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Danny De Gracia: Our Digital Identities Can't Be At The Mercy Of AI

2 weeks ago | civilbeat.org | Danny de Gracia |Richard Wiens

The preponderance of artificial intelligence raises serious ethical and legal questions about due diligence. Last year, the state Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee set off a firestorm when it heard Senate Bill 2314, which proposed to create a digital identification pilot project.
Danny De Gracia: It's Time To Pressure Hawaii Lawmakers To Make Real Change

Dec 9, 2024 | civilbeat.org | Danny de Gracia

The public is fed up with the political and economic status quo. It’s time to channel that rage into pushing for change in the upcoming legislative session. As we prepare for the beginning of our new Legislature, I’m reminded of something that one of America’s founding fathers, James Wilson said: “The advantages of democracy are liberty, equal, cautious, and salutary laws, public spirit, frugality, peace, opportunities of exciting and producing abilities of the best citizens.
Danny De Gracia: Newly Elected? Here's How Not To Be Corrupted

Dec 2, 2024 | civilbeat.org | Danny de Gracia

Commentary Anyone can run for office, but not everyone wins. Those who made it have a responsibility to work as agents of reform and positive change. Anyone can run for office, but not everyone wins. Those who made it have a responsibility to work as agents of reform and positive change. This is an open letter to every newly elected county and state official in Hawaii, and also to those who just managed to squeak by and get reelected to their second terms.
Danny De Gracia: We Have To Protect Public Education

Nov 25, 2024 | civilbeat.org | Danny de Gracia

Commentary Public education has an increasingly valuable role in holding the line for America’s institutions, values and collective knowledge. Public education has an increasingly valuable role in holding the line for America’s institutions, values and collective knowledge. In the 2014 science fiction movie “Interstellar,” Matthew McConaughey plays a former NASA astronaut, Joseph Cooper, in the not-too-distant future.
Danny De Gracia: Tough Times Require Neighbors Who Look Out For Each Other

Nov 18, 2024 | civilbeat.org | Danny de Gracia

Commentary Stress and burnout are increasingly wearing down people. This holiday season, be especially vigilant for ways to support the mental health of those around you. Stress and burnout are increasingly wearing down people. This holiday season, be especially vigilant for ways to support the mental health of those around you. Pop quiz for my fellow friends and readers: Are you feeling exhausted, no matter how much you sleep?
Danny De Gracia: Life In Hawaii Doesn't Have To Cost This Much

Oct 14, 2024 | civilbeat.org | Danny de Gracia

In just three years, a household’s monthly costs have shot up $1,200 for the same goods and services. It’s time for policymakers to intervene. Last Thursday, I was shopping for some things before work in Waipahu, when I noticed all the three open checkout lanes were backed up with customers.
Danny De Gracia: Government Could Help Make Day-To-Day Life Less Annoying

Sep 23, 2024 | civilbeat.org | Danny de Gracia

Commentary The Biden administration embarked on a unique effort to crack down on daily inconveniences. Hawaii’s local government could learn a thing or two. The Biden administration embarked on a unique effort to crack down on daily inconveniences. Hawaii’s local government could learn a thing or two.
Danny De Gracia: Tackling Oahu Crime And Violence Requires A Holistic Approach

Sep 16, 2024 | civilbeat.org | Danny de Gracia

Commentary Police presence is only a small part of addressing our island’s problems. We need to think about how all of us fit in to making a more connected, safer Oahu. Police presence is only a small part of addressing our island’s problems. We need to think about how all of us fit in to making a more connected, safer Oahu. A few days ago, a few friends of mine told me they were worried about coming to my side of Oahu because of the crime and violence here.
Danny De Gracia: The Employment Situation Is More Dire Than Politicians Will Admit

Sep 9, 2024 | civilbeat.org | Danny de Gracia

Commentary The labor market is in a crisis, and people's self-worth is tied to having a good job and being able to provide for themselves. The labor market is in a crisis, and people’s self-worth is tied to having a good job and being able to provide for themselves. Numbers have a way of sterilizing and detaching us so that we don’t think about the human aspect of ongoing problems.
Danny De Gracia: Climate Change Means We Have To Think About Future Hurricanes Differently

Aug 26, 2024 | civilbeat.org | Danny de Gracia

Oahu has been fortunate to avoid the worst of storms but the effects of a warming planet will require a more proactive approach to disaster preparedness. When Christopher Columbus first encountered the indigenous Taíno people in his voyages to the Western Hemisphere, they warned him of a god of storms named “Juracán.” In his final voyage to Hispaniola on June 29, 1502, Columbus encountered a terrible storm that devastated the local governor’s fleet and hammered the colony there, killing hundreds.