Samo Burja
@SamoBurja
There's never been an immortal society. Figuring out why. Founder of @bismarckanlys.
Despite being one of the world's great military powers, the British armed forces and defense industry take a knowingly subsidiary role to the U.S. This strengthens alliances in Europe, but locks the UK out of great power status. Read the new @bismarckanlys Brief! (link below)
finally found an ideology that offers practical solutions to the problems of our era
Exactly right. However age-related cognitive impairment if addressed would be an amazing boost to human capabilities. 80 years of thinking and working with a brain as fresh and adaptive as that of a 25-year-old would redefine peak achievement.
This is a rare case where I agree with Jacobin. Increasing quality of life for the aged is important, but increased lifespan, especially if cognitive impairment is not addressed, is not good for civilization. We are already ruled by a gerontocracy!
Unfortunately this tweet continues to age well. As does congress.
America today is an almost Soviet-like gerontocracy.
In Europe, thousands are being convicted for the crime of criticizing their own governments. This Orwellian message won't fool the United States. Censorship is not freedom.
#EuropeProtects #DSAProtects #DemocracyNotAlgoracy
Interesting. While its yet to filter through the economy, production is becoming more high-status than consumption in the U.S. tech industry. From this updated outside perspective, the UK's trajectory is not one of natural drift towards high-end services, but straight-up…
Today I learned that in 1944, the UK had a working population of 24m against a total of 48m, and today has a working population of 28m against a total of 69m. In the 80 intervening years, worker productivity growth has exceeded 2% per year, on average, for a total of over 5x.…
Why are young people so angry? Perhaps a better question to ask is why older people are so complacent. Me in the Telegraph:
The moral inversion of the current UK justice system is breathtaking
How does a small boat immigrant who entered Britain illegally and then sexually assaulted a girl with special needs get a shorter sentence than Lucy Connolly?
History's most dangerous leaders had one thing in common: blocked career ambitions. @SamoBurja warns why AI automation could create a new generation of frustrated elites
"AI that only automates knowledge work will cause negative economic growth due to harsh political reactions." - @SamoBurja Samo's contrarian take: Automating white-collar jobs is more dangerous than blue-collar automation. The laptop class has organizational power. Prepare for…
In fact, young men with a college degree now have the same unemployment rate as young men who didn’t go to college, completely erasing the graduate employment premium. Whereas a healthy premium remains for young women.
What a speech. I don’t agree with all of its specifics, but its general sentiment speaks to a deep truth. A country severed from the roots which built it cannot remain for long.
I gave a speech today in an empty chamber. It’s about the need for a Christian restoration.
Im sorry to dash your hopes🤣 here @SamoBurja, but the concept a “Taiwan Lobby” is nothing new and infact it was probably one of the most powerful lobby groups in the United States around the 1950’s and 60’s. It was called the “China Lobby.”
@SamoBurja coins a new term: "The Taiwan Lobby" - and explains how it secretly shapes Silicon Valley's chip empire through personal relationships and geopolitical interests
“governments which actively destroy past artifacts for ideological reasons, such as the Taliban, Islamic State, or Australia” (!!!) I recently spent a month researching and writing about the politics of Australian archaeology. It was quite hard... and depressing
Our version of archaeology won't necessarily endure because of its superior complexity or of our superior wealth and technology. Even today, from Italy to Australia to Brazil to the U.S. itself, political and financial priorities easily overrule the interests of science.
@SamoBurja coins a new term: "The Taiwan Lobby" - and explains how it secretly shapes Silicon Valley's chip empire through personal relationships and geopolitical interests
Factories and offices will always generate far more wealth than hotels and restaurants. Growing tourism is a sign of economic stagnation not dynamism. Europe needs to learn: no country ever got rich off tourism—nor will stay rich. Read the new article by @mmjukic (link below):
This is much likelier than economists would like to admit.
In 10 years, Eastern Europe will have to bail out Western Europe, like Western Europe had to bail out Greece. You will see.
Notes on an emerging legend - ChatGPT psychosis (a thread)