A company thatâ(TM)s going toconsume massive energy and water resources while presumably throwing millions out of work and onto the public dole in the name of cost savings does not deserve taxpayer money. They have to bear all the risk if they want the rewards. Otherwise they are a useless parasite.

All these smart widgets, like smart phones, are designed to monetize you for advertising purposes. Thats it. Your âoesmart fridgeâ is collecting data about your grocery shopping, your smart tv is collecting information about your viewing habits. Your computer and isp are tracking your web habits, as is your favorite vpn provider. Your smart phone is collecting information about where you are going and what you are doing (even at the carrier level). Your car will soon be tracking your movements and driving habits so the data can be sold to car insurers. Itâ(TM)s all about data, ads, and finding new and better ways to drive consumption.

Just because we cannot describe something with out limited mathematical skills doesnt mean it cant be described algorithmically. Science is never settled.

Tax policy will need to index prices to inflation and raise rates progressively as one deviates from the inflation rate. In the case of things such as rents, one will have to tax vacancies at increasingly punitive rates.

We should definitely prohibit everyone other than recognized and state licensed experts from expressing an opinion about those fields. It worked so well with leaded gasoline

Everyone knows that unless one spends 40+ hours slaving away in the cubicle, warehouse, store, restaurant, etc then one is a worthless failure

High taxes if you dont produce at least 2 kids, with breaks if you produce 3.

They need a source of revenue since, with EVs, the bulk of the service business is going away. There is a fine balance to be struck between car sales revenue and ongoing service revenue over the vehicle life cycle.

AI is going to replace coding. Maybe not in the next 5 years but certainly within the next 20. Users will either write UML or a flowchart/decision tree and the AI will generate the code, test it, refine it, and publish it out in under an hour. This is no different than people learning code from a book of samples routines or libraries.

And the investments required to provide it make the tech unworkable. Thats why AI and data center companies are trying to foist those costs onto the consumers whose jobs they want to eradicate. Definitely not a winning strategy.

What especially galling is the fact that money is totally fake (we made it ourselves and its value is arbitrary) yet it is driving us to extinction in the form of low birth rates, pollution excuses, energy stupidity, etc. with the exception of a particular dog in South America, humans are the only creatures that need money.

Investing heavily in ai will kick millions out of jobs, costing governments in terms of tax revenue, welfare benefits, and infrastructure investments. What do these AI pushers expect their consumer base to look like? The USA seems to be pushing yo socialize the costs of data center power while the employees lose their jobs. So who ultimately picks up the tab?

Luxottica publishes all its brands online. Those are the ones to avoid

Customers grow a spine and boycott shitty products

Remember the South Park episode Human Centipad? You clicked âoeagreeâ so you said that they can. Itâ(TM)s part of the phrase âoeyou agree that we may use your data for any lawful purpose without your additional consentâ. Youâ(TM)d be shocked at what that really means.