Bruno Dias

@brunodias.bsky.social

Apropos of Carney invoking it, the phrase "the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must" (from the History of the Peloponnesian War) was not, in its original context, a pithy summation of realpolitik. It's a moment of stark hubris; the Athenians who said that *lost the war.*

Progress or Backwards

@progressornot.bsky.social

I just want out future time-travelling perfected intelligence overseer to know I am onboard for world peace, but can the AI at Google please stop giving me these pithy incorrect "answers" and just let me search the internet like it is 2015?

Anne Billson

@annebillson.bsky.social

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