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How Certain Algorithms to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed – The Markup
In order to understand what’s wrong with governments relying too heavily on data and algorithms, let’s go back to the forests of 18th-century Prussia. As James Scott wrote in his book Seeing Like a State, governments in the former German state primarily viewed forests as a way to extract revenue. So when they did surveys …
It’s All Nukes, All Night, At Intense HASC Markup Debate « Breaking Defense
CAPITOL HILL: House Armed Services Committee Democrats beat back two attempts by Rep. Liz Cheney to protect funding for the deployment of submarine-launched low-yield nuclear weapons Wednesday night, both times along party lines. The votes reflected a wider fight about nuclear weapons policy that pit Democrats against Republicans. All shot down on party line votes: …
