This document provides a critique of the Zeitgeist movement and Venus Project. It acknowledges some valid critiques they raise but argues they get many things wrong. They incorrectly claim money, markets, and prices are inherently evil. They fail to recognize human nature and ignore the benefits of voluntary exchange. Their proposals require centralized control and abandonment of individual economic freedom. Overall, the document is critical of the Zeitgeist movement's biased and unrealistic claims about human behavior, resources, and the feasibility of their proposed system.
The document discusses the concept of creative destruction in capitalism. It describes how new technologies, processes, and competitors can destroy existing companies and industries, using the example of how mini-mills disrupted the steel industry and led to the demise of Bethlehem Steel. While creative destruction causes disruption, it also drives progress and creates new opportunities. The document argues that embracing rather than resisting change is necessary for economic development and prosperity.
The document discusses critical thinking and political economy. It encourages developing a "scout mindset" to question assumptions and discover reality. This includes examining assumptions about ideologies like capitalism, socialism, and neoliberalism. New theories of political economy are emerging that consider concepts like environmental sustainability, universal well-being, and post-growth economics. Technological changes may lead to either dystopian or utopian outcomes depending on how societies choose to respond.
The document outlines 9 key principles of economic thinking: [1] Everything has a cost; [2] People choose for good reasons based on weighing costs and benefits; [3] Incentives matter and influence behavior; [4] Economic systems are created to influence choices and incentives; [5] People gain from voluntary trade; [6] Economic thinking considers marginal changes; [7] The value of goods is subjective; [8] Economic actions create secondary effects; [9] Economic theories are tested based on their ability to predict behavior.
01 introducing the economic way of thinkingNepDevWiki
This chapter introduces key economic concepts such as scarcity, resources, and the difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics. It explains that scarcity exists because human wants are unlimited but resources are limited, forcing individuals and societies to make choices. Resources are categorized as land, labor, and capital. Entrepreneurs organize these resources to produce goods and services. Economics studies how people make choices to satisfy wants. Microeconomics examines individual decision-making units while macroeconomics looks at whole economies. Models are used to understand and predict economic behavior.
Economics and Online Work (a slightly misleading title though - see description)John Horton
This presentation might be better titled "Economics for skeptical non-economist social scientists, plus some basic labor economics at the end." It was part of a longer lecture I gave about economics and online work at the "2013 Training School on Virtual Work" held in Malta.
The document discusses the concept of creative destruction in capitalism. It describes how new technologies, processes, and competitors can destroy existing companies and industries, using the example of how mini-mills disrupted the steel industry and led to the demise of Bethlehem Steel. While creative destruction causes disruption, it also drives progress and creates new opportunities. The document argues that embracing rather than resisting change is necessary for economic development and prosperity.
The document discusses critical thinking and political economy. It encourages developing a "scout mindset" to question assumptions and discover reality. This includes examining assumptions about ideologies like capitalism, socialism, and neoliberalism. New theories of political economy are emerging that consider concepts like environmental sustainability, universal well-being, and post-growth economics. Technological changes may lead to either dystopian or utopian outcomes depending on how societies choose to respond.
The document outlines 9 key principles of economic thinking: [1] Everything has a cost; [2] People choose for good reasons based on weighing costs and benefits; [3] Incentives matter and influence behavior; [4] Economic systems are created to influence choices and incentives; [5] People gain from voluntary trade; [6] Economic thinking considers marginal changes; [7] The value of goods is subjective; [8] Economic actions create secondary effects; [9] Economic theories are tested based on their ability to predict behavior.
01 introducing the economic way of thinkingNepDevWiki
This chapter introduces key economic concepts such as scarcity, resources, and the difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics. It explains that scarcity exists because human wants are unlimited but resources are limited, forcing individuals and societies to make choices. Resources are categorized as land, labor, and capital. Entrepreneurs organize these resources to produce goods and services. Economics studies how people make choices to satisfy wants. Microeconomics examines individual decision-making units while macroeconomics looks at whole economies. Models are used to understand and predict economic behavior.
Economics and Online Work (a slightly misleading title though - see description)John Horton
This presentation might be better titled "Economics for skeptical non-economist social scientists, plus some basic labor economics at the end." It was part of a longer lecture I gave about economics and online work at the "2013 Training School on Virtual Work" held in Malta.
The document discusses tensions between freedom and statism in shaping the future of transhumanism and technological progress. It notes conflicting goals among transhumanists and questions around how to fund large projects or ensure economic participation. Both freedom and statism are seen as having pros and cons when it comes to issues like individual rights, coercion, innovation, funding priorities, and positive rights. The document raises questions about economic viability and redistribution in a future with advanced automation and questions what the overarching goals for such a future should be.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in microeconomics and macroeconomics. It defines economics as dealing with scarcity and choice. It discusses opportunity costs, markets, and different economic systems. Productive efficiency and inefficiency are explained using the production possibilities frontier model. The document also distinguishes between positive and normative economics and microeconomics and macroeconomics.
The document outlines the principles of PROUT (Progressive Utilization Theory), an alternative economic model. It argues that today's economic system only benefits a few people and encourages excessive accumulation of wealth. PROUT proposes cooperative ownership of large enterprises, guaranteed minimum resources for all, and using taxes to fund welfare instead of income tax. It aims to ensure full employment, higher purchasing power, and the rational distribution and maximum utilization of resources for the benefit of all people.
The document discusses several high priorities needed to move forward, including a sound economy, cheap and plentiful energy, sufficient materials, and an end to aging. It notes the economic realities of high debt levels, lower tax revenues, aging demographics, and governments overpromising on entitlement programs. Thorium reactors, anti-aging research, asteroid mining, and continued technological progress are proposed as ways to address energy, materials, and aging issues. Economic changes like balanced budgets, entitlement reforms, and incentives for business are also suggested.
This document provides an overview of the foundations of economics. It discusses 5 key foundations:
1) Incentives matter - People respond to incentives, both positive and negative. Unintended consequences can arise from incentive structures.
2) Life involves trade-offs - Scarcity requires choices that incur opportunity costs. Governments and individuals face policy and personal trade-offs.
3) Opportunity cost is the highest valued alternative forgone. Marginal thinking evaluates costs and benefits of additional units of goods or activities.
4) Trade can create value when parties voluntarily exchange based on comparative advantage. Specialization and trade allow gains from specialization.
5) Economics involves both micro topics like individual decisions and
This document contains summaries of several books on various topics. It discusses books about innovation, marketing, economics, habits, leadership, and more. For example, one summary explains that a book about humane workplaces argues companies should shift from command and control to humanized management, and outlines eight pillars of creating humane capital, such as having a higher purpose and self-organization of employees. Overall, the document provides high-level overviews of the main ideas and arguments contained in multiple business and self-help related books.
This document discusses factors of production and population theories. It defines the four main factors of production as land, labor, capital, and organization/enterprise. It describes each factor and how they work together in the production process. The document also discusses Malthus' theory of population, which argues that population grows geometrically while food production grows arithmetically, leading to poverty. It notes criticisms of Malthus' pessimistic view and introduces the optimum population theory of finding the ideal population size based on a country's resources.
This document discusses factors of production and population theories. It defines the four main factors of production as land, labor, capital, and organization/enterprise. It describes each factor and how they work together in the production process. The document also discusses two major population theories - Malthus' theory of population growth outpacing food supply, and the optimum population theory which argues countries should aim for an ideal population level based on their resources.
Lots of people have an intuition that "fiat money" -- money based on government paper with no commodity like gold to "back" it -- is something of a scam, weak and doomed to failure. That intuition is wrong. Fiat money runs the world, obviously, and that isn't an accident. Here's how (I think) it works.
This document introduces several ethical theories: Kantianism focuses on treating people as ends rather than means; utilitarianism evaluates actions based on their consequences and maximizing happiness; social contract theory proposes that individuals implicitly consent to moral rules for the benefit of society; and virtue ethics emphasizes cultivating moral character through habitually doing right actions. The document provides examples applying these theories to scenarios around plagiarism, highway construction, computer viruses, marketing practices, and more.
The document provides an overview of key concepts in economics, including:
1) Economics is the study of how people satisfy unlimited wants through scarce resources. It addresses the fundamental problem of scarcity and how societies answer three basic questions: what, how, and for whom to produce.
2) Traditional, command, and market economies differ in how they answer these questions, with traditional relying on custom, command on central planning, and market on individual choices.
3) Most modern societies have mixed economies that incorporate elements of each system.
What is sustainable wealth?
The two words are central to combining ecology and economy. This conference is an opportunity to go beyond standard definitions and ask new questions about what we can co-create. Sustainability is a dynamic process that touches everything we do. As we acknowledge the failure of traditional economics and accept that the economy is also a dynamic and evolving complex system threatened by unsustainability, we can integrate new concepts of wealth and new social purposes into our business models and our individual lives. This presentation will raise questions about both sustainability and wealth that we shall continue to explore throughout the conference and beyond.
This presentation discusses the following topics
Adam Smith
What is Economics
Need and Want
Economic Problem
Scarcity
Factors of Problem
Opportunity cost
Choice
Types of Products
History of Economic Thought Revisited: Beyond Left and RightJoffre Balce
As much as many of us hate economists, we all love to sound like one. Some simplify arguments that limit people's choices between the left and the right, between the government and the market or, worse, between two political parties. By reflecting on the origins and evolution of economic thought, we will endeavour to widen our gaze beyond such limited binary thinking and open new directions in economic discourse.
The opportunity cost of attending the Super Bowl game is $300. While the ticket was given for free, the next best alternative is attending the Beyoncé concert, which you would be willing to pay up to $300 for. Therefore, the opportunity cost is $300, which is the value of the best alternative forgone by attending the Super Bowl.
The document discusses building innovation ecosystems and outlines questions to consider when analyzing an ecosystem. It notes that while traditional economics focused on gears (capital, labor, etc.), real economic activity is carried out by human beings impacted by geography, culture, and lack of trust. To develop innovation, we must build tribes of trust through diversity, collaboration, and experimentation. It provides "Rules of the Rainforest" for cultivating such ecosystems, including breaking rules and dreaming, trusting and being trusted, and failing fast and cheaply. It poses questions to evaluate elements like leadership, talent, ideas, capital, collaboration, and culture within an ecosystem.
The document provides a summary of various science and technology news including declining jobs, 3D telepresence technology, graphene circuits, an aberration free lens, cheap 3D sensing, and an energy efficient 64-core processor. It also discusses optical vortices and interference patterns, and introduces a wave glider surfing robot.
A space pier using reusable rockets may be more feasible than a space elevator for providing cheaper access to geosynchronous orbit. While a space elevator faces serious material challenges due to its length, a space pier concept using 100km towers in space could utilize less exotic materials and avoid the difficulties of an elevator reaching from the ground to space.
The document discusses tensions between freedom and statism in shaping the future of transhumanism and technological progress. It notes conflicting goals among transhumanists and questions around how to fund large projects or ensure economic participation. Both freedom and statism are seen as having pros and cons when it comes to issues like individual rights, coercion, innovation, funding priorities, and positive rights. The document raises questions about economic viability and redistribution in a future with advanced automation and questions what the overarching goals for such a future should be.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in microeconomics and macroeconomics. It defines economics as dealing with scarcity and choice. It discusses opportunity costs, markets, and different economic systems. Productive efficiency and inefficiency are explained using the production possibilities frontier model. The document also distinguishes between positive and normative economics and microeconomics and macroeconomics.
The document outlines the principles of PROUT (Progressive Utilization Theory), an alternative economic model. It argues that today's economic system only benefits a few people and encourages excessive accumulation of wealth. PROUT proposes cooperative ownership of large enterprises, guaranteed minimum resources for all, and using taxes to fund welfare instead of income tax. It aims to ensure full employment, higher purchasing power, and the rational distribution and maximum utilization of resources for the benefit of all people.
The document discusses several high priorities needed to move forward, including a sound economy, cheap and plentiful energy, sufficient materials, and an end to aging. It notes the economic realities of high debt levels, lower tax revenues, aging demographics, and governments overpromising on entitlement programs. Thorium reactors, anti-aging research, asteroid mining, and continued technological progress are proposed as ways to address energy, materials, and aging issues. Economic changes like balanced budgets, entitlement reforms, and incentives for business are also suggested.
This document provides an overview of the foundations of economics. It discusses 5 key foundations:
1) Incentives matter - People respond to incentives, both positive and negative. Unintended consequences can arise from incentive structures.
2) Life involves trade-offs - Scarcity requires choices that incur opportunity costs. Governments and individuals face policy and personal trade-offs.
3) Opportunity cost is the highest valued alternative forgone. Marginal thinking evaluates costs and benefits of additional units of goods or activities.
4) Trade can create value when parties voluntarily exchange based on comparative advantage. Specialization and trade allow gains from specialization.
5) Economics involves both micro topics like individual decisions and
This document contains summaries of several books on various topics. It discusses books about innovation, marketing, economics, habits, leadership, and more. For example, one summary explains that a book about humane workplaces argues companies should shift from command and control to humanized management, and outlines eight pillars of creating humane capital, such as having a higher purpose and self-organization of employees. Overall, the document provides high-level overviews of the main ideas and arguments contained in multiple business and self-help related books.
This document discusses factors of production and population theories. It defines the four main factors of production as land, labor, capital, and organization/enterprise. It describes each factor and how they work together in the production process. The document also discusses Malthus' theory of population, which argues that population grows geometrically while food production grows arithmetically, leading to poverty. It notes criticisms of Malthus' pessimistic view and introduces the optimum population theory of finding the ideal population size based on a country's resources.
This document discusses factors of production and population theories. It defines the four main factors of production as land, labor, capital, and organization/enterprise. It describes each factor and how they work together in the production process. The document also discusses two major population theories - Malthus' theory of population growth outpacing food supply, and the optimum population theory which argues countries should aim for an ideal population level based on their resources.
Lots of people have an intuition that "fiat money" -- money based on government paper with no commodity like gold to "back" it -- is something of a scam, weak and doomed to failure. That intuition is wrong. Fiat money runs the world, obviously, and that isn't an accident. Here's how (I think) it works.
This document introduces several ethical theories: Kantianism focuses on treating people as ends rather than means; utilitarianism evaluates actions based on their consequences and maximizing happiness; social contract theory proposes that individuals implicitly consent to moral rules for the benefit of society; and virtue ethics emphasizes cultivating moral character through habitually doing right actions. The document provides examples applying these theories to scenarios around plagiarism, highway construction, computer viruses, marketing practices, and more.
The document provides an overview of key concepts in economics, including:
1) Economics is the study of how people satisfy unlimited wants through scarce resources. It addresses the fundamental problem of scarcity and how societies answer three basic questions: what, how, and for whom to produce.
2) Traditional, command, and market economies differ in how they answer these questions, with traditional relying on custom, command on central planning, and market on individual choices.
3) Most modern societies have mixed economies that incorporate elements of each system.
What is sustainable wealth?
The two words are central to combining ecology and economy. This conference is an opportunity to go beyond standard definitions and ask new questions about what we can co-create. Sustainability is a dynamic process that touches everything we do. As we acknowledge the failure of traditional economics and accept that the economy is also a dynamic and evolving complex system threatened by unsustainability, we can integrate new concepts of wealth and new social purposes into our business models and our individual lives. This presentation will raise questions about both sustainability and wealth that we shall continue to explore throughout the conference and beyond.
This presentation discusses the following topics
Adam Smith
What is Economics
Need and Want
Economic Problem
Scarcity
Factors of Problem
Opportunity cost
Choice
Types of Products
History of Economic Thought Revisited: Beyond Left and RightJoffre Balce
As much as many of us hate economists, we all love to sound like one. Some simplify arguments that limit people's choices between the left and the right, between the government and the market or, worse, between two political parties. By reflecting on the origins and evolution of economic thought, we will endeavour to widen our gaze beyond such limited binary thinking and open new directions in economic discourse.
The opportunity cost of attending the Super Bowl game is $300. While the ticket was given for free, the next best alternative is attending the Beyoncé concert, which you would be willing to pay up to $300 for. Therefore, the opportunity cost is $300, which is the value of the best alternative forgone by attending the Super Bowl.
The document discusses building innovation ecosystems and outlines questions to consider when analyzing an ecosystem. It notes that while traditional economics focused on gears (capital, labor, etc.), real economic activity is carried out by human beings impacted by geography, culture, and lack of trust. To develop innovation, we must build tribes of trust through diversity, collaboration, and experimentation. It provides "Rules of the Rainforest" for cultivating such ecosystems, including breaking rules and dreaming, trusting and being trusted, and failing fast and cheaply. It poses questions to evaluate elements like leadership, talent, ideas, capital, collaboration, and culture within an ecosystem.
The document provides a summary of various science and technology news including declining jobs, 3D telepresence technology, graphene circuits, an aberration free lens, cheap 3D sensing, and an energy efficient 64-core processor. It also discusses optical vortices and interference patterns, and introduces a wave glider surfing robot.
A space pier using reusable rockets may be more feasible than a space elevator for providing cheaper access to geosynchronous orbit. While a space elevator faces serious material challenges due to its length, a space pier concept using 100km towers in space could utilize less exotic materials and avoid the difficulties of an elevator reaching from the ground to space.
The economy is currently experiencing high inflation and a slowing job market. While unemployment remains low, consumer prices are rising sharply and economic growth has weakened in recent months. If inflation is not brought under control and the job market deteriorates further, the country risks entering a recession.
DNA origami is a technique for precisely arranging DNA strands into complex shapes and patterns, at the nanoscale, which can be used to assemble nanomachines. Indoor navigation remains a challenge as GPS signals do not penetrate buildings well. Devices and gadgets continue to push the boundaries of miniaturization and what can be achieved at the nanoscale.
The document summarizes discussions from a recap event on November 4th, 2012. Several speakers addressed topics including advances in health, wealth, violence reduction, technology, AI, longevity research, data access and ownership, and the potential societal impacts of artificial general intelligence. Vernor Vinge discussed multiple scenarios that could lead to a technological singularity, and Peter Norvig's projections from 2007 about hierarchical knowledge representation and machine learning were discussed.
The document discusses several emerging technologies including Autodesk developing CAD software for 3D tissue modeling, creating new materials by recipe, and an air data glove that allows writing in air. It also mentions upcoming smartphone advances like wireless charging standards, flexible displays, and fast growing Asian markets. Additionally, it briefly mentions potential discoveries or applications such as two types of Higgs bosons, generating electricity from tornadoes, over 500 phases of matter, quantum spin liquids, and using focused sound beams as a scalpel.
Voyager 1 has traveled 17 light hours from Earth and is sending back images. Scientists have determined that some planets discovered are potentially more habitable than Earth. Researchers continue developing new propulsion technologies, such as warp drive, to enable faster than light travel.
A new study claims to have smashed a previously believed "quantum limit" by detecting four times lower error rates than thought possible in quantum communication. If true, this could enable higher speed, lower power communication with fewer errors. The article also summarizes the latest developments in wireless technologies including 802.11ac, 802.11ad, LTE Advanced, and experimental technologies capable of transferring data at speeds from 1 Gbps to several terabits per second and even 1 petabit per second over fiber optic cables.
The document discusses the potential economic value of asteroid mining due to the precious metals and other resources contained within asteroids. It notes that a small 10-meter platinum asteroid could be worth $670 billion and even the smallest metallic asteroid identified so far contains over $30 trillion worth of metals. The document also outlines plans to characterize the atmospheres of exoplanets using telescopes by 2020 and new technologies like electric solar sails and mach effect thrusters that could enable deeper space exploration to planets and asteroids.
The document discusses the goals and philosophy of transhumanism, which advocates using technology to enhance human capabilities and abolish involuntary suffering by achieving indefinite life extension, abundant resources through space exploration, and advancing intelligence through both biological and technological means. It outlines concerns about aging populations, resource shortages, and economic crises, and proposes focusing research on anti-aging, artificial intelligence, brain-computer interfaces, and space exploitation to address these challenges. The document asks what individuals can do to help achieve this vision through funding research, building high-tech communities, and using their own skills to collaborate on advancing relevant technologies.
The document discusses several advances in medicine and biotechnology including a solid state gene sequencing machine that is cheaper and faster than previous methods, a technique for sequencing an entire genome from a single cell, a new method for genetic editing, printing an ear, a compound that reverses Alzheimer's symptoms, giving rats infrared vision, a synthetic biology circuit combining memory and logic, using graphene for neural implants, and a large prize for extending human life.
The document discusses intellectual property, including the different types of IP such as copyright, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. It explores arguments for and against the validity of IP protection, how IP enforcement may further or impede human progress, and concerns about proposed legislation such as the Protect IP Act that could threaten the open internet. Overall, the document examines balancing innovation incentives with limiting unnecessary restraints on creativity and access to knowledge.
This document discusses several private space projects including Virgin Galactic's rocket test, more successful engine tests for Skylon, and private Mars flyby mission. It also lists projects from Icarus Interstellar such as Project Forward, Project Hyperion, Project Persephone, Project Bifrost, The Hellus Experiment, Project Tin Tin, the X-Physics Propulsion & Power Project, and Longshot II.
The document discusses several emerging technologies including multilayer superconductors, quantum refrigerators, ion trap quantum computers that can store one petabyte per square inch, improvements over TCP, table top neutral atom accelerators, and the upcoming Sony Playstation 4.
This document discusses several positive trends around the world including falling poverty, access to basic needs like water and energy, and technological advancements that can help solve problems. Specific points made include that cell phones are transforming Africa, renewable energy sources in Africa are abundant, and addressing issues like access to clean water could save millions of lives and improve health and nutrition globally. The overall message is that the current situation is better than it appears and continued progress is possible in meeting basic human needs for all people.
Water is abundant on Earth but most is saline and unavailable for human use. Only 3% of the world's water is freshwater, with the majority locked up in ice caps and glaciers. One billion people lack access to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation, resulting in half of all hospitalizations from waterborne diseases. Improving access to clean water could save 135 million lives and improve nutrition by wiping out disease vectors. Solutions involve acquiring water through reclamation, extraction, conservation, and purification as well as improving sanitation, distribution, and irrigation infrastructure.
The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover collected data about Martian conditions including average temperatures between -17.2 C to -107 C, an atmospheric pressure of 600 Pa which is lower than water's triple point, strong thermal tides, wind, possible volcanic influences, traces of water, high radiation levels, questions about global warming, and an atmosphere composed of 95% carbon dioxide with some methane.
The document provides brief updates on several space missions and projects, including the Dawn spacecraft continuing its study of asteroids, MIT developing micro-thrusters for spacecraft, an experimental scramjet aircraft being lost in the Pacific Ocean during a test flight, the Curiosity rover starting to drive on Mars and use its laser-shooting instrument to analyze rocks, and SpaceX planning to launch a weather satellite for NOAA.
The document discusses various advancements in robotics including a robotic dragonfly, pressure sensing electronic skin, a robot with a face and tail, micro-rockets for robotic insects, and the use of robots in South Korean prisons and as potential friends or warriors.
HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-and-domino-license-cost-reduction-in-the-world-of-dlau/
The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
- Reducing license cost by finding and fixing misconfigurations and superfluous accounts
- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
- Understanding the DLAU tool and how to best utilize it
- Tips for common problem areas, like team mailboxes, functional/test users, etc
- Practical examples and best practices to implement right away
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TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
- Key themes to consider in developing and maintaining your privacy program
Letter and Document Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Sol...Jeffrey Haguewood
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We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on automated letter generation for Bonterra Impact Management using Google Workspace or Microsoft 365.
Interested in deploying letter generation automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Your One-Stop Shop for Python Success: Top 10 US Python Development Providersakankshawande
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Discover the seamless integration of RPA (Robotic Process Automation), COMPOSER, and APM with AWS IDP enhanced with Slack notifications. Explore how these technologies converge to streamline workflows, optimize performance, and ensure secure access, all while leveraging the power of AWS IDP and real-time communication via Slack notifications.
A Comprehensive Guide to DeFi Development Services in 2024Intelisync
DeFi represents a paradigm shift in the financial industry. Instead of relying on traditional, centralized institutions like banks, DeFi leverages blockchain technology to create a decentralized network of financial services. This means that financial transactions can occur directly between parties, without intermediaries, using smart contracts on platforms like Ethereum.
In 2024, we are witnessing an explosion of new DeFi projects and protocols, each pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in finance.
In summary, DeFi in 2024 is not just a trend; it’s a revolution that democratizes finance, enhances security and transparency, and fosters continuous innovation. As we proceed through this presentation, we'll explore the various components and services of DeFi in detail, shedding light on how they are transforming the financial landscape.
At Intelisync, we specialize in providing comprehensive DeFi development services tailored to meet the unique needs of our clients. From smart contract development to dApp creation and security audits, we ensure that your DeFi project is built with innovation, security, and scalability in mind. Trust Intelisync to guide you through the intricate landscape of decentralized finance and unlock the full potential of blockchain technology.
Ready to take your DeFi project to the next level? Partner with Intelisync for expert DeFi development services today!
Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
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Discover how MongoDB Atlas and vector search technology can revolutionize your application's search capabilities. This comprehensive presentation covers:
* What is Vector Search?
* Importance and benefits of vector search
* Practical use cases across various industries
* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
#MongoDB #VectorSearch #AI #SemanticSearch #TechInnovation #DataScience #LLM #MachineLearning #SearchTechnology
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2. What it gets right
• There is much corruption in the world today
• There is much waste
• There is evil in the world today
• The monetary system has become corrupt
• The wedding of force and market is evil
3. What it gets wrong
• Money itself is not in the least inherently evil
• Neither are markets if free
• Competition is not a dirty word
• Humans are not infinitely malleable products
of their environment
• Recommends centralized planning and control
– Deadly failure
4. Overall tone
• Endless harping on what is wrong in most lurid terms
– Endless assertions about cause with no proof
– Endless tirades no matter what the subject of the same points
• Claims of “Scientific Method”
– No actual use of such
– Claims it is useable for all problems, goals, issues, desires
• You do not know what is good for you
– The tech elite and the computers will
• Life will be wonderful but
– You have no economic freedom
– No property. Use of money and even barter forbidden
– No vote as the machines know best
5. Zeitgeist and Venus Project
• Zeitgeist is activist arm for Venus Project
– Series of movies
• Effective in some ways and raise awareness about some
real evils such as way money system works now,
corrupt governments, corrupt corporations
• Very preachy and one-sided throughout
– ZeitGeist Movement Activist Orientation Guide is
cleaner exposition
6. On markets
• Stresses that markets exist to make capitalists rich
– Classical marxist view
• Totally misses
– Voluntary nature of markets
– Freedom to produce values and trade them
– Essential place of money as means of trade
• Money does not have to be debt
• That most evils of market cited are actually evils of mixing
government in economic realm
– That government is profoundly anti-free market
• Claims
– Money and markets are inherently evil and to be
abolished. Ditto all prices
7. On Money
• Presents money only as debt
• Ignores
– Money as fungible means of exchange
• No exchange only distribution by the central computer
– Money as vote
• What do I value more and how much more from set of choices on
smallest and largest scales
– Money as feedback
– Money as quantification of relative value
– Money as objective limit bounding desires to means
• Money is the means of free trade
– Uncoerced voluntary exchange of value for value
8. What is profit?
• According the Zeitgeist it is unmitigated evil
– There is evil profit of mere accumulation of tokens rather than
increase of value
– But claims ALL profit is evil
• Claims history show it is all evil (contrary to facts)
• Claims even duality itself is due to the profit motive (?!)
• But real profit is creating more value than was consumed in the
creation
– A net gain for everyone
– The creation of new wealth – increase of value
• Profit is whether an endeavor produces value greater than it
consumes
• Profit is utterly essential if you want any increase in well-being,
happiness, opportunity
9. On Price
• Zeitgeist claims prices should only be based on
– Relative scarcity
– Amount of human labor involved
• Claims that through automation and advancement
– Scarcity and human labor go away so everything must be free
• Price is actually determined by how much something is valued relative to how
much other things are valued.
– There is no such thing as an ability to create anything and everything that can be dreamed of
in any arbitrary amount
– Price is essential to comparison of values / demands against costs and resource limits
• Maybe Zeitgeist will work on the other side of MNT
– But even there matter/energy and various knowledge/skills are not infinite
– And this is certainly not where we are
– “partial basis of this manual is to show how, through the advent of Technology and the
elimination of Scarcity, 99% of all economic theory is now an outdated and irrelevant practice”
10. On Economy and Market
• Only acknowledges
– Employer (owner/producer)
• Claims these profit by producing shoddy goods, harming consumers,
destroying environment, enslavement and exploitation of employees,
duping consumers
– Consumer
• Taught to want things they don’t need
• Taught to mindlessly consume
– Employee
• Claims these are slaves chained by debt
• Ignores any free market agreement with employers
• Just a tad biased..
– No mention of inventor, financer / investor, marketing, sales,
infrastructure and those that provide it
11. On Scarcity
• Claims that scarcity is bunk
– "recognizes the earth is abundant with resources”
• Claims appearance not is a gimmick to justify profits or due to the excesses of capitalism
– Despite fact that economic freedom raised the standard of living of humanity to unprecedented levels in very
short time
– Calls for centralized database of all resources
• Centralized decisions by “scientific method” done by computer as to how to best use all resources
– Claims that if you don’t think so then your environment has tragically conditioned you to reach
that conclusion
• This is Dialectical Materialism – that there is bourgeoisie truth and proletarian truth, that truth is
dependent on conditioning and not objective.
• It leads straight to a call for reeducation and suppressing “reactionary” elements
• In the real world
– Many resources are in fact scarce relative to demand
– Many skills are scarce relative to demand
– It takes actual work with real cost to produce most things
– It takes actual work to get those things to the people that desire them
12. On Human Nature
• Zeitgeist Moving Forward and other materials
– Attempt to disvalue claims to human nature due to evolutionary psychology and our genotype
– Says explicitly that the nature of humans is due to social factors only
– Says that humans are conditioned to think and act as they do
– Says that humans have no particular distinguishing skills or attributes from one another
justifying economic differences
• Claims all human skills can conceivably be done by machine as its argument
– Says that humans should not decide matters of any importance
• Instead they should be decided by scientific method by computers we don’t have or no how to build
– Says we will all be happy
• Without economic freedom
• Without power to decide much of anything
• At the sweet mercy of the centralized system to answer our requests as it alone knows is best for us
• Ignoring human nature is very convenient
– You can disown those who disagree as poorly conditioned
– You don’t have to answer any arguments that your proposals are incompatible with human
nature
13. Current and near term situation
• Says automation will displace all human labor
– Perhaps some day but this has been claimed since the cotton gin
– Thus all humans must get everything good for them free
• With something / someone else making the decision as to what they can have
• Points rightly to the economic crisis
– Sometimes identifies accurate causative elements
– But then jumps to old marxist like conclusions without justification
• Claims we are destroying the environment utterly
– This was claimed many many times in the past too, especially in the 70s
• Claims only junking most everything in economic and political realms
especially provides any hope
– Is much too busy castigating and propagandizing to be bothered with pesky
details of how things can work
14. On Energy
• Claim that only renewable energy is worth pursuing
– Many out of context upper bound energy system capacities used to
claim energy is abundant and easy in renewable realm
– Standard claim that greedy market system keeps us from having
endlessly abundant energy now
• Totally unsupported by any real analysis of what it takes to exploit this energy
effectively
• total disregard for nuclear, clean coal technologies
• Claim of no real versus manufactured need for oil, coal and so on
– All those evil money grubbing business people tricking us again..
• Unending claims that we would have abundance if it weren’t for those greedy
business and banking people
• "The fact is, energy is nothing but abundant on this planet.”
– I would like to see the proof on that if you don’t mind.
15. Movement Methods
– Scientific Method
• Thrown around a lot without question as to what it is
and isn’t and where it is and is not applicable
– Automation
– Computers making all decisions
– Values
• Conditioned by environment
• “only relevant values are those that work to improve
society vs those that hinder it”
– Determined by whom/what?
– What of other values?
16. On Values
• Values are conditioned
• Legitimate values are what they (or the computer) decide benefits
the kind of society they believe should exist
• There is no certainty of knowledge
– But they will start from the certainty they should abolish much of your
freedom and autonomy and disown your values
• "Our approach to social evolution begins with our values. Our
values are combinations of personal reflections on our acquired
knowledge, coupled with the traditionalized, cultural
indoctrinations we are born into.As time moves forward, our values
change. Sadly, most of the values people have today come from a
social system that is largely out of date in terms of its relationship
to modern science and technology."
– Perhaps you need to be re-educated, comrade!
17. Resource based economy
• Requires global survey and computer database of resources
• "A Resource-Based Economy utilizes existing resources rather than
commerce. All goods and services are available without the use of
currency, credit, barter or any form of debt or servitude.”
– No property, money, credit, barter -> no trade whatsoever. No economic
freedom.
• “Recognizes the earth is abundant with resources”
• “Resource based economy will need to be global by its nature”
– Remember when failure of communism was attributed to not being universal?
• Talk of maximizing production
– Of what when there is no market determining what is needed?
• Will have everyone log in to computer with their needs and desires.
– Maximized with what feedback, quantification mechanism without markets or
money? Or even votes?
18. Steps to Goal
• Survey (and presumably control) resources of planet
– How is this monitored / used?
• “real-time feedback to central computer of all relevant changes and problems”
– Right…
• Decide what needs to be produced
– You don’t know what you “really need”
– All products must be as advanced as possible and built to last forever
• Why?
• How is the decision as to what is needed made exactly?
• Optimize production
– How with no visible feedback mechanisms?
– Call for lots and lots of automation and appeals to future magic technology
• Produced by whom and why?
– Claim that everything “can last your lifetime without repair”
• So much for unlimited lifespans and for keeping up with accelerating change..
• Distribution
– Proposes you sign on to the computer and describe what you want and the computer figures
out whether it has anything like that or wishes to build anything like that and whether you
should get one. If all that is ok then it tells you where to pick it up or when it will be delivered.
19. On Decision making
• "In a Resource-Based Economy, people do not make decisions; they arrive
at them through the use of advanced technological tools that incorporate
The Scientific Method.”
• "Because of this, there is little reason for traditional opinions in the solving
of any problem, for our technical insight can now arrive at most answers
using The Scientific Method along with all known variables relative to the
problem.”
– Claims all problems are technical
– Your opinions and values are irrelevant
– need I say more on the obvious breach with reality and the obvious relegating
of humans to creatures that own nothing, have no freedom of association, can
trade for nothing, cannot make any decisions relevant to their lives?
• "Government and the concept of the “State” will eventually be outgrown
entirely and replaced by an objective system of global resource
management and technological organization.”
– The state shall wither away. Where have I heard that before?
20. Dream Machine Imaginary Friend
• A central database containing catalogs of every known material and
technical understanding for problem solving and invention.
• An earth wide autonomic nervous system, with environmental sensors in
all relevant areas of the planet, generating “Industrial Electronic
Feedback” regarding resources, operations and other environmental
issues.
• Interdisciplinary Teams of technicians oversee the system and orient
research projects to continue growth, efficiency and social evolution.
– Evolution under what pressures/feedback? Team of elites when earlier
claimed no humans had any special skills.
• "In a Resource-Based, Global Economy, where “industry” and
“government” are combined into a CybernatedSystem that incorporates
advanced problem solving database computers, coupled with vast
planetary wide observation sensors, the traditional concepts of politics ,
elections and the like have no relevance or basis."
partial basis of this manual is to show how, through the advent of Technology and the elimination of Scarcity, 99% of all economic theory is now an outdated and irrelevant practice
There is truth to some of this. The system is not a free market. The government is deeply involved and has twisted the market severely. It has to have people keep consuming to pay its larger and larger bills.It manipulates and monopolizes the creation and use of money. It manipulates the supply of money and interest rates. All true. But then the problem is government interference in all these areas, not money itself or markets. It is here that Zeitgeist gets it dead wrong.There have been many historical claims that money and markets and finance etc are all evil and exploitative. There have been many attempts to abolish them. In each and every case the attempt failed disastrously. In some cases with tens of millions of lives lost.