Podcasts about autarky

The quality of self-sufficiency, especially regarding economics

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China Global
Assessing Drivers and Progress in China's Climate Policies

China Global

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 34:52


China is the world's largest energy consumer and carbon emitter, accounting for one-third of global CO2 emissions. One of its biggest sources of emissions is coal, which plays a central role in China's economy. At the same time, however, China is the world's leading supplier of renewable energy, largely due to significant government investments in green technologies, including solar manufacturing, batteries, and minerals. In September 2020, China's leader Xi Jinping announced the goal of achieving peak CO2 emissions before 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060.” This ambitious pledge, if realized, will be an important step in global efforts to limit global warming.In the past few years, the increasingly competitive and fraught relationship between the United States and China has spilled into the climate domain, threatening the potential for both countries to work together to address climate change. That is the topic of a recent commentary co-authored by Margaret Pearson and Michael Davidson. The paper is titled, “Where are the US and China on addressing climate change?”, and it can be found on the Brookings Institution website. In this episode of China Global, host Bonnie Glaser speaks with one of the authors, Michael Davidson, who is an assistant professor at the School of Global Policy and Strategy and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department of the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California San Diego. Timestamps[01:57] China's Approach to Addressing Climate Change[04:26] Considerations Behind China's Climate Policy [07:37] Doubling Down on Coal Domestically[10:34] Evaluating China's Progress Toward Carbon Neutrality[14:42] Security and China's Climate Change Policy[19:13] China's International Climate Cooperation[22:45] US-China Working Group on Enhancing Climate Action [30:27] The Green Belt and Road Initiative

Didactic Mind
Domain Query: Mo' Money, Mo' Problems

Didactic Mind

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 49:25


Reader RT asked some very interesting follow-up questions on my Telegram channel to my latest Didactic Mind podcast, related to the issues of what money is, what it does, and why inflation is so evil. The follow-up questions have to do with how money came to be, what it is today, and a set of ancillary questions about political economy and the possiblities of European energy independence: Weren't money established as a means to pay taxes, among other things? I guess it would be historically defendable and one way of centralizing power in the hands of state was to remove the right to coinage of local lords, at least here in Europe. It also raises the interesting question if cryptocurrency is money. There is a political dimension to economy and I can understand Europe's desire to be independent from Russian energy supplies as much as possible (although why to be dependent on the US?). Autarky is hardly achievable goal but still… That leads to the question what domestic resources Europe has (.e. coal) and if or to what extent they could replace Russian or American gas? From this point of view even the so called green energy has a merit if it is managable. This question arises due to the fact Europe was a rich continent even before importing Russian gas and there is no guaranty that in 2 generations Russian government will still be as reasonable as it is today. This is a wide-ranging series of questions encompassing a very large number of different questions and ideas, so the resulting podcast is quite a bit longer than my usual Domain Query responses. Essentially, my views are: Money evolved originally as a way of smoothing out transactions, rather than as a way to pay taxes - and indeed taxation in the ancient world depended largely on products and labour, rather than hard currency; While it is true that governments around the world try to centralise the production of money as a way of preserving their own power, it is still possible to find examples of private entities that can issue their own money; European energy independence from Russia is indeed possible, but that would require having the political will and means to extract Europe's own, quite bountiful, energy resources, which I do not see as likely at all these days; The European dependence on Russian energy that we see today, did not happen by accident, nor by malicious design, but rather because of very rational incentives created by European labour markets and political developments; Green energy is by no means an effective or useful replacement for fossil fuels - these methods are much less efficient, productive, and useful, and are actually themselves quite dirty in their own ways; There is simply no way to replace fossil fuels with so-called "green" energy on any reasonable scale, without using nuclear power, which comes with its own issues and problems; The entire "green energy" agenda is based on a lie about so-called "man-made global warming", where the people telling the lies have cause and effect completely backwards; Here's the podcast. As noted at the beginning, be sure to join my Telegram channel if you have not already done so, as the questions you see above are an example of the kinds of intelligent discussion that you will find in that channel. (Along with the inevitable parade of tactical minutiae, pawsitivity, hot girls, and general shitposting - it is a channel by men, for men, after all.) Reading List The Forgotten Man by Amity Shlaes Protect Yourself From Big Tech I make some pretty incendiary statements in this podcast, and in most of my podcasts. I can only do so because I take steps to protect myself from the Big Tech companies, and preserve my identity. You need to do the same – this is no longer optional, because if you don't, the gatekeepers WILL come for your head. If you don't know where to start, then I've got you covered right here with this post. 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The Daniel Lacalle Podcast
The Stupidity of Autarky (Spoken Article)

The Daniel Lacalle Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2022 6:06


The Stupidity of Autarky (Spoken Article). Read by Daniel Lacalle.You can read the original article by clicking here.

Technopolitik
#30: Space, Spies, and Critical Technologies

Technopolitik

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2022 15:39


Antariksh Matters #1: Spying on Spy Satellites— Pranav R SatyanathIn February this year, the United States launched a nondescript satellite simply designated as NROL-87. Those who keep a close of space launches know that the NROL designation stands for national security satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office. The satellite likely entered a 284 x 425 km Sub-synchronous orbit with an inclination of 97.25 degrees. The NROL-87, also designated as USA 326, is suspected to be a new generation of electro-optical imaging satellite. This spy satellite, one among many operated by the US, kept to itself with nothing to bother its mission. Until now.Earlier this month, Russia launched a nondescript satellite on board a Soyuz-2.1V from the Plesetsk launch site. The secret satellite, Kosmo-2558, was launched just as NROL-87 passed above the Russian launch complex. Space watchers like Jonathan McDowell quickly predicted that Kosmos-2558 would likely reach the planar orbit of NROL-87 within 80 km of the American spy satellite’s range. The orbital behaviour of the Kosmos-2558 resembles that of an ‘inspector satellite’, which, in other words, means that Russia launched a satellite to spy on another satellite.Of course, the presence of inspector satellites in space is not a new phenomenon. Classified under the category of Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO), satellites have been launched to either inspect or potentially attack other satellites in the past. Not all RPO satellites have malign intentions. For example, in the 1990s, Canada proposed using inspector satellites to verify arms control agreements in outer space. More recently, however, RPOs have been viewed with suspicion. The sharp increase in the number of satellites being placed in orbit has made it all the more difficult to predict the purpose of satellites which may or may not have military utility. Since countries do not disclose details of the satellites they launch, the lack of transparency does little to decrease uncertainties. Policymakers and policy analysts have considered several possible solutions to the problem of transparency. Some scholars propose a pre-launch notification mechanism under which countries not only notify others of the launches of rockets and ballistic missiles that are set to take place but also provide details about the nature of the launch vehicle or ballistic missile.Pre-launch notification agreements concerning ballistic missiles have been signed in bilateral settings in the past. The United States and Russia signed such an agreement in 1988. India and Pakistan signed a similar agreement in 2005. No attempt has been made to craft similar agreements for space launch vehicles. One reason might be that providing pre-launch notifications might be because countries fear that adversary countries might take countermeasures against potential spy satellites. Such concerns were expressed as far back as 1958, as seen in the memorandum from the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) to the President of the United States.Another solution that has been proposed to avoid the risk of RPOs is to implement a keep-out zone for satellites. While such an agreement does not require a verification mechanism, countries could choose to use space situational awareness (SSA) capabilities to enforce a keep-out zone agreement. SSA capabilities have their limitations as no single national system can currently provide full coverage of Low-earth orbit (LEO) and geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO). Establishing a global SSA network is also challenging and expensive.Although RPOs have not been a problem till date, they may become a problem in the future. Analysts have already begun to take notice of the increase in RPOs in recent years. If countries wish to mitigate the risks associated with RPOs, they must start preliminary negotiations sooner rather than later.(The author would like to thank Aaron Bateman for providing access to declassified documents related to the US space progaramme.)Antariksh Matters #2: The Indian Army’s ‘Skylight’ Exercise— Aditya RamanathanIt would be unusual for readers of this newsletter to find an entry describing an exercise conducted by the Indian Army. However, there was much about the recently concluded Exercise Skylight that was unusual, and that warranted an entry in Technopolitik. What little is known about the exercise comes from scant official information and a few news stories. The Army’s official Twitter handle described it as a satellite communication exercise. It went on to add:“100% satellite communication assets were activated to ensure operational readiness of hi-tech satellite systems and exercise various contingencies.”The tweet would indicate Exercise Skylight tested all of the Army’s orbital communications (which are scattered across multiple satellites) and that these systems were tested for ‘contingencies’. What might be these contingencies? ThePrint cited an anonymous source who indicated the Army wanted to validate its ability to use space-based communications as a redundancy during wartime:“Conflict situations demand space-based communication because we are going by the assumption that the primary means of communication — terrestrial media — gets disrupted”.Of course, the Army understands the vital advantages space-based communications provide. This is especially evident in the Himalayas along the Line of Actual Control (LaC) with China, where satellites can enable tactical communication well beyond the line-of-sight. The Russia-Ukraine war also seems to loom over Exercise Skylight. The Times of India cited an anonymous source as saying the Army was carefully following the use of cyber and electronic warfare in that conflict. In particular, the Army appears to be impressed by the resilience of the SpaceX Starlink satellite internet constellation, which Ukrainian forces have been using to coordinate operations against Russia. In the coming years, the Army is expected to look to acquire easily portable satellite phones and “satellite high speed data backbone,” which would likely require a constellation of low earth orbit  (LEO) satellites link Starlink.Before it turns to LEO, the Army will be most eager to get its own communications satellite in geostationary orbit. In March, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh cleared the path for developing the GSAT-7B satellite for the Indian Army. At present, the Army shares satellites with the other services and civilian organisations. If the GSAT-7B is put into orbit by the planned date of 2025, the Army will join the Indian Navy (which already operates the GSAT-7A) and the Indian Airforce (which operates the GSAT-7C) in having its own dedicated communications satellites parked over the most suitable spot of orbital real estate.Matsyanyaaya: How can the US-India iCET Succeed?— Arjun GargeyasA couple of months ago, the United States (US) and India decided to enhance cooperation in the technology domain. President Biden and Prime Minister Modi’s meeting resulted in the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) announcement to expand the existing partnership between the two states in specific strategic technology sectors. One interesting aspect of the iCET remains the departments spearheading the initiative. Both states' National Security Councils have been responsible for driving forward outcome-oriented projects related to the iCET. The defence and national security angle behind the technology cooperation is clearly visible through this initiative. With certain technology sectors attaining a strategic status, the iCET has the ability to help the two states focus on technologies that might have a massive impact on the security and military side. These agreements, when announced can create a flutter of conversation and remain exciting on paper. But what are the actual policy implementations under the iCET which can actually translate into on ground impact for both the states? Are there areas of focus which can improve the effectiveness of the initiative itself is something to look at. A People-Centric Approach The single point of focus in the initiative should be the human capital model to achieve the desired outcomes. Technical knowledge is central to the overall development of emerging technology areas such as 5G, quantum computing and semiconductors. With human capital being the biggest strength for both India and US, the iCET will thrive if it is made individual-centric. The governments should facilitate this exchange of ideas and foster the talent pool that exists in both countries. One of the goals set by the initiative as per the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) was to forge better linkages between government, academia and industry in specific technology areas. This would entail cross-border human capital movement being essential to achieving those goals. Scientists, engineers and other researchers in both countries who are involved in working on critical technologies can have access to research facilities in both countries under the initiative. The exchange of STEM researchers between universities across both countries and industrial leaders and technology entrepreneurs engaged in developing strategic tech can help translate lab-level research into potential applications. An important area in the people-centric approach are the students and academic researchers studying in each other’s universities. Although this is heavily skewed towards Indians in the US academic institutions, this initiative can introduce academic fellowships for scholars to work and contribute to specific emerging technology sectors. This would help in IP creation and dissemination across borders as well as cultivate a thriving set of scientists and engineers who can contribute to technology collaboration at the government level.Focus on Funding Specific Research ProjectsAs per the White House Press Release, the US-India iCET will involve the scientific government departments from both states. As per the press statement, the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the US, along with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) will drive forward the implementation of research projects under the initiative. The statement also mentioned that the US has agreed to join six of India’s Technology Innovation hubs. This is in the hope of spearheading over 25 projects across emerging domains such as artificial intelligence and data science. This sets the foundation for another area of focus for the success of the initiative. One of the main objectives of the iCET must be to secure funding (for research and product development) for outcome-driven projects that employ critical and emerging technologies. Enhancing technological cooperation between the two states and improving the efficiency of the initiative can be done when government bodies would indulge in funding crucial research projects on emerging technologies. The iCET must put its resources into funding and supporting specific research projects that can provide a solid output and outcome. The focus must be on emerging technology areas that have the potential to use said technology to create different applications and products to tackle some of the biggest challenges faced by both countries. Improving agriculture output, mitigating climate change effects and similar research can be prioritised for funding. Another aspect would be to identify areas of technology that might dominate in the near future and focus on them. Developing state-of-the-art quantum computer systems, and building telecommunication networks using 6G are just a few among the plethora of technology areas on which the iCET can spend its resources on. Our Reading Menu[Book] A Technological History of Cold-War India, 1947–⁠1969: Autarky and Foreign Aid by William A.T. Logan.[Article] Wargame of Drones: Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Crisis Escalation by Erik Lin-Greenberg.[Report] Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains: An Affirmative Agenda for International Cooperation by William Alan Reinsch et. al. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hightechir.substack.com

Grand Theft Life
#154 - Leo's Are Manifesting A Recession

Grand Theft Life

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2022 63:43


Listen in podcast appInstagram Caves Into Kardashian ShameApple and Amazon EarningsRecessions are Self fulfilling Prophecies WE NEED MORE IMMIGRATIONBoomers Lose the Work From Home BattleJustin Trudeau Cancels Farmers The case for traveling before RetirementListen on Apple, Spotify, or Google Podcasts.If you aren’t in the Reformed Millennials Facebook Group join us for daily updates, discussions, and deep dives into the investable trends Millennials should be paying attention to.👉 For specific investment questions or advice contact Joel @ Gold Investment Management.📈📊Market Update💵📉"no one panic until her (Nancy Pelosi) husband starts buying Lockheed and Raytheon.”There was lots of talk last week of a ‘bottom’.If we have bottomed…fantastic. There will be lot’s of gains in the future.What I do not want to do is chase stocks when the indexes are below the 200 days moving averages.We see more stocks from various sectors setting up. This earnings quarter, the market reaction to earnings has been predominantly positive – many names didn’t sell off after missing estimates and cutting guidance; many broke out after stronger than expected earnings. This is a notable change in sentiment compared to the previous two earnings quarters.Other than Facebook (META), all mega caps had positive reactions to their earnings this season – TSLA, GOOGL, MSFT, AAPL, AMZN. Why does it matter? Those stocks can only be moved by institutional money.Two new Bills in the making have given a significant boost to two groups of stocks – semiconductors and clean energy. Those are shaping up to be among the current market leaders.The Fed has given signs that interest rate increases will slow down if the economic data requires it. They are paying attention to inflation and jobs data primarily. GDP was negative in the past two Qs, so the US is basically in a recession. The market reads this as a reason for the Fed’s tightening to become a lot less aggressive.Crazy how things change.Last month, the market felt absolutely despondent…. with most indices up almost 10% in July (the S&P was up ~9%; the Russell was up ~10.5%) and having their best month since November 2020 (when COVID vaccines came out), things certainly aren’t as fearful…. but I feel like there’s still a lot of value out there.RM’s Thoughts on Taiwan:I'm against the forever wars and generally am skeptical about the use of military.But defending Taiwan makes sense for Americans' concrete economic interests, freedoms, and sovereignty.First and foremost, China's ambitions are almost certainly not limited to Taiwan. Rather, they appear to seek first hegemony over Asia and global preeminence from there. How do we know? Well, they say it pretty openly now. Plus they're building a power projection military.If China achieves this goal, you can be very confident that Americans' prosperity and liberties will suffer. Why? China will have a controlling influence over more than 50% of global GDP. It will be the gatekeeper and the center of the global economy.To simplify a bit: Everybody, every company will have to dance to their tune. If you don't, they'll block you from trading there. The yuan will be the dominant currency. Chinese regulations will be the baseline. Chinese companies and universities will be the world's best.In that context, you can bet Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Africa will orient toward Beijing. They need growth! They'll need to play ball. So America and its allies will have a choice: Play ball or go it alone.But China will have a strong incentive to push us down. The USA is the only country that can challenge their ascendancy. So China will have strong reason to demote us down the value chain, if only to weaken the only plausible counter to Beijing's preeminence.Certain US elites and favored interest groups would prosper under this model, but not the society as a whole. The US and Canadas economic security would be subject to Beijing's diktat, and our freedoms would clearly suffer as a result. Economic power is political power.To take just one example: Many Americans have big concerns about the social media companies (I do!). But our debate assumes that we can change things in Washington or state capitals. Not if PRC is hegemon. Then the social media companies will be Chinese or subsidiaries.Or we could try to go it alone. But then we'll be what, at most 20% of global GDP. But with China as the determinant of the rest, it'll try to isolate us and bring us down as the challenger. Autarky will be a much, much more pinched life for Americans. We'll be a lot poorer.Why does Taiwan matter for this? Well, it's critical to the defense of Japan, the Philippines, South Korea. And it's a reasonable bellwether for them of how much they can rely on the US. If Taiwan falls, it will be much harder to prevent China from dominating Asia.And preventing China from dominating Asia is manifestly in Americans' very concrete interests.People might want to help Taiwan for other reasons: democracy, shared values, sympathy. But those are not the bottom line for Americans. It's in our own interests.The issue is that Taiwan is a very important but not genuinely existential interest. It's something we should do, but it's not worth fighting to the last man. So we should act to avoid that choice. We can do so by having a military that can defend Taiwan at a tolerable cost.But we're not doing that right now. Instead we're frittering away our focus and resources on other things instead of laser-focusing. This is profoundly ill-advised and irresponsible.Success would be laser-focusing on being able to defend Taiwan, China seeing that, and never trying to attack the island because they realize they'd fail. This is possible. Mao wanted to conquer Taiwan but never tried because he knew he'd fail.If we could convince Beijing they'd fail now, they'd be unlikely to try. Then our anti-hegemonic coalition in Asia would stand up and survive. Then we'd have a good power balance. Then we'd have a strong basis for our economy to prosper: market share, a strong dollar, etc.Work From HomeLike it or not, it seems that remote work is a trend that is here to stay.The numbers are telling. As of this spring, only 38% of NYC office workers were in their office on a given day based on this survey  by the Partnership For NYC (a leading business group in NYC). The numbers are similar in the Bay Area and Los Angeles. Some cities around the US have much higher numbers but I have not seen any city higher than 70% on this score.Remote work is here to stay, with 78% of employers indicating a hybrid office model will be their predominant post-pandemic policy, up from just 6% pre-pandemic.**https://pfnyc.org/research/return-to-office-survey-results-may-2022/**We all know that people are nicer to each other in person. Email and slack and zoom don’t bring out the best in people. Having a meal together does.So what should we do about this quandry?💸Reformed Millennials - Post of The WeekApple Q2 22' Earnings - This tells an important story about how the upper middle class economy is performing and where big is shifting their businesses.From the Wall Street Journal:Apple Inc. reported an almost 11% decline in profit after weathering supply constraints and shutdowns in China, although iPhone sales continued to grow, remaining resilient despite economic challenges. The better-than-expected results for the quarter ended in June followed a pattern of tech companies that posted a drop in profits but managed to assuage investor concerns about their strength in uncertain economic times.This was, under the circumstances, a very impressive quarter from Apple. There were also lots of interesting tidbits to pick up across their business lines.iPhone: This comment from Tim Cook on the earnings call really said it all as far as the iPhone business is concerned:From an aggregate point of view, looking at it worldwide, looking at the data on iPhone for the June quarter, there’s not obvious evidence in there that there’s a macroeconomic headwind. I’m not saying that there’s not one, I’m saying that the data doesn’t show it. Where we can clearly see that in the Wearables, Home and Accessories area. And so I would differentiate those two.Two factors shield the iPhone from an economic slowdown:first is the fact that Apple primarily sells to more affluent customers, who may be less likely to feel economic pain in a slowdown, or suffer acute impacts from inflation;the second is that a smartphone is, for nearly everyone, the most important device in their life. .The other factor that appeared to be driving iPhone strength was the easing of silicon (semiconductors) shortages; Cook said up-front that “Our supply constraints were less than we anticipated at the beginning of the quarter, coming in slightly below the range we discussed during our last call.” This tracks with other earnings which point towards an imminent chip glut.Mac: The Mac was down 10% year-over-year and 29% sequentially; that the largest sequential drop in my earnings spreadsheet, which goes back to 2013. The reason is the Shanghai lockdowns; from Cook:For last quarter, what we saw was when the COVID restrictions hit in the Shanghai corridor, we lost the primary source of supply for Mac units. And that was either running at a reduced rate or down completely for the majority of the quarter. And so it was a very big impact to the Mac business. We felt good, frankly, that we were able to, by the end of the quarter, get this back to where we were down 10 points. But the negative 10, I would classify as being driven by supply. And of course, FX feeds into this as well because of the translation issues around the world. There’s also some impact because of the business in Russia, but those are the three kind of reasons that I would tell you. In terms of testing the demand, you can’t really test the demand unless you have the supply. And we were so far from that last quarter that, you know, we have an estimate of what we believe demand was, but it is an estimate. We recognize how the industry is doing. We think that we’ve got a great story with the Mac, getting M1 out and now M2 out, we have a very, very strong offering for the back to school season. And we’ll see how we do this quarter. We’ll report back in October.This specific quarterly result for this specific business is, by a substantial margin, the most pain that Apple has ever felt for its dependence on China. As I understand it Apple has two primary Mac suppliers, but both make the Mac in the Shanghai area; that means that when the entire metropolitan area was locked down earlier this year Apple had nowhere else to make Macs.Services: This is the one area of the company that benefited from the Shanghai lockdown; from a question at the end of the call:A quick follow up on the lockdown in China during the June quarter. did you actually see any noticeable negative effects on your App Store revenue for the region or any positive effects? Like maybe more gaming downloads?Tim Cook: China had very good results on services last quarter. So they grew strong double digit, better than the company average. And they set a new June quarter revenue record during the quarter.What was more interesting was Apple’s advertising business; while the company doesn’t break out the numbers in its results, Cook said in response to a question:When you then look at services, there were some services that were impacted, for example, like digital advertising was clearly impacted by the macroeconomic environment.Both Cook and CFO Luca Maestri brought this up several times in the call, and I was initially a bit surprised; after all, you would expect some portion of the advertising money that, post App Tracking Transparency (ATT), is not going to Facebook et al would go to Apple instead. And that, to be clear, might have happened: Services was up 12% year-over-year, and neither Apple executive actually said that advertising was down (and Apple, I would add, is very incentivized to talk down their advertising business).APPLE’S NEW ADVERTISING SLOTSApple is introducing two new App Store ad slots, one of which addresses this issue; from 9to5Mac:Apple is expanding its advertising business and adding two new ad slots to the App Store. Currently, the App Store has two ad slots: one on the main ‘Search’ tab and one in the Search results. The two new App Store ads announced today will bring advertisements to the App Store ‘Today’ homepage, as well as to individual app pages.It’s not yet clear how finely targeted the ‘Today’ ad can be; even that ad placement, though, depends on consumers opening the App Store. The hole in Apple’s advertising offering remains demand generation, and the most obvious way to do that is through ads in other apps (Apple would likely claim that all ads it served on the iPhone are first-party data, just like all purchases are). This is also the type of ad that most benefits from data about what a consumer has previously purchased.This is context for a curious presentation Apple released in May; again from 9to5Mac:Apple’s Search Ads business is becoming an increasingly important part of its Services revenue. In a presentation to advertising clients today, obtained by 9to5Mac, the company emphasizes that even as Search Ads continue to grow, the vast majority of users are opting for an experience that doesn’t rely on personalized advertising…Apple’s emphasis in today’s presentation, according to a slide deck obtained by 9to5Mac, is that Search Ads rely very little on personalized targeting, and conversion rates are virtually unaffected.With iOS 15, Apple added a new prompt when a user opens the App Store for the first time. The prompt explains personalized ads “help you discover apps, products, and services that are relevant to you.” The prompt gives users the ability to turn on personalized ads or to turn them off. According to data aggregated by Apple, 78% of iOS search volume on the App Store came from devices with personalized ads turned off. This effectively means that 78% of users are opting to “Turn Off Personalized Ads” when they see the prompt for the first time in the App Store. Furthermore, additional data from Apple indicates that the average conversion rate between users with personalized ads enabled and personalized ads disabled is nearly identical. For customers who opted in to personalized ads, advertisers see a 62.1% conversion rate. Among users with personalized ads disabled, that conversion rate is 62.5%.This isn’t a complete surprise: the reason why search advertising is so effective is because instead of having to discern what the user wants the users themselves go to the trouble of telling you explicitly with their search term.I continue to believe we haven’t seen the end of Apple introducing new ad inventory, and I don’t think it will remain limited to Apple’s apps for too long.🐦 Twitter Thread of The Week 🐦Leveraging Brand through Equity Ownership. A master class from Lebron as he hunts a NBA franchise in Las Vegas from Joe Pompliano🔮Best Links of The Week🔮✍️ Dario Perkins on the nightmare scenario for Central Banks.✍️ Benn Eifert on bullsh*t in investing. - Noah Opinion✍️ Written Q&A with Michael Mauboussin on the investing process.📺 Howard Marks discusses the current market environment and how it compares to past bear markets. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.reformedmillennials.com

Austin First Church
Autarky When God Gets Inside

Austin First Church

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2022


Pastor Kurt Green

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Austin First Church
Autarky When God Gets Inside

Austin First Church

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2022


Pastor Kurt Green

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Lexman Artificial
Oriol Vinyals on Why Eloise is a True Autarkist Hero

Lexman Artificial

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 2:54


Oriol Vinyals, an economist at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, joins the show to talk about the role of autarky in social and political theory. After discussing Eloise—the Daughter of Autarky, a story by Armen Avanessian—the two analyze the implications of this feminist text on the concept of autarky.

A Taste of the Past
Tabletop Politics: Fascism in the Kitchen

A Taste of the Past

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2022 47:37 Very Popular


Over the past decade, Diana Garvin has conducted extensive research in Italian museums, libraries, archives, and first-hand interviews to examine the role of women's food work in relation to the politics of Fascism. She describes her findings from her new book that demonstrate how women and the Fascist state vied for control over national diet.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support A Taste of the Past by becoming a member!A Taste of the Past is Powered by Simplecast. many facets of daily life.

Audio Mises Wire
And Now for a Really Bad Response to Political Calamity: Autarky

Audio Mises Wire

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2022


The world is in chaos, so politicians MUST do something. Hence, they demand autarky, which is like attempting to put out a fire by pouring gasoline on it. Original Article: "And Now for a Really Bad Response to Political Calamity: Autarky" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.

Mises Media
And Now for a Really Bad Response to Political Calamity: Autarky

Mises Media

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2022


The world is in chaos, so politicians MUST do something. Hence, they demand autarky, which is like attempting to put out a fire by pouring gasoline on it. Original Article: "And Now for a Really Bad Response to Political Calamity: Autarky" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.

The Promised Podcast
The “Autarky Malarkey!” Edition

The Promised Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 96:44


Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and and returning prodigal son, Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. Listen to the Extra-Special, Special Extra Segment on Patreon   —“A Mandate” Anagrams to “A Tad Mean”— Israel's Corona Czar says the time has come to consider a “vaccine mandate.” Is this why the word “omicron” anagrams to “moronic”? —Whose Violence is it, Anyway?— Why do folks on the left and the right see such very different things when they look at violence on the roads and in the fields of the West Bank? —Et Tu, Walden? (Or, Autarky Malarkey!)— Would we all be better off if more of us lived off the grid, Henry David Thoreau style? —Reacting to the Latest Scandal-de-Jour— For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion, we discuss the scandal-de-jour, in which former director of the Mossad, and a presumptive heir to Benjamin Netanyahu, Yossi Cohen, is found to have braggadociously shared state secrets with his flight-attendant consort and her cuckold (and kinda pissed) husband. We'll try to sortout what to make of this sordid affair. All this and songs by Solomon Ibn Gvirol, to celebrate his 1,000th birthday! (Because, you only turn 1,000 once!)

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan
Episode 21: Suez, De-Globalization, and a Semiconductor Fab for India

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 14:28


The most vivid analogy for the latest crisis in global supply chains, the Suez Canal blocking by a grounded super-container ship, is that of a heart attack. Just as a block in an artery can lead to disastrous consequences for a human, the blockage of an arterial waterway can disrupt global trade. The Suez accounts for 12% of the world’s total cargo movement because it is a key transit route between Asia and Europe.There are ways to mitigate, and, even better, to prevent heart attacks. It is necessary to consider how to do the same for supply chain disruptions. The simplest mitigation is bypass surgery (or in this case, taking the long route around the Cape of Good Hope, or the more tentative Arctic Route made possible by global warming). Putting in a stent is another (which translates to widening Suez to be, say, two-lane, which has happened, in parts).Preventing heart attacks altogether would be the other approach (say, exercise, better diet/lifestyle, drugs). In logistics terms, this means reducing the amount of cargo that is being shipped long distance. That is to say, avoid the tyranny of the supply chain by shortening it. Build near where you sell. In fact, the very antithesis of globalization. That is paradoxical, considering how very global the ship in question is. MV EverGiven is Japanese-owned, managed by a Taiwanese company named Evergreen, operated by a German company, has a 25-member crew that is fully Indian, and had on board 2 (mandatory) Egyptian pilots whose job it is to shepherd vessels through the canal without incident. Before the usual suspects start to lay the blame on the Indian crew, it is worth pointing out that in the canal, the local pilots are, by law, in charge of the ship. The captain and crew defer to them. So human error probably has to be attributed to them; in addition, there was apparently a severe dust-storm that may have affected the ship’s movements. A retired marine engineer in who has traversed the Suez many times confirmed the above. He also said:There could be problems with engine maintenance. If there were attempts to finely position the vessel in the wake of the storm, that would depend on how well the engine starts, stops, reverses, etc. Managements want to keep the boats running, not in drydock; sometimes necessary repairs and maintenance get postponed for too long.Thus there might be several causes behind the mishap. But squeezing out maximum profits while keeping costs down is something that not only ship managers do (the ship earns money only when it is moving; repair or drydock time is dead time). This sentiment is what has driven the entire thrust towards supply-chain efficiency, and methodologies like just-in-time that minimize inventory and thus carrying cost. Perhaps Toyota could do JIT because of Japanese exceptionalism, whereby the suppliers were next door and felt honor-bound to meet their commitments. That is not true in the real world. For instance, see the vaccine wars: the EU, the US, the UK, etc. are hoarding units, and India is cutting supplies, for various reasons. In any case, it is illusory to think that inventory disappeared: it was sitting on a ship instead of in your warehouse. However, Soren Skou, the CEO of Maersk, the largest shipping company in the world, now says the world is moving to “just-in-case”, and multiple suppliers:We are moving towards a just-in-case supply chain, not just-in-time. This incident [in the Suez Canal] will make people think more about their supply chains…How much just-in-time do you want to be? It’s great when it works but when it doesn’t, you lose sales. There’s no just-in-time cost savings that can outweigh the negative of losing sales… We clearly see our customers saying we need to have multiple suppliers to make sure that one small sub-supplier can’t close us down.It is possible to argue that efficiency is the antithesis of strategy. Extreme efficiency brings risk. There is no Plan B; there is no slack in the process. Engineers typically overdesign, and leave a large margin of error to account for unforeseen circumstances. Over the past couple of decades, managers, especially in America, have thrown this sensible caution to the winds, leaving their companies on a knife-edge, subject to geopolitical and technical risk, in the pursuit of (relatively small) increases in profitability.The change has even been visible in personnel. Once upon a time, the smartest young MBAs were hired into sales or finance jobs; but more recently, many have gravitated to being purchasing managers. They have been ruthless in pruning costs; but they have been unmindful of the risks they are taking. These are now coming back to haunt them. A generation of management consultants and ambitious young MBAs in effect conspired to move the world’s production to China. There was a supply chain tyranny of groupthink. Oil was cheap so shipping costs were low; China was efficient and skilled at scaling up; thus production was moved offshore. An extreme case was where chickens reared in the US were slaughtered and shipped to China for processing, and shipped back as packaged food.  But there were unintended consequences. China moved up the experience curve, getting better and better at manufacturing. Conversely, it hollowed out not only production jobs, but also the knowledge of design for manufacturing back in the consuming countries. Thus, not only did the jobs migrate, entire industries did, and they are not going back. This is a double blow: both to developed economies where workers will become permanently unemployable, and to developing economies that will never be able to get a foothold in some industries. The latter case is the Cargo Cult of today: countries completely dependent on the container ships that bring them what they want. The old David Ricardo theory of comparative advantage, which has been the theoretical basis for offshoring, is now passe. It has become important for large economies like India to be able to depend on local production. Otherwise, you are subject to crazy geopolitical risk with no warning. For instance, the Japanese were sandbagged by the Chinese when the latter simply stopped outbound customs clearance of rare earths products, bringing some electronics manufacturers to their knees some years ago.Chinese can and will use every trick in the book. They view trade as part of “unrestricted warfare”. This risk must be mitigated: for instance, India must produce its own Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients so that the pharma industry is vertically integrated and not subject to a potential Chinese veto. The same is true of shipping too: India has to move its container shipping from Colombo (where the Chinese run part of the facilities under long lease) to the under-construction port at Vizhinjam as soon as possible. The larger picture is that the Suez incident is going to make more nations wary of China, if the pandemic hadn’t already done so. This also makes marine choke points more interesting: most notably the Straits of Malacca. An EverGiven-style accident (or more ominously, a military blockade) there would bring the Chinese economy to its knees -- and so would similar action in the Straits of Hormuz off Iran. There were threats earlier that Iran might deliberately sink ships to impede the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf. China is painfully aware of this, and it partly explains their debt-trap diplomacy habit of acquiring port assets all over the world, and their focus on Gwadar in Baluchistan, and the proposed Isthmus of Kra canal in Thailand: these are ways to bypass Malacca (and so is much of the Belt and Road Initiative). Incidentally, India with its Andaman and Nicobar command can keep a close eye on Malacca.China is in fact the ultimate loser in the Suez incident, because it makes it difficult for other nations like India to ignore the elephant in the room: their vulnerability and therefore the need to decouple China from their supply chains. Autarky is no longer a bad word. But we also have to be realistic about our lack of certain capabilities or resources. Even though we tend to blame the Chinese for the theft of intellectual property and reverse-engineering, other capabilities have been less visible: on the one hand, government mercantilism such as in hidden financing (often at rates that approach 0%) and in cornering strategic resources (eg. lithium, cobalt, rare earths). On the other, in tooling. A mechanical engineer who runs a robotics company in Bangalore told me the following when I asked him what his main challenge from the Chinese was:It’s definitely tooling. It takes me maybe 18 months to get the product all tooled up; but when I start shipping it, the Chinese guy will reverse-engineer and tool it up in 2-3 months. So he will have a product competing directly with mine within 3-4 months, at a lower cost. So I am desperately running as fast as I can just to stay ahead for that short window of opportunity. In a sense, India has lost an entire generation of mechanical engineers (and civil engineers) because they were all absorbed by the IT industry to do offshored services work. This, in a larger national sense, has been a tragedy. We now have to painstakingly build that capability up all over again. But this is literally the best time to do that; in fact, we do not have a choice. In the most strategic industries, India is far behind; in some cases, so far behind as to be non-existent. For instance, consider semiconductors. It is imperative that India not be dependent on anybody else for chips. There’s a global shortage of chips now, and there is not a single semiconductor fabrication plant in India. This is a critical deficiency. Today, yes, India can do chip designs and get them fabricated by merchant foundries such as TSMC. Tomorrow?Taiwan’s TSMC is dominant in the most advanced chips, ie those under 10-nanometers, and is currently building a next-generation 3-nanometer plant. It has overtaken the US’s Intel and Korea’s Samsung. Intel is now forced to respond with a $20 billion investment in two fabs in the US. There are huge geopolitical risks for India (and the rest of the world) from various issues. What if the Chinese invade Taiwan? They are threatening every day to do so: the latest is an incursion of 20 Chinese planes into Taiwanese air space. There is another, unforeseen problem: water. Taiwan is going through a bad drought, and fabs are facing a big problem with not enough clean water. A chip engineer told me: Clean room setup and many gallons of clean water are needed. Some years back, there was this push to set up a fab in Hyderabad; and it went nowhere because of water requirements. We have to fix that problem as well.The Taiwanese are quite aware of the dangers from a potential Chinese invasion, or even of a blockade. This is the best time for India to put on a hard sell to attract TSMC to set up a fab in some part of India which has sufficient water and the requisite other infrastructure. If the almost literally heart-stopping Suez block has any positive outcome, it is to be hoped that it will accelerate the setting up of a fab (perhaps Taiwanese) in India. (UPDATE: As of March 29th, the MV EverGiven has been floated free after a 6 day-long emergency operation). This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com

Reasoning with Prejudice
Are we nearing an age of Autarky?

Reasoning with Prejudice

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2020 49:48


In this podcast, we discuss the concept of autarky and analyse hypotheticals of countries achieving self sufficiency. We talk about fundamentals and the effects.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/reasoning-with-prejudice/donations

nearing autarky
Lights | Camera | Azadi
#17 Economic Nationalism with Pranay Kotasthane

Lights | Camera | Azadi

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2020 97:25


Pranay Kotasthane heads research at the Takshashila Institution. Pranay started his career as a policy analyst focusing on geopolitics at the Takshashila Institution in March 2014. His research interests focus on geostrategy, geopolitics of the Indian subcontinent, and public economics. Pranay is currently working on the New World Order project, the Intelligence Reform project, and State Finances in India. He also tracks India's foreign policy equations with Afghanistan and Pakistan. 1.Pranay's journey 2. What is economic nationalism? 3.Bipin Chandra. Economic Nationalism 1880 to 1905 4. What is different about Economic Nationalism? 5. Where we have seen economic nationalism recently? 6.Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act 7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Act 8.Economic Nationalism in the Indian Context 9.Importance of Free trade 10.Types of economic nationalism 11.What if One Rupee is equivalent to One Dollar? 12. What is Autarky? 13. Why can't we change our exchange rates now? 14.Reservations for small sector industries 15. Do we see an economic right party in the mainstream? 16.The mainstream idea around India China economic policies 17. How feasible is it to restrict China? 18. Decoding the objectives to restrict China. The famous Sonam Wangchuk video. 19.Trade Deficit 20.Comparative advantage and Opportunity cost of Chinese production 21.The comparative advantage of India 22.Levers of growth for India 23.Import tariffs and its implications 24.Risks of investors 25.Investment restrictions from China 26.Isomorphic mimicry 27.Instruments against China 28. How do Chinese investors perceive these hyper-nationalistic campaigns? 29.Belt and Road initiative 30. How feasible is it to become indigenous? 31.R&D investments of India 32.Questions from listeners 33. Is China being's expansionist? - Japnit 34. Why we don't play our Tibet card? – Soumya 35. How will the world change if Chiba becomes a global power? Maaz 36. In what ways can China's progress be useful to India and in what ways can it be cannibalizing? – Priya 1. प्रणय की यात्रा 2. आर्थिक राष्ट्रवाद क्या है? 3. बिपिन चंद्र। आर्थिक राष्ट्रवाद 1880 से 1905 तक 4. आर्थिक राष्ट्रवाद के बारे में क्या अलग है? 5. हाल ही में हमने आर्थिक राष्ट्रवाद कहाँ देखा है? 6. स्मूट-हॉले टैरिफ एक्ट 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Act 8. भारतीय संदर्भ में आर्थिक राष्ट्रवाद 9. मुक्त व्यापार का महत्व 10. आर्थिक राष्ट्रवाद के प्रकार 11. क्या होगा यदि एक रुपया एक डॉलर के बराबर है? 12. आटार्की क्या है? 13. अब हम अपनी विनिमय दरें क्यों नहीं बदल सकते? 14. छोटे क्षेत्र के उद्योगों के लिए आरक्षण 15. क्या हम एक आर्थिक अधिकार पार्टी को मुख्यधारा में देखते हैं? 16. भारत चीन आर्थिक नीतियों के आसपास मुख्यधारा का विचार 17. चीन को प्रतिबंधित करना कितना संभव है? 18. चीन को प्रतिबंधित करने के उद्देश्यों को डिकोड करना। प्रसिद्ध सोनम वांगचुक वीडियो। 19. व्यापार में कमी 20. चीनी उत्पादन का तुलनात्मक लाभ और अवसर लागत 21. भारत का तुलनात्मक लाभ 22. भारत के लिए विकास की लीवर 23. आयात शुल्क और इसके निहितार्थ 24. निवेशकों के जोखिम 25. चीन से निवेश प्रतिबंध 26. आइसोमॉर्फिक मिमिक्री 27. चीन के खिलाफ उपकरण 28. चीनी निवेशक इन अति-राष्ट्रवादी अभियानों को कैसे देखते हैं? 29. बेल्ट एंड रोड पहल 30. स्वदेशी बनना कितना संभव है? 31. भारत का R & D निवेश 32. श्रोताओं से प्रशन 33. क्या चीन का विस्तारवादी है? - जापनीत 34. हम अपना तिब्बत कार्ड क्यों नहीं खेलते हैं? - सौम्या 35. अगर चिबा वैश्विक शक्ति बन जाए तो दुनिया कैसे बदल जाएगी? माज 36. किन तरीकों से चीन की प्रगति भारत के लिए उपयोगी हो सकती है और किन तरीकों से यह नरभक्षण हो सकता है? - प्रिया

The CyberWire
Cyber espionage. Russia tries Web autarky. The US will investigate TikTok. A bad keyboard app is out of Google Play but still in circulation. Crime comes to e-sports. Happy hundredth, GCHQ.

The CyberWire

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 25:03


FireEye warns of Messagetap malware and its spying on SMS. NSO Group’s Pegasus troubles seem to be expanding. Russia prepares to disconnect its Internet. The US opens a national security investigation into TikTok. An Android keyboard app is making bogus purchases and doing other adware stuff. E-sports draw criminal attention. And happy birthday, GCHQ. Robert M. Lee from Dragos on why it’s important for him to set aside time for teaching. Guest is Phil Quade from Fortinet on his recently published book, The Digital Big Bang, which makes an analogy between the Big Bang that created our Universe, and the explosion of bits & chaos in humankind’s age of cyber. For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2019/November/CyberWire_2019_11_01.html  Support our show

William Holland
How China Lost Trade War: Xi Captures Autarky

William Holland

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2019 5:28


Export based regime in Beijing isn't liberalized to boot growth: its banks/capital markets are stricktly domestic.

BitcoinMeister- Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Altcoins
The Beyond Bitcoin Show- Episode 31 Flashback: MGTOW, waste, power, autarky, stories from my past

BitcoinMeister- Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Altcoins

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2019 51:07


It is time to go beyond Bitcoin! Stories from my past, MGTOW thoughts, anti-shallow, 20% vs 80%.. Truth to power? So much western style waste and incorrect ranking of priorities. Autarky? So much more! WATCH the show here- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HSSGcETa-c Follow Adam on Twitter- https://twitter.com/TechBalt All of the BitcoinMeister videos are here at DisruptMeister.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bitcoinmeister/support

The CyberWire
Cryptojackers gone wild. Attempted hack of Australia’s Parliament investigated. Huawei security concerns continue. Russia tests Internet autarky. Prosecutors investigate alleged blackmail.

The CyberWire

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2019 19:02


In today’s podcast, we hear that clipper malware has been ejected from Google Play. A different cryptojacker is kicking its competitors out of infected machines. Australian authorities continue to investigate the attempted hack of Parliament, with Chinese intelligence services as the prime suspects. How do you solve a problem like Huawei? Russia prepares to test its ability to disconnect from the Internet in the event of war. Prosecutors investigate alleged blackmail by below-the-belt selfie. Ben Yelin from UMD CHHS on politicians blocking citizens on social media. For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2019/February/CyberWire_2019_02_11.html  Support our show

The CyberWire
ICEPick-3PC in the wild. Influence ops warning in Israel. Hackerangriff and a lone hacktivist. OXO and Magecart. The Dark Overlord wants you. Oversharing. Internet autarky. Kaspersky helped NSA?

The CyberWire

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2019 19:26


In today’s podcast, we hear that ICEPick-3PC is out in the wild and scooping up Android IP addresses. Shin Bet warns of influence operations threatening Israel’s April election—much predictable yelling and finger-pointing ensues. German authorities are pretty convinced Hackerangriff is the work of a lone, disgruntled student. OXO may have suffered a Magecart infestation. Dark Overlord’s labor market play. Facebook sharing. Internet autarky. And did Kaspersky finger an NSA contractor to NSA for mishandling secrets? Dr. Charles Clancy from VA Tech on security gaps in the 5G specification. Guest is Denis Cosgrove from Booz Allen Hamilton on the growing connectivity and autonomy in motor vehicles.  For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2019/January/CyberWire_2019_01_09.html Support our show

Tangential Convergence
Episode 46 - A Warehouse Full of Minitel Terminals

Tangential Convergence

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2018


Yup, we're back.  Don't worry, we just took a little break.So, today is Isabelle's birthday, so there's that.Our topic though, is not birthdays, but, the recent fine the European Union has slapped on Google.  The deal here is, that if you make an Android phone, and you want to use the google play store, you can't fork Android.  I mean, you CAN, but then you don't get the play store.  The EU doesn't like this much.This brought me in mind of the unequal treaties imposed on China, Japan and Korea (by Japan no less).Mercantilism, Autarky, and even the future!Oh yeah, the singularity is silly.mp3 download

The Isaac Morehouse Podcast
134 - Thaddeus Russell on World War Two

The Isaac Morehouse Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2017 65:46


Thaddeus Russell is the author of Renegade History of the United States, founder of Renegade University, host of the Unregistered podcast, and an intellectual entrepreneur. In this episode, Isaac and Thaddeus dive into World War Two. The reasons why the US joined the war, why Franklin Roosevelt wanted war with Japan and Nazi Germany, what stopped Jewish immigrants from leaving Europe, and more. Topics Discussed: - Renegade University - The reasons people believe the US entered WW2 - FDR and the war in the Pacific - Roosevelt's desire for war with Japan - Jewish immigration to the United States - Trust in the media - Self-censorship in the media before and during WW2 - The argument for going to war with Nazi Germany in 1942 - Why Roosevelt wanted to go to war with Nazi Germany - Germany post world war one - Autarky in Nazi Germany and Japan - The US controlling international trade - US refusal of Jewish Immigrants before and during WW2 - Immigration quotas

The CyberWire
Another misconfigured AWS S3 bucket, this one with US Army INSCOM files. Apple fixes a major issue in MacOS. Influence ops and autarky. Boyusec disbanded.

The CyberWire

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2017 19:51


In today's podcast we hear that another misconfigured AWS S3 bucket has turned up. This one holds sensitive US Army files. Apple fixes a big flaw in the latest MacOS High Sierra version—the password is…"root." Russia says American aggression in cyberspace is moving it to create its own DNS. Russia and Venezuela exploit the Catalan independence movement for disruptive information operations. Boyusec, mentioned in recent US indictment, has been disbanded.  Dale Drew from CenturyLink with lessons on consolidation. Jason McGee from IBM on software containers. 

This is Fine
Episode 1.9 - Sons of Autarky

This is Fine

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2017 56:56


Welcome to This Is Fine episode 1.9: Sons of Autarky. Thank you very much for listening, Finers. In this week’s podcast, we talk about how the crisis of declining male labor force participation, the opioid epidemic, the Trump vote, and racism are all connected by one powerful narrative, autarkic patriarchal white labor (APWL). That’s the belief that a man's purpose is to provide for his family and that purpose can be only honored by certain types of work. Examining APWL, we look at some of the damage this story many men tell themselves has caused, and we look for a way out. As always, the show notes are available at www.thisisfine.net/2017/04/06/episode-1-9-sons-of-autarky/.

The CyberWire
Daily: Ransomware updates. IP camera vulnerabilities. Steganography makes a comeback. Controlling content, with or without Internet autarky. Zo replaces Tay? 

The CyberWire

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2016 15:31


In today's podcast, we hear that more network security cameras have been found vulnerable to bot-herding. Sony's are patched, so patch. Unpatched Flash bugs incorporated into exploit kits. New ransomware strains are out. Russia announces a new national Internet strategy as Canada and the EU grapple with the complexity and ambivalence of controlling extremist content. Steganography is back, alas, and in your banner ads. Dr. Charles Clancy from VA Tech’s Hume Center explains the challenges of developing security solutions that can function in both the federal and commercial realms. Ebba Blitz from Alertsec hasthe results of a survey on what Americans fear most when it comes to cyber security. And Tay's kid sister Zo makes her debut.

Pengcast!
Pengcast 44: A Most Violent Year, Seventh Son, Song of the Sea, The Last Man on Earth

Pengcast!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2015 67:28


Sat, 28 Mar 2015 01:00:28 +0000 https://pengcast.podigee.io/36-pengcast-44-a-most-violent-year-seventh-son-song-of-the-sea-the-last-man-on-earth e3ff95fd8d26c5278ca09f6d238fb00b Diese Woche sprechen wir über das Fantasy-Couch-Flick "Seventh Son", das Crime-Drama "A Most Violent Year", den Oscar-nominierten Animationsfilm "Song of the Sea und die neue postapokalyptische Comedy-Serie "The Last Man on Earth". Diese Woche mit Musik vom großartigen Hello Piedpiper! 00:00:00 Film-News: Mission Impossible 5 00:03:00 Seventh Son 00:10:30 A Most Violent Year 00:27:00 Pause: Hello Piedpiper - The Fear (Bedroom Disco Session) 00:29:00 Song of the Sea 00:40:30 The Last Man on Earth 00:54:00 Abschlussrunde: The Breakfast Club, Grand Budapest Hotel, Every Frame a Painting, Poker Night, Californication 01:05:00 Outro: Hello Piedpiper - Life in Autarky 36 full no Filme, Film, Filmpodcast, aktuell, aktuelle, Comedy, deutsch, Rezensionen, Reviews, Pengcast, Christian Eichler, Lukas Diestel, Malte Springer, Max von Raison, Off Duty, witzig, lustig, intelligent, Hintergrund Christian Eichler, Lukas Diestel, Malte Springer, Max-Ole von Raison

YDN Design Guide HD
Milan 2010: Spazio Rossana Orlandi

YDN Design Guide HD

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2010


YDN Designguide takes a look at the new projects exhibited at the Spazio Rossana Orlandi gallery, always a favorite amongst the Milan Design week visitors. Some of the projects like the animals by Frederique Morrel really caught our attention. There's always a high number of projects from the Design academy Eindhoven but more often these days we see projects from other schools such as the Konstfack from Sweden as well. BCXSY took their inspiration to Japan and worked together with craftsman on their new "origins" project. And Formafantasma showed their new adventure in the Autarky exhibition found in the basement of the gallery. video by designguide.tv

YDN Design Guide
Milan 2010: Spazio Rossana Orlandi

YDN Design Guide

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2010 4:45


YDN Designguide takes a look at the new projects exhibited at the Spazio Rossana Orlandi gallery, always a favorite amongst the Milan Design week visitors. Some of the projects like the animals by Frederique Morrel really caught our attention. There's always a high number of projects from the Design academy Eindhoven but more often these days we see projects from other schools such as the Konstfack from Sweden as well. BCXSY took their inspiration to Japan and worked together with craftsman on their new "origins" project. And Formafantasma showed their new adventure in the Autarky exhibition found in the basement of the gallery. video by designguide.tv

Design Guide
Milan 2010: Spazio Rossana Orlandi

Design Guide

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2010


YDN Designguide takes a look at the new projects exhibited at the Spazio Rossana Orlandi gallery, always a favorite amongst the Milan Design week visitors. Some of the projects like the animals by Frederique Morrel really caught our attention. There's always a high number of projects from the Design academy Eindhoven but more often these days we see projects from other schools such as the Konstfack from Sweden as well. BCXSY took their inspiration to Japan and worked together with craftsman on their new "origins" project. And Formafantasma showed their new adventure in the Autarky exhibition found in the basement of the gallery. video by designguide.tv