Kurt Cobb
Writer at Freelance
Kurt Cobb is a freelance writer and communications consultant who writes frequently about energy and environment.
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3 weeks ago |
resilience.org | Kurt Cobb |Bart Russell Anderson
The “America First” slogan often used by candidate Donald Trump in his first and second presidential campaigns might sound on its surface to indicate disengagement from global affairs and a focus on domestic priorities. So, it may seem puzzling that President Donald Trump is talking about annexing Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, a NATO ally; Canada, a sovereign country and a NATO ally; and retaking the Panama Canal.
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1 month ago |
resilience.org | Kurt Cobb |Bart Russell Anderson
The general narrative in the media regarding artificial intelligence (AI) is binary. AI is either the greatest human invention ever, so powerful it will catapult us into an age of abundance for all and solve our environmental problems as well OR it is the most momentous human invention ever which is so dangerous that it could wipe out human civilization (and therefore must be tightly controlled or abandoned altogether).
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1 month ago |
resilience.org | Kurt Cobb |Bart Russell Anderson
The internet and airwaves are full of advertisements offering to make you, your home, your car and your workplace smell better. It all seems innocuous because our sense of smell is always turned on, and we seem to be fine as we breath in scents from household cleaners, body soap, shampoo, cologne, scented candles and air fresheners. But that perception is belied by invisible dangers from these products.
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1 month ago |
resilience.org | Kurt Cobb |Bart Russell Anderson
There’s no telling exactly where the Trump administration’s trade war is going as the president authorizes tariffs and then quickly suspends them, only to authorize them again and suspend them again or provide waivers for certain industries. While tariffs on narrowly defined categories of goods to guard against unfair competition may be workable, the administration’s shotgun approach to tariffs risks a cutoff of strategic minerals that could strangle America’s tech industry.
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1 month ago |
resilience.org | Kurt Cobb |Bart Russell Anderson
There is a so-called U. S. government “efficiency” drive currently underway delegated by President Donald Trump to unelected billionaire Elon Musk. Whether Musk has the authority to do what he is doing has become a matter for federal courts (for example, see here and here). In this piece I want to discuss the underlying assumption behind Musk’s approach and see if it makes sense, namely, whether the government should be run like a business. Spoiler alert: It shouldn’t be and can’t be.
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The dramatic drop in the cost of AI demonstrated by Chinese upstart DeepSeek is great for buyers of AI tools, but very bad for the incumbent developers of those tools. My post for this week: https://t.co/TfU4uk7oXp
Empowering the individual has become a frequent slogan for today's tech pioneers. As that empowerment grows, it makes it possible for an individual or a small group to threaten all of society. My post for this week: https://t.co/kF7gUP9afC