Dove va il mondo

“Companies are some of humanity’s most powerful institutions. They create immense wealth. So it’s odd that we allow them to eschew democracy when selecting a leader. What’s worse is that they have opted to embrace a terrible version of the parliamentary system.” Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Stuart Kirk Link: It’s time to let shareholders choose […]

Ten nations and the EU at the Seoul summit this week agreed to establish an international network of safety institutes to monitor the performance of frontier AI models, which is welcome. But they should now listen to Johansson and dig much deeper into the powerful corporate structures that deploy these models. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: […]

“Americans may have heard that democracy is under threat from MAGA Republicans, but what about from one-party progressive states? Witness how Illinois and other Democratic-controlled states are trying to muzzle their political opponents.” Fonte: The Wall Street Journal Autore: The Editorial Board Link: Democracy Dies in Silence

“Half of the executives in a Wall Street Journal analysis made at least $15.7 million, a record for median CEO pay in the annual survey, with several making more than $50 million. Median pay for the same companies a year earlier was about $14.5 million.” Fonte: The Wall Street Journal Autore: Theo Francis Link: The […]

“Through WikiLeaks, a whistleblowing site, Mr Assange released huge tranches of secret documents. In 2010 the site published footage of an American helicopter crew firing at civilians in Iraq, along with records suggesting that civilian casualties in Afghanistan were higher than previously reported. Rather than releasing information selectively Mr Assange published reams of classified documents […]

“One reason to be skeptical of the Israeli plan to deal with Rafah is that there isn’t one. The Israel Defense Forces previously waged war in northern Gaza and appeared to defeat Hamas there, but without a strategy to hold the territory. So Hamas rose there once more, and Israel’s lack of any coherent plan […]

“Today, Amit Shah isn’t home minister for Gujarat, but all of India. From the heart of power in Delhi, he is in charge of domestic policy, commands the capital city’s police force, and oversees the Indian state’s intelligence apparatus. He is, simply put, the second-most powerful man in the country. With the BJP poised to […]

“Without due diligence, science may suffer a reputational hit. With so many scientific challenges ahead — climate change, artificial intelligence, energy security, pandemics — it is a loss of trust humanity can ill-afford.”  Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Anjana Ahuja Link: The epidemic of bogus science

“Unable to force short-term interest rates much lower, many plumped for a Maradona-esque solution: assuring investors that they had no intention of raising policy rates any time soon. Quantitative easing (qe) programmes, which bought large volumes of bonds with newly created reserves, reinforced this signal by ensuring central banks (or the governments indemnifying them) would […]

“President Biden is trying to create a brave new U.S. green economy, but his political problem is that China wants to supply most of it. Solution? Slap new and severe tariffs on Chinese goods that far surpass Donald Trump’s. Welcome to what could be the Sarajevo of the global green trade war.” Fonte: The Wall […]