„ I am ashamed of my weakness and loyalty – of the things I did for Mr. Trump. I am ashamed that I chose to take part in Mr.Trump‘s illicit actions rather than listening to my conscience.“
Cohen before Congress February 2019. I guess that more people will be ashamed in the future
”Strävandet efter sanning är något av det mest utmärkande för ett civiliserat samhälle. Om makthavaren undertrycker sanningen, ljuger och fabricerar fakta dör förr eller senare demokratin.” (s.203)
Omm
Guldkommers via Estland och Stockholm under 1920-tal m.m.
Enligt Sean McMeekin omsatte guldkommersen via Stockholm åren 1920-21 hela 350 miljoner dollar i dåtidens penningvärde. Olof Aschberg blev enormt förmögen på kuppen. Historien om Svenska ekonomiaktiebolaget är spännande med kopplingar till Branting.
Historien om Einar Kruse som agent för Stalin och direktör för Naftasyndikatet.
“One withstands the invasion of armies; one does not withstand the invasion of ideas” V.Hugo
“As I watched those livestreams…The Trinidad project was my first taste of this new wave of digital colonialism” p.55
The idea of replicating society in silico.
” Harvesting social media data to profile users with an algorithm was just the beginning. Once their behavioural attributes were inferred, simultations could be run to map out how they would communicate and interact with one another at scale.” p.81
“By taking a leap at quantifying many of the intrinsic aspects of human behaviour and cultural interaction, Mercer eventually realised that he could have at his disposal the Uber of information warfare. And, like Uber ,which decimated the hundred-year-old taxi industry with a single app, his venture was about to do the same with democracy.” p82
Review in The Guardian here