If you look at the Baltic Sea before and after the invasion of Ukraine, that was largely a neutral space (before) that has since turned into a NATO one -- excluding only the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
I would argue this makes any further move by Russia in that space quite problematic.
The curious thing about this, though, is that of course you can start by replacing software engineers with it, but how far away are you going to be from being able to replace a CEO with it? I would say not that far away.
If anyone likes to check the clarity of his view, I suggest "The abolition of man" -- chapter 3 in particular. I find it so prescient of modern times in so many ways. Astonishing.
> Side note, if you want to explore your inner experience in a more active way, try finding a local meet up that does shamanic drumming with a guide. I know this sounds weird, but our subconscious is all about symbolism, and if you can play along it's basically a short and gentle drug-free psychedelic trip in a good setting that can be very rewarding.
I am really intrigued by this (and I don't find it excessively weird). Would you have any material to recommend if one wants to understand how it works and why before actually trying it?
As a regular commuter who cycles through Surrey and south London, I must say that most cycle lanes in London are a joke. They are either shared bus lanes (the good case, albeit you might get in trouble when multiple buses queue one after another) or half-a-meter wide ones, where cars are allowed to cross your lane from both sides. Sometimes using the car lane just seems safer than that.
Is there any analysis explaining how the new interest rates regime is affecting the number of employees in tech?
I think the impact on VC is probably more direct, but, given what is happening all over FAANGs, I would imagine there could be some causal relation there, too?
It was a great final, exciting and fun to watch, at least towards the end. As a World Cup edition, though, I found it a disappointing one. It might be that the unusual season when it was played made physical skills more important than usual, not sure. It was difficult to find good, modern football though (beside maybe with Brazil, but they self sabotaged them in a few minutes folly). In general, it seemed that the whole world wanted Messi to win and we eventually had that.
The fact that the two (possibly three) top players of the tournament played for the same club is something to ponder about I feel.
That is a good point, thanks. It is not that I want to change device only because of lack of support for open ebooks. In general I’d like to start being less reliant on Amazon and I just thought of asking for advice starting from this discussion.
Thanks - that is amazing! As a Kindle Oasis owner, which I love in terms of screen size (7 inches) and auto adjusting light, is there any non-Amazon e-reader device alternative that anyone would care recommending?