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(AI) democracy development in Taiwan - the future and the challenges

19 Sep 2024 2 minute read 3 comments Vladan Lausevic

  TLDR Audrey Tang envisions a future where AI enhances democracy by improving transparency and citizen participation. Her vision emphasizes safeguarding against cyber threats, fostering participatory democracy through digital platforms, and maintai...

March 31, 2001: The Infamous Sandbox Party

19 Sep 2024 15 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

This picture below is actually such a hilarious cross-reference of various threads and eras that I could get sidetracked for days merely discussing all contained within. I guess this is a good example of how when you meet people for the first time,...

Own your costly flaws

18 Sep 2024 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Everyone has flaws. Mine is that when I’m exhausted or have a trillion things running through my mind or am fixated on one particular thing, I tend to drop the ball. Sometimes, I am able to reverse my error. No harm done, and life goes on as usual. O...

Trapped in Lies

17 Sep 2024 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist

You lied, now im trapped  i gave you my trust, you laughed. You laughed despite knowing what to come, this aftermath.   You lied, now im trapped Who knew a question could end in a conclusion. Not me but the whole time, certainly you. All the immature...

Do We Really Care What Trump Thinks of Crypto?

17 Sep 2024 2 minute read 2 comments WinterYeti

There isn't a day that goes by where there's not a story about Donald Trump's attempted forays into the digital value world with another pea-brained venture launching a token, NFT or worse, specially spray-painted gold sneakers. If it wasn't so laugh...

Cannibalized By Vegans

17 Sep 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"Why does the world go unholy?Why does everyone fight more and more?Don't they know we have a savior?All we have to do is believe and pray"The Shaggs   I was playing chess with my cat the other day, and he said he was in the mood for jazz and roasted...

"The politics of blame" among populists as Trump

16 Sep 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

  TLDR A new form of politics, led by figures like Trump and Johnson, embraces blame rather than avoiding it. By provoking controversy and antagonizing opponents, these politicians weaponize blame as a tool for support. To counter this, defenders of...

What The Tech?! Open Source Software

16 Sep 2024 6 minute read 4 comments Investigator515

Open-source software helps power all types of systems the world over. If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack As technology has played a greater role in our lives, the subscription-based system has also grown. While p...

Conversation at work about this

15 Sep 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/ZucowkD2VQbZCqOp Just the other day we had a conversation about the SVO at work. A miniature. A colleague at work, Roma. A healthy thirty-eight-year-old organism, having served his term in "Rosi...

The UN’s Global Compact on Refugees calls on states to consult with refugees regarding displacement crises

15 Sep 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

  TLDR  Despite increasing attention to refugee leadership, genuine participation in decision-making still needs to be improved. Many humanitarian organizations fail to empower refugees meaningfully, often perpetuating power imbalances. Real change r...