Achar que é possível vencer o atraso pulando etapas me parece um dos grandes erros de gestores públicos e boa parte da população de países em (eterno) desenvolvimento.
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As variedades apocalípticas – Las Panamericanas
Esta série, As variedades apocalípticas, do grupo Las Panamericanas é excelente. Clique no vídeo abaixo para ver o primeiro episódio: Último dia no Vale dos Dinossauros. Texto, atuações e edição muito divertidos. E rir, no meio de tudo o que estamos vivendo, é algo que ajuda muito.
O grupo é composto por Ana Carolina Sauwen, Florencia Santangelo, Nara Menezes e Natascha Falcão
Cómo el comercio de heroína explica el fracaso de Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido en Afganistán
Muy bueno artículo de Alfred W McCoy en The Guardian.
Después de 16 años y $ 1 billón gastados, la lucha no tiene fin, pero la intervención occidental ha hecho que Afganistán se convierta en el primer narcoestado verdadero del mundo.
Original, en inglés, en https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jan/09/how-the-heroin-trade-explains-the-us-uk-failure-in-afghanistan
Como o comércio de heroína explica o fracasso EUA-Reino Unido no Afeganistão
Artigo muito bom de Alfred W McCoy no The Guardian.
Após 16 anos e US $ 1 trilhão gastos, os combates não têm fim – mas a intervenção ocidental fez com que o Afeganistão se tornasse o primeiro narco-estado verdadeiro do mundo.
Original em inglês em https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jan/09/how-the-heroin-trade-explains-the-us-uk-failure-in-afghanistan
How the heroin trade explains the US-UK failure in Afghanistan
Great piece by Alfred W McCoy on The Guardian.
After 16 years and $1tn spent, there is no end to the fighting – but western intervention has resulted in Afghanistan becoming the world’s first true narco-state.
Alfred W McCoy. Read the original at https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jan/09/how-the-heroin-trade-explains-the-us-uk-failure-in-afghanistanhttps://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jan/09/how-the-heroin-trade-explains-the-us-uk-failure-in-afghanistan
Confia, mas confira
Pelo que eu sei, “confie, mas confira” é um provérbio russo. Um conselho sábio para os tempos que vivemos. Eu enfatizaria: confie, mas verifique. Sempre. Especialmente quando é algo em que você quer acreditar ou tem interesse.
confía, pero verifica
Hasta donde yo sé, “confía, pero verifica” es un proverbio ruso. Un sabio consejo para los tiempos que vivimos. Lo enfatizaría: Confía, pero verifica. Siempre. Especialmente cuando es algo en lo que quieres creer o hay algo en juego.
Trust, but verify
As far as I know, “trust, but verify” is a russian proverb. A wise advice for the times we are living. I would emphasize it: Trust, but verify. Always. Specially when it is something you want to believe or has stakes.
Blockchain based botnet (cybersecurity)
A recurring (kinda)joke in my circles is “Blockchain is solution looking for a problem to solve”. Now we can move on step forward and say “Blockchain is a non-solution with bigger and novel problems we now need to solve”.
Security researchers have recently discovered a botnet with a novel defense against takedowns. Normally, authorities can disable a botnet by taking over its command-and-control server. With nowhere to go for instructions, the botnet is rendered useless. But over the years, botnet designers have come up with ways to make this counterattack harder. Now the content-delivery network Akamai has reported on a new method: a botnet that uses the Bitcoin blockchain ledger. Since the blockchain is globally accessible and hard to take down, the botnet’s operators appear to be safe.
Bruce Schneier at https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/03/illegal-content-and-the-blockchain.html (emphasis are mine)
Read Schneier post at https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/03/illegal-content-and-the-blockchain.html
Zeynep Tufekci: “We cannot outsource our moral responsibilities to machines”
I really like this quote from Zeynep Tufekci, a researcher on artificial intelligence, machine learning and society. She was feature in the Coded Bias documentary, a great look at some of most pressing problems of our age. If you have the opportunity to watch it, please, do it. Now available on Netflix.
After watching the docmentary, I suggest you should also watch her TED talk: Machine intelligence makes human morals more important.