- A god-given right to chill
- Sorry, innovation — we have a democracy to save
- The end of history
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A god-given right to chill |
In California, former failed San Francisco city supervisor turned failing state assemblyman Matt Haney introduced a bill that could mostly ban work emails after 5 p.m., declaring a new human “right to disconnect.” While it’s widespread that mobile adoption fundamentally changed society, and any change of this magnitude is worth interrogating, the assumption that all voluntary work can — let alone must — be confined between the hours of 9 and 5 is just amazingly idiotic. Imagine a sales guy who stopped pursuing leads in the middle of a chase or a journalist who didn’t cover stories as they broke. Imagine any startup whatsoever surviving a “right” (California speak for “you will be forced”) to brunch unbothered while competitors around the world continued to build. Yet another attempt to destroy the country from career politicians who have never held a real job in their lives, and so genuinely fail to understand what real jobs
look like, or how they work.
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Sorry, innovation — we have a democracy to save |
OpenAI unveiled its new Voice Engine technology, a powerful tool capable of recreating a person's voice after only 15 seconds of listening to them speak. Want to try it out? Too bad, peasant. The company won't be releasing the Voice Engine for the foreseeable future on account of ambiguous “safety concerns,” and the fact — they actually admitted — that this is an election year. OpenAI is taking a page out of Zuck’s playbook, who just Thanos-snapped political content off newsfeeds in a proactive attempt at not being blamed for Trump’s election (again). Might as well get used to it. We will continue to be denied cool shit all year on account of Orange Man Bad is on the ballot, and regime journos need to blame his win on anything other than actual policies.
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The FX series “Shōgun” — a miniseries set in 17th century Japan about five regents in a bloody competition for power against the backdrop of first contact with the West — has been enjoying a (deserved) hype cycle online since it's late February release. Also, the movie “Oppenheimer” was just released in Japan. Can you guess what happened next? A fresh round of evil white people discourse! On the “Oppenheimer” side, it's about the American bomb that stopped World War II — and Japan's brutal expansion, capture and/or occupation of much of Asia that killed an estimated 3 to 6 million people (look it up...). With Shōgun, left-coded Twitter accounts and mags have turned the Japanese into a new Native American tribe, claiming the West colonized Japan (never happened + see previous sentence). I'm starting to get worried that Fukuyama was right — just not the way he imagined.
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Look forward to April 15 with one weird trick |
This week a $49 million waterfront penthouse in Puerto Rico is expected to hit the market, making it the most expensive apartment ever listed on the island. The penthouse’s price represents increased demand for real estate in PR, where Americans can enjoy a 100% tax exemption on capital gains and a list of other major exemptions that make it a top destination for business owners and investors. (Also: the WEATHER and BEACHES.) Christie’s International Real Estate Puerto Rico is the top player in the luxury market in Puerto Rico, and their team has strong NYC finance bro DNA, so they’re able to help you navigate the process of moving to Puerto Rico if the phrase “April 15” has you in tears.
Reach out to the team here. |
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Meet the British Scammer Who Infiltrated the Highest Levels of CA Education Policymaking |
yolande beckles’s history of financial scandals in the u.k. and los angeles is easy to find, so why have education policymakers like jo boaler welcomed her in? |
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