elite “selling out” the working class. whether that’s true in whole or just a matter of a certain segment of the political class preventing progress, I’m not sure.
3) they turn their biggest weakness into a strength. when Jack Ma or Bao Fan get kidnapped and disappeared, it could be seen by many as a huge sign of corruption and control of political dissent. But the way it is received and communicated is that no one is above the law, unlike the West where the elites can quite literally get away with murder. now I doubt very much that no one is above the law, but the point is that they are able to communicate much more effectively to the general public than the elites in our country.
In China all the smartest people work for the state and if you don’t they ruin your life and re-educate you. In America all the smartest people work in the private sector.
In China all the smartest people work for the state and if you don’t they ruin your life and re-educate you. In America all the smartest people work in the private sector.
the smartest people are not concentrated in any one sector. intelligence is randomly distributed. opportunity is not
the united states does not have a coherent national system for identifying high ability children. there is no universal screening mandate, no standardized pipeline, no consistent acceleration framework. some districts do nothing. others offer light differentiation and call it gifted programming
so the idea that america is deliberately funneling its brightest into the private sector presumes we are systematically identifying them in the first place. we are not
most developed countries at least attempt structured identification. the approaches differ in intensity, but there is an effort to separate the wheat from the chaff early and route high performers into specialized tracks. canada uses broad screening and enrichment structures. countries like china, singapore, and israel are far more aggressive and explicit about talent sorting
the american model largely outsources this to parents. if a high ability child is born into an informed, affluent, education focused household, that potential is usually cultivated. if not, it often goes unnoticed or underdeveloped
that is why outcomes here are less predictable. a gifted child born to a landscaper in alabama can absolutely succeed. but statistically that child is behind the eight ball compared to a lower than average intelligence child born into a highly educated suburban household with institutional knowledge and resources
there is no grand sorting mechanism sending the best minds to government or private industry, there is random dispersal with parental filters
the smartest people are not concentrated in any one sector. intelligence is randomly distributed. opportunity is notthe united states does not have a coherent national system for identifying high ability children. there is no universal screening mandate, no standardized pipeline, no consistent acceleration framework. some districts do nothing. others offer light differentiation
Differences in compensation and opportunity filter smarter and more driven candidates towards the private sector.
This is just common knowledge.
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the united states does not have a coherent national system for identifying high ability children.
Can't do that. How would little Sally feel if she didn't make the cut.
Differences in compensation and opportunity filter smarter and more driven candidates towards the private sector.
This is just common knowledge.
CCS Global Tech - Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, & Azure Management Servicesyou're looking at how get the high performing adults to crossover - which is an entirely different situation than what i was discussing and ultimately tied to compensation
In China all the smartest people work for the state and if you don’t they ruin your life and re-educate you. In America all the smartest people work in the private sector.
Are the engineers at BYD state employees? I'm sure the state owns a piece of the company but it would be quite a technicality to call them state employees. The private sector is flooded with the best and brightest in the country.
somehow i think if sally could see the future, she would rather be left out now but later work for the surprisingly smart billybob redneck than she would for h1b arjun patel
Are the engineers at BYD state employees? I'm sure the state owns a piece of the company but it would be quite a technicality to call them state employees. The private sector is flooded with the best and brightest in the country.
I don’t know much about BYD but it looks like it has strong ties to the Chinese government despite being a private company. However I agree it would be wrong to call their employees state employees without further knowledge
In China all the smartest people work for the state and if you don’t they ruin your life and re-educate you. In America all the smartest people work in the private sector.
Is there evidence of that? Tends to be the people who make their way upwards in politics exhibit some combination of one standard deviation or more in higher IQ + social intelligence which is not correlated with high IQ. I think the most high IQ people will still find themselves doing work that isn’t a government job, or is just a public sector non-political role.
