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Learn this from the Rochdale debacle: society faces peril when smart people believe dumb things | Gaby Hinsliff
Azhar Ali’s parroting of anti-Israel conspiracy theories is not a warning just for Labour – there’s a lesson in it for everyone What kind of idiot falls for a conspiracy theory? Somebody gullible, you might imagine: at best someone vulnerable or mentally unwell, and at worst someone actively malicious. But mostly, to be blunt, not…
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Learn this from the Rochdale debacle: society faces peril when smart people believe dumb things | Gaby Hinsliff
Azhar Ali’s parroting of anti-Israel conspiracy theories is not a warning just for Labour – there’s a lesson in it for everyone What kind of idiot falls for a conspiracy theory? Somebody gullible, you might imagine: at best someone vulnerable or mentally unwell, and at worst someone actively malicious. But mostly, to be blunt, not…
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Learn this from the Rochdale debacle: society faces peril when smart people believe dumb things | Gaby Hinsliff
Azhar Ali’s parroting of anti-Israel conspiracy theories is not a warning just for Labour – there’s a lesson in it for everyone What kind of idiot falls for a conspiracy theory? Somebody gullible, you might imagine: at best someone vulnerable or mentally unwell, and at worst someone actively malicious. But mostly, to be blunt, not…
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Learn this from the Rochdale debacle: society faces peril when smart people believe dumb things | Gaby Hinsliff
Azhar Ali’s parroting of anti-Israel conspiracy theories is not a warning just for Labour – there’s a lesson in it for everyone What kind of idiot falls for a conspiracy theory? Somebody gullible, you might imagine: at best someone vulnerable or mentally unwell, and at worst someone actively malicious. But mostly, to be blunt, not…
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Learn this from the Rochdale debacle: society faces peril when smart people believe dumb things | Gaby Hinsliff
Azhar Ali’s parroting of anti-Israel conspiracy theories is not a warning just for Labour – there’s a lesson in it for everyone What kind of idiot falls for a conspiracy theory? Somebody gullible, you might imagine: at best someone vulnerable or mentally unwell, and at worst someone actively malicious. But mostly, to be blunt, not…
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Learn this from the Rochdale debacle: society faces peril when smart people believe dumb things | Gaby Hinsliff
Azhar Ali’s parroting of anti-Israel conspiracy theories is not a warning just for Labour – there’s a lesson in it for everyone What kind of idiot falls for a conspiracy theory? Somebody gullible, you might imagine: at best someone vulnerable or mentally unwell, and at worst someone actively malicious. But mostly, to be blunt, not…
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Transactions: HSBC’s tech finance team partners with Google Cloud
HSBC is teaming with Google Cloud to provide financing to climate-mitigating companies on the cloud provider’s network. Google Cloud will connect the companies with HSBC’s climate tech finance team to explore venture debt financing options, according to a Feb. 8 release. The Google Cloud Ready – Sustainability program tracks companies that help their customers achieve…
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Now hiring: AI talent
Financial institutions are identifying uses for AI throughout their operations, creating increased demand for data scientists in the financial services industry. “We’re seeing a rapid push into the hiring of data scientists,” Kevin Green, chief product and marketing officer at software development company Truent, told Bank Automation News. A data scientist combines math, statistics, programming,…
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Things worth reading: 15th February 2024
Things we’re reading today include … Monzo reaches nine million customer milestone (finextra.com) Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn makes shock cash confession | Daily Mail Standard Chartered needs drastic action, not diplomatic polish (ft.com) How investors can hold greenwashing banks to account — The Bureau of Investigative Journalism Zain Launches Innovative Fintech App Offering……
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Why Big Tech giants are enshittifying our lives
I’ve just finished a very long and fascinating read by Cory Doctorow in The Financial Times, talking about how the Big Tech giants have turned our world to shit. He calls it the enshittification process. The process runs in four stages: they claim platforms are good to their users: don’t be evil; making the world……
