QuoteAgain I think the key forces here are globalisation and the rise of Asia. But I think part of the consequences of that, especially with Trump, is that there is going to be a decoupling of Europe and America. Which will be transformative and I think is already relevant in how Europe orients itself towards Russia and China as I think we're moving back to Eurasia after a few hundred years of a Euro-Atlantic with the Americas as European hinterland, then s shaed Atlantic, to Europe as an American frontier. Again I think it maybe feels like apocalypse if you're in - and a believer in - that Euro-Atlantic, but possibly not if you're from, say, China or India within living memory of profound absolute rural immiseration and seeing vistas and possibilities opening that were impossible to imagine a generation ago. Again I think for a lot of the world the "rules based liberal order" is not something to mourn because it never looked rules based, liberal, or orderly for themI would say though that even from an Indian or Chinese perspective things are looking very dodgy indeed.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 31, 2025, 12:00:07 PMQuote from: Josquius on December 31, 2025, 11:00:27 AMOnce upon a time it made sense. Books were scarce. Remembering had value. Even without AI this hasn't been so for a while.
It would be nice to see a change in how things are done to encourage more application even at undergrad.
Life would be impossible without remembering. We use basic math every day. We use language every day.

Quote from: Valmy on December 31, 2025, 04:02:31 PMQuote from: crazy canuck on December 31, 2025, 08:25:50 AMQuote from: Valmy on December 31, 2025, 03:44:30 AMJesus Christ man.
I mean fuck that rapist guy but that is some pretty blood chilling shit.
We are all going to have to choose to live in the dark ages just to avoid constant control and monitoring aren't we?
Granted even if the government couldn't do that without a warrant, everybody else can already do it so maybe it doesn't really make that much of a difference. It is always just depressing to be reminded of it.
I wouldn't call the time before search engines the dark ages. I think it was preferable in many ways.
Yeah but all the analog infrastructure that made that work is mostly gone.
Quote from: The Brain on December 31, 2025, 03:33:03 AMA general observation: many US government organizations have historically been heavy hitters globally, their regulations and assessments have carried some weight worldwide in many industries. That prestige is starting to evaporate, since US government is a joke now.My hope is that the obvious insanity going on now will actually mitigate the reputational damage to some extent, because the world knows that the stupid tweets are not really coming from the same agencies that earned the prestige, even if they carry the same name.
). I agree in regards to lectures or set texts.Quote from: Sheilbh on December 31, 2025, 01:03:11 PMI'm not so sure on academia being we're taught what we collectively know, but the contemporary take or interpretation of it. We are taught not the past but the present - which is built on those foundations.
Quote from: Josephus on December 31, 2025, 03:01:36 PMNobody's brought up AI, either. I really don't think we can underestimate the potential danger of this.I did bring up AI in my post, and I'm scared of it for many reasons. I think people get so caught up about measuring ChatGPT's IQ that they don't think about the scalability of knowledge aspect, and how dangerous it can be all on its own.
[edit] Yes, I know there's an entire thread about it.
Quote from: crazy canuck on December 31, 2025, 08:25:50 AMQuote from: Valmy on December 31, 2025, 03:44:30 AMJesus Christ man.
I mean fuck that rapist guy but that is some pretty blood chilling shit.
We are all going to have to choose to live in the dark ages just to avoid constant control and monitoring aren't we?
Granted even if the government couldn't do that without a warrant, everybody else can already do it so maybe it doesn't really make that much of a difference. It is always just depressing to be reminded of it.
I wouldn't call the time before search engines the dark ages. I think it was preferable in many ways.
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