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The Rise of the "Nones" and the Politics Driving People Out of Church In this episode of the Good Faith Podcast, Ryan Burge joins Curtis Chang to explore The Vanishing Church and the decline of moderate American congregations, using hard data and his lived experience as a longtime pastor, political scientist, and statistician. Ryan and Curtis explore how evangelicals, mainline Protestants, Catholics, and the religious "nones" are changing—and what that means for polarization, social cohesion, and democracy in America. Burge offers a practical challenge for the lonely or spiritually curious—show up to church even if you don't believe—and makes a case for gratitude and community in an anxious age. 06:25 - Evangelicals: Political Shift and Homogeneity 13:59 - Mainline Protestants: Decline and Diversity 19:06 - Aging and Future of Mainline Churches 23:05 - American Catholics: Stability and Rightward Shift 28:31 - Priest Shortages and Cultural Challenges 30:36 - The Rise of the Nones 31:25 - Political Drivers of Religious Disaffiliation 40:17 - Polarization: Politics and Economics 47:54 - Addressing Polarization: Individual Responsibility 50:23 - Advice for Pastors: Preaching Beyond Politics 52:31 - Signs of Hope and Gratitude Register for the Illuminate Arts + Faith Conference Sign up for the Good Faith Newsletter Mentioned In This Episode: Ryan Burge's The Vanishing Church: How the Hollowing Out of Moderate Congregations Is Hurting Democracy, Faith, and Us (Why the Culture Wars Led to Polarization and What We Can Do About It) Read Ephesians 3:10 (ESV) Read Colossians 1:16-18 (ESV) Danforth Center on Religion and Politics Ryan Burge, Michael Graham, and Jim Davis' The Great Dechurching: Who's Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back? More about Dorothy Day More from Ryan Burge: Substack: Graphs About Religion Follow Ryan on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/ryanburge More about Ryan Burge's work Follow Us: Good Faith on Instagram Good Faith on X (formerly Twitter) Good Faith on Facebook The Good Faith Podcast is a production of a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan organization that does not engage in any political campaign activity to support or oppose any candidate for public office. Any views and opinions expressed by any guests on this program are solely those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Good Faith.
What if the root cause of your outbound problem isn't the people but the system? In this episode, I'm joined by Gerry Hill, VP at ConnectAndSell and creator of Pipeline OS, to cut through the noise around sales development and give you a blueprint for scalable, effective pipeline generation. Gerry's seen firsthand how most sales orgs are wasting time, money, and talent by focusing on the wrong things tech stacks over structure, "charisma" over rigour, meetings over behaviour. We talk about how to fix that. From restructuring SDR workflows to leveraging gamification and agile frameworks, Gerry walks us through how to turn your outbound chaos into a repeatable engine for revenue. If you're a sales leader fed up with underperformance and overcomplication, this one's for you. How to build pipeline development systems that actually work Stop romanticising "sales artistry" and focus on the science: disciplined execution, repeatable process, and tight feedback loops. Use MECE (Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive) thinking to segment work, avoid cross-threading, and drive clarity. Pre-build the outbound week: define lists, scripts, execution windows, and follow-ups—then let reps iterate and learn. Shift comp plans to reward behaviours, not just outcomes—introduce a points-based gamified system. Borrow from agile: treat outbound campaigns like sprints, with reps acting as scrum masters. Create systems where managers manage again—your process should do the heavy lifting on accountability and clarity. Timeline summary [01:45] – The biggest problem in sales leadership? Homogeneity and lack of shared mission. [03:32] – Why curiosity is the #1 trait Gerry hires for—and how it correlates with top performance. [05:04] – How to measure curiosity in interviews: chaos, not canned questions. [06:47] – Why complaints are a gift: they signal engagement and highlight blockers. [10:13] – Reps don't need coaches—they need missions, systems and heroes' journeys. [13:41] – Pipeline is strategy, not grunt work: why most teams are structuring it wrong. [14:32] – The power of the MECE framework in outbound design. [17:16] – Making boring-but-important work fun: points-based comp and behaviour-led incentives. [20:07] – Pipeline development = agile sprint. Here's how to run it like software engineering. [22:33] – Don't have a system? Then your tech stack is a liability, not a lever. [26:59] – Real servant leadership is not about being nice. It's about hard-edged, mission-driven service. Links & resources Gerry Hill on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beaccurate/ ConnectAndSell: https://connectandsell.com/ Pipeline OS: https://connectandsell.com/pipeline-hero/ Enjoyed the episode? Do us a favour rate, follow, review, and share Leadership that Sells. Every click helps another sales leader level up.
Another conversation on aspects of Suburban life that may unwittingly undermine spiritual life. Today we tackle Homogeneity v. Diversity and Insularity v. Community.
Homogeneity is the name of the game in certain circles of brewing—from massive brewers who standardize their hop lots by blending before pelletizing, or hop companies that blend lots to iron out highs and lows in a particular crop year. But for Garage Project (https://garageproject.co.nz) and Hapi Research (https://hapi.co.nz)'s Pete Gillespie, that search for the least offensive middle way removes the incentive for everyone to optimize for quality, expression, and individuality that's core to the idea of craft beer. In their brewing program, and in their partnership to pursue new hop varieties, character and unique experiences are the name of the game, and they're putting significant investment behind the pursuit. In this episode, Gillespie discusses: using supporting hops to accentuate lead hop characters the impact of pick time on hop expression variations within single field blocks of hop varieties the dynamic shift in Nelson Sauvin over the picking window terroir's impact on hop flavors and aromas exploring diverse growing areas for hops in New Zealand surprise impact in this year's hops like Southern Cross the inscrutable challenge and benefit of Riwaka Hāpi Research's investment in developing new NZ varieties secrets of selecting Southern hemisphere hops And more. This episode is brought to you by: G&D Chillers (https://gdchillers.com): G&D Chillers Elite 290 Micro-series line utilizes a natural refrigerant, features a more compact design with variable speed fans, and offers near-zero global warming potential. The future of sustainable refrigeration is here! Learn more about G&D's Elite 290 line and visit GDCHILLERS.COM. Berkeley Yeast (https://berkeleyyeast.com). Berkeley Yeast bioengineers ordinary strains and make them extraordinary—enhancing the flavors you want and eliminating the ones you don't. Visit berkeleyyeast.com to learn more and start brewing with science on your side. Old Orchard (https://www.oldorchard.com/brewer): As breweries expand beyond beer into other segments like mocktails and CBD beverages, Old Orchard is here to help. Whether trending flavor additions or nostalgic favorites, the next best thing is around the corner at Old Orchard. More information and free samples are waiting at oldorchard.com/brewer (https://www.oldorchard.com/brewer) Indie Hops (https://indiehops.com) Taste the modern flavors of Indie Hops at CBC, this year in Indianapolis. Join Indie in Indy for 14 incredible collab beers. Check out the full CBC beer lineup at www.indiehops.com and plan to stop by their booth #3122. Ss Brewtech (https://www.ssbrewtech.com) Featuring a laser-welded cooling jacket for efficient and precise temperature control, an innovative silicone racking arm, and a carbonation stone that allows you to carbonate right in the fermenter, Unitank 2.0 is engineered to help you get the most out of your fermentations! Visit Ss Brewtech.com (https://www.ssbrewtech.com) to learn more! Isuzu Trucks (https://www.isuzucv.com) Whether you are looking for a self-distribution solution or one to deliver supplies, there is an Isuzu truck that will fit your needs. Go to isuzucv.com (https://www.isuzucv.com) to check out their impressive lineup or visit an Isuzu dealer today to find out why now, more than ever, Isuzu trucks are the trucks you trust for the work you do! Cytiva (https://info.cytivalifesciences.com/sample-request-brewing.html) Protecting your beer's highest quality is crucial to maintain its unique taste and prevent spoilage organisms, and microbiological testing plays a vital role in this process. Cytiva offers a comprehensive portfolio of laboratory filtration products designed for both lab and production-floor use. Brewery Workshop (https://breweryworkshop.com) If you're launching a brewery or acquiring an existing one, consider our brewery workshop and new brewery accelerator, September 14 through 17th in Fort Collins, Colorado. Visit breweryworkshop.com for more information and to secure your spot.
Distinctives - Why we believe what we believe that is secondary but important. Why we are not homogenous.
To kick off the last week of #29DaysofMagic! 2025, I am super delighted to have on Lorine Pendleton, she is the Founder/Managing Partner of 125 Ventures. She talks about how she wanted to buy designer clothes and give kudos to her parents for helping her learn the value of money by encouraging her to get her first job at a Blimpie Sub Sandwich shop. She shares her incredible career journey to now where she is now. She shares about how she helped invest in women owned and diverse companies one of which is currently among the fastest growing companies in the country. She shares about how because people either have a blind spot or are willingly ignoring underrepresented startups there is a lot missing growth that should be happening but isn't currently. She shares about taking more calculated risks and not being afraid to fail. Reach out to Lorine if you're interested in Angel Investing!And reach out to her if you are looking to start investing, or if you have a startup in sports media entertainment!Connect here:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lorinevc/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lorinevcLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorinependleton/
The 365 Days of Astronomy, the daily podcast of the International Year of Astronomy 2009
http://www.astronomycast.com/archive/ From January 9, 2009. As astronomers discovered that we live in a great big universe, they considered a fundamental question: is the Universe the same everywhere? Imagine if gravity was stronger billions of light years away… Or in the past. It sounds like a simple question, but the answer has been tricky to unravel. We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.
Zeljana Zmire, Ph.D. in International Studies and Korean Studies, is a lecturer at Hanyang University in Seoul. Her research interests include multiculturalism, immigration policy, comparative politics, international politics and other. She can be reached via zeljana@hanyang.ac.kr. You can also find her on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeljana-zmire-2927307b/ Members Thank you again to the paid Patreon member Bhavya. Discussion Outline 0:00 Defining Multiculturalism 6:00 Korea's Homogeneity 15:35 The Effects of Media 23:11 International Marriages 31:30 Becoming Korean 39:15 Racism in Korea 48:00 Nouveau-Riche Nationalism 53:05 Stereotypes on White Women 56:05 How to Make the World Better Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard ▶ Get in touch: datizzard@swu.ac.kr ▶ David's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/datizzard/ ▶ KD Insta: https://www.instagram.com/koreadeconstructed/ ▶ Jeon Yunseo: https://www.instagram.com/y_jeon_s/ ▶ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=62047873 ▶ Watch us on Youtube: www.youtube.com/@UCXcdboOUCnCFnrAOF5dV1sg ▶ Listen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/kr/podcast/korea-deconstructed/id1587269128 ▶Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5zdXkG0aAAHnDwOvd0jXEE ▶ Listen on podcasts: https://koreadeconstructed.libsyn.com ▶ Song by Radical Gary (David): https://youtu.be/AAkVRbH8eyg?si=FYtMqj2YfmJcmPPI
One seldom discussed consequence of quantum computers and PQC is the move from cryptographic homogeneity to cryptographic heterogeneity, with multiple KEMs and DSAs eventually expected as ongoing standards. We examine the consequences of this change.
This episode is brought to you by Oberle Risk Strategies: Insurance Broker and Insurance Due Diligence Provider for Search Funds and Other Small-to-Medium-Sized Businesses * This episode is brought to you by The Profit Line: The Outsourced Finance & Accounting Department for Small and Medium Sized Businesses * Many searchers understandably tend to have very similar questions and areas of uncertainty. Indeed, in most instances, I had these very same questions and areas of uncertainty myself prior to raising my own search fund in 2012. As a result of the frequency with which I'm asked these questions, I've presented each of them in today's episode, and have also included my opinion on what the answers may be. Some of the questions include: Constructing a cap table Differences between the Canadian and US search ecosystems Is the search fund market too crowded/saturated The trade-off between price and business quality What the best searchers do in their first 3-6 months Proprietary vs. brokered deal flow generation When to visit a prospective seller Success rates of industry agnostic searches Having an industry & geographic focus Homogeneity among search investors re: industry preferences How to spend your first week as a new CEO Should I create a 100-day plan? How to communicate the ownership change to customers
Kyle Chayka joins us to discuss Filterworld, and the impact that algorithms have on culture and connection. Are we at the mercy of rapidly-changing algorithms and recommendations? How do we overcome ‘algorithm anxiety' and become more intentional and thoughtful in our content consumption and decision-making? Listen now.The Digital Front PorchKey takeaways:- The rise of huge social media platforms has led to algorithmic recommendations and feeds becoming the main way we experience culture on the internet.- A personal algorithm cleanse can help reset our relationship with the internet and inspire us to think for ourselves.- Friction is an important concept—algorithmic feeds try to eliminate friction, while slowing down our process of consumption allows for more intentional decision-making.- Algorithm anxiety is real, particularly for those who make their living on the internet; they are at the mercy of constantly changing algorithms and recommendations.- As consumers, our preferences are influenced by both algorithms and personal curators; we should recognize our role as tastemakers and actively participate in shaping our own cultural experiences.{00:08:17} - “Not being sort of plugged into the matrix doesn't mean that your life and the things that fill it in changes, it means that you're enduring more friction personally.” - Phillip{00:17:13} - “It's knowing who your customer is, and cultivating a longer-term relationship, and that requires a kind of friction or slowness or patience in a way. You don't just want them to frictionlessly convert from a viewer to a buyer. You want them to actually think about something.” - Kyle{00:19:29} - “The digital platforms treat us as passive consumers of content and as fungible user eyeballs. And so that's how we act. We act as these passive consumers who don't think about what we're consuming until we're given a reason to, and that's unfortunate.” - Kyle{00:33:25} - “We're seeing another wave of Internet development happening with smaller platforms that are not so algorithmically driven. I think user behavior is changing, albeit slowly.” - Kyle{00:39:53} - “I also grew up in AIM-era AOL chat rooms, and those aesthetics are still captured somewhere on the Internet, and they're memorable because they stuck around long enough to make an impression on us. I don't know that anyone pines for the 2019 brief interface change on Instagram as it was. There is no era anymore because it's constantly in motion.” - Phillip{00:52:41} - “You kind of have to ignore that someone else has already thought about the problem that you've thought about or come up with a good book on whatever. You have to have this willful amnesia to make something new.” - Kyle{00:59:14} - “The sheer ability of people to move quickly and change ideas and information is going to create that homogeneity. It's just that algorithmic recommendations and feeds make the speed of that exchange even faster, even more granular.” - Kyle{01:04:14} - “It's about connecting with what's around you, connecting with people who are in line with your philosophy or whatever. We can build communities without everything having to be for everyone, maybe.” - KyleAssociated Links:Learn more about Kyle Chayka and get your copy of FilterworldCheck out Future Commerce+ for exclusive content and save on merch and printThe MUSES Journal is here! Grab your copy of our latest annual journal today at musesjournal.comHave you checked out our YouTube channel yet?Subscribe to Insiders and The Senses to read more about what we are witnessing in the commerce worldListen to our other episodes of Future CommerceHave any questions or comments about the show? Let us know on futurecommerce.com, or reach out to us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. We love hearing from our listeners!
Kyle Chayka joins us to discuss Filterworld, and the impact that algorithms have on culture and connection. Are we at the mercy of rapidly-changing algorithms and recommendations? How do we overcome ‘algorithm anxiety' and become more intentional and thoughtful in our content consumption and decision-making? Listen now.The Digital Front PorchKey takeaways:- The rise of huge social media platforms has led to algorithmic recommendations and feeds becoming the main way we experience culture on the internet.- A personal algorithm cleanse can help reset our relationship with the internet and inspire us to think for ourselves.- Friction is an important concept—algorithmic feeds try to eliminate friction, while slowing down our process of consumption allows for more intentional decision-making.- Algorithm anxiety is real, particularly for those who make their living on the internet; they are at the mercy of constantly changing algorithms and recommendations.- As consumers, our preferences are influenced by both algorithms and personal curators; we should recognize our role as tastemakers and actively participate in shaping our own cultural experiences.{00:08:17} - “Not being sort of plugged into the matrix doesn't mean that your life and the things that fill it in changes, it means that you're enduring more friction personally.” - Phillip{00:17:13} - “It's knowing who your customer is, and cultivating a longer-term relationship, and that requires a kind of friction or slowness or patience in a way. You don't just want them to frictionlessly convert from a viewer to a buyer. You want them to actually think about something.” - Kyle{00:19:29} - “The digital platforms treat us as passive consumers of content and as fungible user eyeballs. And so that's how we act. We act as these passive consumers who don't think about what we're consuming until we're given a reason to, and that's unfortunate.” - Kyle{00:33:25} - “We're seeing another wave of Internet development happening with smaller platforms that are not so algorithmically driven. I think user behavior is changing, albeit slowly.” - Kyle{00:39:53} - “I also grew up in AIM-era AOL chat rooms, and those aesthetics are still captured somewhere on the Internet, and they're memorable because they stuck around long enough to make an impression on us. I don't know that anyone pines for the 2019 brief interface change on Instagram as it was. There is no era anymore because it's constantly in motion.” - Phillip{00:52:41} - “You kind of have to ignore that someone else has already thought about the problem that you've thought about or come up with a good book on whatever. You have to have this willful amnesia to make something new.” - Kyle{00:59:14} - “The sheer ability of people to move quickly and change ideas and information is going to create that homogeneity. It's just that algorithmic recommendations and feeds make the speed of that exchange even faster, even more granular.” - Kyle{01:04:14} - “It's about connecting with what's around you, connecting with people who are in line with your philosophy or whatever. We can build communities without everything having to be for everyone, maybe.” - KyleAssociated Links:Learn more about Kyle Chayka and get your copy of FilterworldCheck out Future Commerce+ for exclusive content and save on merch and printThe MUSES Journal is here! Grab your copy of our latest annual journal today at musesjournal.comHave you checked out our YouTube channel yet?Subscribe to Insiders and The Senses to read more about what we are witnessing in the commerce worldListen to our other episodes of Future CommerceHave any questions or comments about the show? Let us know on futurecommerce.com, or reach out to us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. We love hearing from our listeners!
We know budgets are tight, but there are still so many ways you can continue to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion at your company without spending money. In today's bonus episode, we'll guide you through simple yet powerful steps that can support an inclusive workplace culture. From the way we craft our emails to the structure of our hiring processes, every action counts. Learn how to magnify your DEI efforts through everyday practices like using inclusive language and revising company policies to reflect a more equitable environment. These actionable strategies promise to sustain your commitment to a diverse workplace, all while keeping budgets in mind.Visit us at shegeeksout.com to stay up to date on all the ways you can make the workplace work for everyone!
How did the British change Indian society? What was life under the Raj actually like? Do the British genuinely deserve all the hate and vilification they get? For Week 2 of SparX's Indian History Month, we have Manu Pillai delving deep into Indian history in the post-colonial era. About SparX Indian History Month:In January, we dive into India's history. In a four-part Series, we immerse ourselves in the complex net of human experiences that has shaped our world today. Manu Pillai, a best selling writer and one of India's leading voices on historical academia, joins us for an intimate and thought provoking conversation. For every history buff out there, you don't want to miss out on this!00:00:00 – 00:00:50 Coming Up this episode.00:00:51 - 00:01:02 Opening Theme.00:01:03 - 00:04:01 The era of Mughals in India.00:04:02 - 00:13:01 The empire of The East India Company.00:13:02 - 00:25:51 Cultural Imperialism Of the British Empire.00:25:52 - 00:30:26 How did the British change the fabric of the Indian society?00:30:27 - 00:39:23 How the British created a bad image about Indians through storytelling.00:39:24 - 00:45:45 Significance of Maharajas and the princely states in India.00:45:46 - 00:49:19 How was it to live as a senior British official in India? 00:49:20 - 00:53:35 Are we correct in vilifying all the British rulers?00:53:36 - 1:01:00 The Emergence of the Concept of India and Pakistan.1:01:01 - 1:03:19 India's contribution to the World Wars.1:03:21 - 1:06:41 Homogeneity amongst Indians around the World.1:06:42-1:09:16 Manu's style of writing.1:09:15-1:10:43 Key takeaways from the episode.1:10:44- 1:11:29 Closing theme.
It's been dubbed the landlord special: beige-grey laminate, vast empty spaces, and colourless walls. Architecture correspondent for The Nation and author of McMansion Hell, Kate Wagner on the emergence of a disturbing new anti-aesthetic and the cultural and economic conditions in which aesthetic conformity is produced.
Max and Colborn are joined for the second time by artist, curator, and TimeAI100 laureate Linda Dounia for a deep-dive, all-encompassing AI power-talk. Linda leads us into a conversation about homogeneous AI monoculture, how it affects us, why we're sick of it, and how to destroy it outright, before we go off on a series of tangents: Where does culture come from? Why export a dying western aesthetic? What does it mean to grow up in an AI-entangled world? And finally, Linda talks about her Speculative Archiving project, a bonkers new vision for how AI can be used.
The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, Jake Siegel of Tablet Magazine discusses his thought provoking piece:A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century: Thirteen ways of looking at disinformation. Jake asserts that elites in government and the media are trying to control and centralize free speech and open inquiry as evidenced by Russiagate investigations and COVID-related national discourse. Resources: Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned #149 Jon Askonas on Technology, Homogeneity, and Influence A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century: Thirteen ways of looking at disinformation by Jacob Siegel 'Disinformation' Is the Hoax of the Century by Jacob Siegel Jake Siegel Tablet Page Link to full show notes and resources Guest Bio: Jacob Siegel is senior editor of News and The Scroll, Tablet's daily afternoon news digest. About: The Information Professionals Association (IPA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to exploring the role of information activities, such as influence and cognitive security, within the national security sector and helping to bridge the divide between operations and research. Its goal is to increase interdisciplinary collaboration between scholars and practitioners and policymakers with an interest in this domain. For more information, please contact us at communications@information-professionals.org. Or, connect directly with The Cognitive Crucible podcast host, John Bicknell, on LinkedIn. Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, 1) IPA earns from qualifying purchases, 2) IPA gets commissions for purchases made through links in this post.
It's been dubbed the landlord special: beige-grey laminate, vast empty spaces, and colourless walls. Architecture correspondent for The Nation and author of McMansion Hell, Kate Wagner on the emergence of a disturbing new anti-aesthetic and the cultural and economic conditions in which aesthetic conformity is produced.
How does the man who scaled Gym Shark from 1 million to 20 million followers think about marketing? Elfried Samba is in the studio to share his views with Daniel on building an audience through genuine brand diversity and to reflect on the ultimate goals of marketing in today's increasing economy of homogeneity. He shares the liberating effects of embracing imperfection in advertising and how it makes companies a little more human. Plus, find out his thoughts on building brand trust and what characteristic brands who consistently deliver share in common. 0:00 Intro/Scaling Gym Shark3:40 Cultural Evolution13:31 Homogeneity in Advertising17:50 The Goal of Marketing21:56 The Nuances of Marketing25:11 The Role of AI 29:04 Why Trust is Vital36:04 Customers are Your Best Ambassadors40:18 A Hill to Die OnFollow Elfried: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elfriedsamba/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElfriedSambaFollow Daniel:Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Dmurr68LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-murray-marketingSign up for The Marketing Millennials newsletter: www.workweek.com/brand/the-marketing-millennialsDaniel is a Workweek friend, working to produce amazing podcasts. To find out more, visit:www.workweek.com
The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, Jon Askonas discusses how technology may be leading us towards a homogenization and a cultural dead end where creativity is stifled by market forces. This homogenization process may also, inadvertently, make societies more susceptible to cybernetic influence techniques such as reflexive control. Research Question: What is the relationship between homogeneity & heterogeneity in memetic systems? (For ex: The research of Rene Girard). Resources: Jon Askonas' Catholic University Webpage Recent podcast appearance: WHAT'S HAPPENED TO CONSENSUS REALITY? Marshall Mcluhan quote: "There is no difference that does not difference make." YouTube: Axis of Awesome - 4 Four Chord Song (with song titles) Ted Gioia Music Substack The Culture of Military Innovation: The Impact of Cultural Factors on the Revolution in Military Affairs in Russia, the US, and Israel by Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky Wikipedia: Rene Girard Tablet: Jacob Siegel Link to full show notes and resources https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-149 Guest Bio: Jon Askonas is an assistant professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America, where he works on the connections between the republican tradition, technology, and national security. He is currently working on two books: A Muse of Fire: Why the U.S. Military Forgets What It Learns in War, on what happens to wartime innovations when the war is over and The Shot in the Dark: A History of the U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group, the first comprehensive overview of a unit that helped the Army adapt to the post 9/11 era of counterinsurgency and global power competition. His writing has appeared in Russian Analytical Digest, Triple Helix, The New Atlantis, Fare Forward, War on the Rocks, and the Texas National Security Review. About: The Information Professionals Association (IPA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to exploring the role of information activities, such as influence and cognitive security, within the national security sector and helping to bridge the divide between operations and research. Its goal is to increase interdisciplinary collaboration between scholars and practitioners and policymakers with an interest in this domain. For more information, please contact us at communications@information-professionals.org. Or, connect directly with The Cognitive Crucible podcast host, John Bicknell, on LinkedIn. Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, 1) IPA earns from qualifying purchases, 2) IPA gets commissions for purchases made through links in this post.
In this episode, Alex starts with some thoughts about Lindsay Graham and how he is a perfect case study into the GOP's fall towards Trumpism. Then he talks about why diversity of opinion is important for a political party, and why the GOP may be stuck in homogeneity. Next, Alex discusses a recent attack at the office of a Democratic Congressman in Virginia. The perpetrator attacked two staffers with a baseball bat and caused mass damage and chaos. Alex notes that the man who attacked the staffers is crazy, had said delusional things about the CIA, and seemed to despise the government. Finally, it looks like a recent election in Thailand may be good for democracy. Alex mentions that this is the first time a progressive, opposition party, has done well in Thailand since the military coup in 2014. While these results were good in Thailand, the Thai elites and the military may still be able to control the outcome.
00:30 Happiness and homogeneity 31:00 Is the Bible historical truth? 39:00 Time to Close Down the Elon Musk Circus, https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/12/21/elon-musk-twitter-press-00074881 45:00 The cult of 12 step programs 1:02:30 The Economist: Why cricket and America are made for each other, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=146596 1:24:00 The Second Coming of Guru Jagat, https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/11/the-second-coming-of-guru-jagat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2022/12/20/why-cricket-and-america-are-made-for-each-other https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_and_Loves https://www.sportstiger.com/news/what-is-the-new-cricketing-term-bazball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendon_McCullum Messi & Ye, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=146549 Israel's dumb culture, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=146547 The Atlantic: WHY IS MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE LIKE THIS?, https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/negative-theology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Goldhagen https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-16/as-tom-girardi-skated-the-state-bar-went-after-black-attorneys https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/12/stephen-miller-america-first-legal-biden-race-policies/ https://study.com/academy/lesson/abductive-reasoning-definition-examples.html https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kanye-west-gavin-mcinnes-nick-fuentes-jews-forgive-hitler-1234642059/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ye-s-hate-spewing-career-tanking-descent-through-the-alt-media/ar-AA157LPl https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/story/2022-12-12/world-cup-underdog-morocco-france-semifinal FT columnist quits twitter because it is low status, https://www.ft.com/content/8a040159-502d-491d-8ad3-2200609dae71 https://forward.com/culture/527354/hitler-demon-president-biden-tweet-kanye-west-nick-fuentes-trump/ https://www.angelfire.com/mt/talmud/three.html https://www.angelfire.com/mt/talmud/gentiles.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/12/09/reopening-mass-shootings-walmart-club-q/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ye-s-hate-spewing-career-tanking-descent-through-the-alt-media/ar-AA157LPl https://anchor.fm/aksubversive/episodes/Steve-Sailer---A-Lifetime-Of-Noticing-e1rsv89 https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/good-times https://twitter.com/RichardBSpencer/status/1599928437862707201 https://twitter.com/RichardBSpencer/status/1598421835032694785 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSFVD7Xfhn7sJY8LAIQmH8Q/join https://odysee.com/@LukeFordLive, https://lbry.tv/@LukeFord, https://rumble.com/lukeford https://dlive.tv/lukefordlivestreams Listener Call In #: 1-310-997-4596 Superchat: https://entropystream.live/app/lukefordlive Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/lukeford/ Soundcloud MP3s: https://soundcloud.com/luke-ford-666431593 Code of Conduct: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=125692 https://www.patreon.com/lukeford http://lukeford.net Email me: lukeisback@gmail.com or DM me on Twitter.com/lukeford Support the show | https://www.streamlabs.com/lukeford, https://patreon.com/lukeford, https://PayPal.Me/lukeisback Facebook: http://facebook.com/lukecford Feel free to clip my videos. It's nice when you link back to the original.
Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2022.12.03.518965v1?rss=1 Authors: Jacob, G., Pramod, R., Arun, S. Abstract: Many visual tasks involve looking for specific object features. But we also often solve generic tasks where we look for a specific property, such as finding an odd item, deciding if two items are same, or if an object has symmetry. How do we solve such tasks? Building on simple neural rules, we show that displays with repeating elements can be distinguished from heterogeneous displays using a property we denote visual homogeneity. In behavior, visual homogeneity predicted response times on visual search and symmetry tasks. Brain imaging during these tasks revealed that visual homogeneity in both tasks is highly localized to a region in the object-selective cortex. Thus, a novel image property, visual homogeneity, is encoded in a localized brain region, to solve generic visual tasks. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by Paper Player, LLC
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single person, think about their work and unpack the rest. This week, Natasha interviewed Karla Monterroso, a long time leadership coach, racial equity advocate and the founder of Brava Leaders. We talked about her route into the leadership coaching space, but mainly sought to answer questions about the challenges facing executives today. Here are some of the topics we touch onDiverse leadership and the unique semblance of power on a person of colorHow she's thinking through the second-order impacts of Elon Musk's Twitter takeover and what signal it sends to the industry.Tech's homogeneity problem and if it's getting better or worseHow leaders can cultivate a workforce that leans into conflictAnd of course, we end with a lightning round - including but not limited to how Monterroso would define 2022 in a headline.We'll be back Friday with a festive rerun of an old episode. For those celebrating, happy Thanksgiving and, needless to say, we're very thankful to have you here.Equity drops every Monday at 7 a.m. PT and Wednesday and Friday at 6 a.m. PT, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews founders, a show that details how our stories come together and more!
StarDICE I: sensor calibration bench and absolute photometric calibration of a Sony IMX411 sensor by Marc Betoule et al. on Monday 21 November The Hubble diagram of type-Ia supernovae (SNe-Ia) provides cosmological constraints on the nature of dark energy with an accuracy limited by the flux calibration of currently available spectrophotometric standards. The StarDICE experiment aims at establishing a 5-stage metrology chain from NIST photodiodes to stars, with a targeted accuracy of SI{1}{mmag} in $griz$ colors. We present the first two stages, resulting in the calibration transfer from NIST photodiodes to a demonstration SI{150}{Mpixel} CMOS sensor (Sony IMX411ALR as implemented in the QHY411M camera by QHYCCD). As a side-product, we provide full characterization of this camera. A fully automated spectrophotometric bench is built to perform the calibration transfer. The sensor readout electronics is studied using thousands of flat-field images from which we derive stability, high resolution photon transfer curves and estimates of the individual pixel gain. The sensor quantum efficiency is then measured relative to a NIST-calibrated photodiode. Flat-field scans at 16 different wavelengths are used to build maps of the sensor response. We demonstrate statistical uncertainty on quantum efficiency below SI{0.001}{e^-/gamma} between SI{387}{nm} and SI{950}{nm}. Systematic uncertainties in the bench optics are controlled at the level of SI{1e-3}{e^-/gamma}. Uncertainty in the overall normalization of the QE curve is 1%. Regarding the camera we demonstrate stability in steady state conditions at the level of SI{32.5}{ppm}. Homogeneity in the response is below SI{1}{percent} RMS across the entire sensor area. Quantum efficiency stays above SI{50}{percent} in most of the visible range, peaking well above SI{80}{percent} between SI{440}{nm} and SI{570}{nm}. Differential non-linearities at the level of SI{1}{percent} are detected. A simple 2-parameter model is proposed to mitigate the effect. arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/http://arxiv.org/abs/2211.04913v2
Chandra measurements of gas homogeneity and turbulence at intermediate radii in the Perseus Cluster by Martijn de Vries et al. on Monday 21 November We present a Chandra study of surface brightness fluctuations in the diffuse intracluster medium of the Perseus Cluster. Our study utilizes deep, archival imaging of the cluster core as well as a new mosaic of 29 short 5 ks observations extending in 8 different directions out to radii of r_500 ~ 2.2r_2500. Under the assumption that the distribution of densities at a given radius is log-normally distributed, two important quantities can be derived from the width of the log-normal density distribution on a given spatial scale: the density bias, which is equal to the square root of the clumping factor C; and the one-component turbulent velocity, v_(k, 1D). We forward-model all contributions to the measured surface brightness, including astrophysical and particle background components, and account for the Poisson nature of the measured signal. Measuring the distribution of surface brightness fluctuations in 1 arcmin^2 regions, spanning the radial range 0.3-2.2 r_2500 (7.8-57.3 arcmin), we find a small to moderate average density bias of around 3% at radii below 1.6r_2500. We also infer an average turbulent velocity at these radii of v_1D
College faculties historically have leaned left-of-center, but today, a rigid progressive ideology is enforced not only by faculty, but also by higher education administrations. Original Article: "Higher Education in Crisis: The Problem of Ideological Homogeneity" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. '
College faculties historically have leaned left-of-center, but today, a rigid progressive ideology is enforced not only by faculty, but also by higher education administrations. Original Article: "Higher Education in Crisis: The Problem of Ideological Homogeneity" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. '
The homogeneity of chemical abundances in H II regions of the Magellanic Clouds by G. Domínguez-Guzmán et al. on Sunday 16 October We use very deep spectra obtained with the Ultraviolet-Visual Echelle Spectrograph at the Very Large Telescope to derive physical conditions and chemical abundances of four H II regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and four H II regions of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The observations cover the spectral range 3100-10400 A with a spectral resolution of $Deltalambdagelambda/11600$, and we measure 95-225 emission lines in each object. We derive ionic and total abundances of O, N, S, Ne, Ar, Cl, and Fe using collisionally excited lines. We find average values of $12+log(mbox{O/H})=8.37$ in the LMC and $8.01$ in the SMC, with standard deviations of $sigma=0.03$ and 0.02~dex, respectively. The S/O, Ne/O, Ar/O, and Cl/O abundance ratios are very similar in both clouds, with $sigma=0.02$-0.03~dex, which indicates that the chemical elements are well mixed in the interstellar medium of each galaxy. The LMC is enhanced in N/O by $sim0.20$~dex with respect to the SMC, and the dispersions in N/O, $sigma=0.05$~dex in each cloud, are larger than those found for the other elements. The derived standard deviations would be much larger for all the abundance ratios, up to 0.20~dex for N/O, if previous spectra of these objects were used to perform the analysis. Finally, we find a wide range of iron depletions in both clouds, with more than 90 per cent of the iron atoms deposited onto dust grains in most objects. arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.07460v1
Kyle and Sam break down a narrow win over the Lions: touching on the Jefferson factor, spreading the ball around, and what to make of the defense, before doing a preview of the game in London this coming week.
The human mind has a tendency to over-homogenize its outgroups. Statements and narratives that generalise and stereotype our outgroups seem to be more easily acceptable to us than we would expect from our rational selves.Join me in this episode as I talk about the outgroup homogeneity bias. I know it's a bit of a mouthful, but it is one of those cognitive biases that is actually very fascinating once understood properly.Like most of my episodes, I talk about how to go about understanding this cognitive bias in simple and easy-to-understand language. And I also cite examples from our everyday lives where this bias creeps in and holds us back from being the best we can be.(00:00) Prologue(00:45) What are ingroups and outgroups?(01:34) What is meant by outgroup homogeneity?(02:09) A fascinating example(04:18) Men vs Women(06:20) Stereotypes & how to understand them(07:25) EndingI had fun recording this episode.I hope you have fun listening to it.I'll see you in the playground.Until next time.Peace out.--------------Check out all of my work on my website -https://chetannarang.org/For one-on-one personal sessions for philosophical mentorship & counselling with me -https://chetannarang.org/nondual-philosophical-counselling-mentorship/Connect with me, Chetan Narang, on Instagram here -https://www.instagram.com/nrng.chetan/Checkout The Unlearning Playground YouTube channel here -https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUnlearningPlayground--------------Credits for the beautiful soundtracks:"Dreamer" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)"Reaching Out" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Why you might expect homogeneous take-off: evidence from ML research, published by Andrei Alexandru on July 17, 2022 on The AI Alignment Forum. This write-up was produced as part of the SERI MATS programme under Evan Hubinger's mentorship. It is also my first post on LW, so feedback is very welcome! Introduction This article aims to draw a connection between recent ML research and the claim that future advanced AI systems may be homogenous. First, I briefly review this article, where the idea of homogenous take-off is introduced. Then, I outline two different arguments why you might update in the direction of homogenous take-off. For each of the arguments I mention key uncertainties that I have about the argument itself, as well as broader open questions. TL; DR I present two reasons to believe that as models become larger they also become more homogenous, i.e. they behave more similarly to each other: Variance between models behaves unimodally in the overparameterised regime: it peaks around the interpolation threshold, then decreases monotonically. Decreased variance means that models make similar predictions across different training runs (captured as variance from initialisation) and different sampling of the training data (variance from sampling); Neural networks have a strong simplicity bias even before training, which might mean that multiple training runs with different hyperparameters, initialisation schemes etc. result in essentially the same model. I've somewhat updated in the direction of homogenous take-off as a result of these arguments, though I think that there are still ways in which it's unclear if e.g. decreasing variance with size rules out heterogeneity. What's homogeneous take-off? There are several axes along which different AI takeoff scenarios could differ: speed, continuity, and number of main actors. Homogeneity vs. heterogeneity in AI takeoff scenarios introduces a new way to look at a potential take-off, through the lens of model homogeneity. Homogeneity intuitively refers to how similar models are at any given time given some definition of similarity. We might specifically refer to homogeneity with regards to alignment, which, again intuitively, means “models are more or less aligned to the same degree” (or: “aligned models will not coexist with unaligned models”). More formally we mean something like models having similar properties, e.g. alignment properties. In my mind, an alignment property might be something like “corrigibility” or “truthfulness”, though it's unclear to me to what extent two models which are, say, truthful, are also homogenous. I think working toward a clearer, more precise definition of homogeneity is probably useful in determining what actually counts as evidence for homogenous systems being more likely, though I don't try to do so in this write-up. The article sets out a list of arguments supporting the idea of homogenous take-off, which I parse as “evidence from the economics of large scale machine learning”. Without going into too much detail – I recommend reading the original article for the full arguments –, these are: Training a model is more expensive than running it. This is a relatively straightforward claim which extrapolates from the landscape we have today, where some large language models reportedly have had training budgets in the millions of US dollars, with comparatively little cost to run inference/serve the models themselves once trained. Training models from scratch is not competitive once the first advanced system is released. To me this follows from 1., in the sense that if it is economically useful to deploy more than one model simultaneously, it's likely that the additional models will be copies of the original (perhaps fine-tuned on different tasks) rather than new models trained from scrat...
In this episode I am joined by Drs. Heather Edgar and Steve Ousley to discuss their paper, "Testing the Homogeneity of 'White': Dental Morphology in Americans and Australians of European Descent" from Vol. 4, No. 4. In this episode, we explore the importance of testing our assumptions and long-held beliefs. To find out more about Dr. Edgar's work check out the Bridge Lab. Also, please check out the New Mexico Decedent Image Database and the Orthodontics Case File System. You can follow Dr. Ousley at statsmachine.net
Taken from the WikiIrving Janis identified three antecedent conditions to groupthink:: High group cohesiveness: Cohesiveness is the main factor that leads to groupthink. Groups that lack cohesiveness can of course make bad decisions, but they do not experience groupthink. In a cohesive group, members avoid speaking out against decisions, avoid arguing with others and work towards maintaining friendly relationships in the group. If cohesiveness gets to such a level that there are no longer disagreements between members, then the group is ripe for groupthink. Deindividuation: Group cohesiveness becomes more important than individual freedom of expression. Illusions of unanimity: Members perceive falsely that everyone agrees with the group's decision; silence is seen as consent. Janis noted that the unity of group members was a mere illusion. Members may disagree with the organization's decision, but go along with the group for many reasons, such as maintaining their group status and avoiding conflict with managers or workmates. Such members think that suggesting opinions contrary to others may lead to isolation from the group. Structural faults: The group is organized in ways that disrupt the communication of information, or the group carelessly makes decisions. Insulation of the group: This can promote the development of unique, inaccurate perspectives on issues the group is dealing with, which can then lead to faulty solutions to the problem. Lack of impartial leadership: Leaders control the group discussion, by planning what will be discussed, allowing only certain questions to be asked, and asking for the opinions of only certain people in the group. Closed-style leadership is when leaders announce their opinions on the issue before the group discusses the issue together. Open-style leadership is when leaders withhold their opinion until a later time in the discussion. Groups with a closed-style leader are more biased in their judgments, especially when members had a high degree of certainty. Lack of norms requiring methodological procedures. Homogeneity of members' social backgrounds and ideology. Situational context: Highly stressful external threats: High-stake decisions can create tension and anxiety; group members may cope with this stress in irrational ways. Group members may rationalize their decision by exaggerating the positive consequences and minimizing the possible negative consequences. In an attempt to minimize the stressful situation, the group decides quickly and allows little to no discussion or disagreement. Groups under high stress are more likely to make errors, lose focus of the ultimate goal, and use procedures that members know have not been effective in the past. Recent failures: These can lead to low self-esteem, resulting in agreement with the group for fear of being seen as wrong. Excessive difficulties in decision-making tasks. Time pressures: Group members are more concerned with efficiency and quick results than with quality and accuracy. Time pressures can also lead group members to overlook important information. Moral dilemmas. Although it is possible for a situation to contain all three of these factors, all three are not always present even when groupthink is occurring. Janis considered a high degree of cohesiveness to be the most important antecedent to producing groupthink, and always present when groupthink was occurring; however, he believed high cohesiveness would not always produce groupthink. A very cohesive group abides with all group norms, but whether or not groupthink arises is dependent on what the group norms are. If the group encourages individual dissent and alternative strategies to problem-solving, it is likely that groupthink will be avoided even in a highly cohesive group. This means that high cohesion will lead to groupthink only if one or both of the other antecedents is present, the situational context being slightly more likely than structural faults to produce groupthink.
This week, we read Kyle XY Season 4 The Untold Story chapter 25, "The Date". Kyle has prepared a perfect romantic evening with Jessi. What could possibly go wrong? Besides the snipers, I mean. And the tear gas. And the oysters he left out all night. And his memories being gone. And Jessi. You know what, maybe let's just cancel. Sam | Jordan Twitter | Patreon | Discord | YouTube
Todd Khozein is the founder of the Founder and Co-CEO of SecondMuse, an impact and innovation company building resilient economies by supporting entrepreneurs and the ecosystems around them.More about our guest:The company is a manifestation of Todd's impassioned belief that economic and social systems can be built inclusively and not at the expense of human dignity and the health of the planet. To test his theories and gain a deeper understanding of how to build and execute better systems, Todd earned a medical degree from the University of New Mexico, spent years developing a range of businesses, and co-founded SecondMuse in 2008. He's proud to serve on the Board of Directors of TechSoup Global and The Circulate Initiative.------------------------------------------------------------Episode Guide:1:33 - What Is Innovation?2:23 - What does 'big' mean?3:41 - 'BIG' in Tech: Scale5:07 - Social Media: adverse effects on body image perspective6:10 - Thinking in Spheres8:04 - Arriving at the broader view of innovation9:48 - The medical field perspective: homeostasis13:09 - Segregation: of knowledge and markets14:33 - Coalescence: travel, upbringing, cultures, experiences15:41 - Relationships, Connections, and Synthesizing17:51 - Human aspect of Innovation18:16 - Vicious cycles and Virtuous cycles20:21 - What isn't innovation?22:38 - Finding the right people who'll operate and support you 23:32 - Driving towards harmony24:44 - Past vs Present: Conversations of necessity26:12 - Decentralization of the world of Tech: moving out of California27:12 - Pandemic supply chain crisis28:05 - Homogeneity of thought and risk aversion29:52 - Diversity: don't put your egg in one basket32:07 - Advice to innovators -------------------------Resources Mentioned: People referenced:Johann Christian Gottlob BaumgartenStop Asian Hate:Stop AAPI Hate: report hate crimes hereGet the latest news and updates all over the country here (Instagram)Chinese for Affirmative Action Donation linkAsians for Mental Health DirectoryAnti-Racist GuideThe AAPI Emergency Response Network (ERN): Worldwide vigil on 3/26 at 7:30 PM ESTBlack History Month:History of Black History MonthWhy Is Black History Month Celebrated in February?2022 Theme: Black Health and Wellnessbooks and guides here--------------------------OUTLAST Consulting offers professional development and strategic advisory services in the areas of innovation and diversity management.
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Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Homogeneity vs. heterogeneity in AI takeoff scenarios, published by Evan Hubinger on the AI Alignment Forum. Special thanks to Kate Woolverton for comments and feedback. There has been a lot of work and discussion surrounding the speed and continuity of AI takeoff scenarios, which I do think are important variables, but in my opinion ones which are relatively less important when compared to many other axes on which different takeoff scenarios could differ. In particular, one axis on which different takeoff scenarios can differ that I am particularly interested in is their homogeneity—that is, how similar are the different AIs that get deployed in that scenario likely to be? If there is only one AI, or many copies of the same AI, then you get a very homogenous takeoff, whereas if there are many different AIs trained via very different training regimes, then you get a heterogenous takeoff. Of particular importance is likely to be how homogenous the alignment of these systems is—that is, are deployed AI systems likely to all be equivalently aligned/misaligned, or some aligned and others misaligned? It's also worth noting that a homogenous takeoff doesn't necessarily imply anything about how fast, discontinuous, or unipolar the takeoff might be—for example, you can have a slow, continuous, multipolar, homogenous takeoff if many different human organizations are all using AIs and the development of those AIs is slow and continuous but the structure and alignment of all of them are basically the same (a scenario which in fact I think is quite plausible). In my opinion, I expect a relatively homogenous takeoff, for the following reasons: I expect that the amount of compute necessary to train the first advanced AI system will vastly outpace the amount of compute necessary to run it such that once you've trained an advanced AI system you will have the resources necessary to deploy many copies of that trained system and it will be much cheaper to do that than to train an entirely new system for each different application. Even in a CAIS-like scenario, I expect that most of what you'll be doing to create new services is fine-tuning existing ones rather than doing entirely new training runs. I expect training compute to be sufficiently high such that the cost of training a competing system to the first advanced AI system will be high enough that it will be far cheaper for most organizations to simply buy/license/use a copy of the first advanced AI from the organization that built it rather than train an entirely new one on their own. For those organizations that do choose to compete (because they're a state actor that's worried about the national security issues involved in using another state's AI, for example), I think it is highly likely that they will attempt to build competing systems in basically the exact same way as the first organization did, since the cost of a failed training run is likely to be very high and so the most risk-averse option is just to copy exactly what was already shown to work. Furthermore, even if an organization isn't trying to be risk averse, they're still likely to be building off of previous work in a similar way to the first organization such that the results are also likely to be fairly similar. More generally, I expect big organizations to generally take the path of least resistance, which I expect to be either buying or copying what already exists with only minimal changes. Once you start using your first advanced AI to help you build more advanced AI systems, if your first AI system is relatively competent at doing alignment work, then you should get a second system which has similar alignment properties to the first. Furthermore, to the extent that you're not using your first advanced AI to help you build your second, you're likely to still...
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Homogeneity vs. heterogeneity in AI takeoff scenarios, published by Evan Hubinger on the AI Alignment Forum. Special thanks to Kate Woolverton for comments and feedback. There has been a lot of work and discussion surrounding the speed and continuity of AI takeoff scenarios, which I do think are important variables, but in my opinion ones which are relatively less important when compared to many other axes on which different takeoff scenarios could differ. In particular, one axis on which different takeoff scenarios can differ that I am particularly interested in is their homogeneity—that is, how similar are the different AIs that get deployed in that scenario likely to be? If there is only one AI, or many copies of the same AI, then you get a very homogenous takeoff, whereas if there are many different AIs trained via very different training regimes, then you get a heterogenous takeoff. Of particular importance is likely to be how homogenous the alignment of these systems is—that is, are deployed AI systems likely to all be equivalently aligned/misaligned, or some aligned and others misaligned? It's also worth noting that a homogenous takeoff doesn't necessarily imply anything about how fast, discontinuous, or unipolar the takeoff might be—for example, you can have a slow, continuous, multipolar, homogenous takeoff if many different human organizations are all using AIs and the development of those AIs is slow and continuous but the structure and alignment of all of them are basically the same (a scenario which in fact I think is quite plausible). In my opinion, I expect a relatively homogenous takeoff, for the following reasons: I expect that the amount of compute necessary to train the first advanced AI system will vastly outpace the amount of compute necessary to run it such that once you've trained an advanced AI system you will have the resources necessary to deploy many copies of that trained system and it will be much cheaper to do that than to train an entirely new system for each different application. Even in a CAIS-like scenario, I expect that most of what you'll be doing to create new services is fine-tuning existing ones rather than doing entirely new training runs. I expect training compute to be sufficiently high such that the cost of training a competing system to the first advanced AI system will be high enough that it will be far cheaper for most organizations to simply buy/license/use a copy of the first advanced AI from the organization that built it rather than train an entirely new one on their own. For those organizations that do choose to compete (because they're a state actor that's worried about the national security issues involved in using another state's AI, for example), I think it is highly likely that they will attempt to build competing systems in basically the exact same way as the first organization did, since the cost of a failed training run is likely to be very high and so the most risk-averse option is just to copy exactly what was already shown to work. Furthermore, even if an organization isn't trying to be risk averse, they're still likely to be building off of previous work in a similar way to the first organization such that the results are also likely to be fairly similar. More generally, I expect big organizations to generally take the path of least resistance, which I expect to be either buying or copying what already exists with only minimal changes. Once you start using your first advanced AI to help you build more advanced AI systems, if your first AI system is relatively competent at doing alignment work, then you should get a second system which has similar alignment properties to the first. Furthermore, to the extent that you're not using your first advanced AI to help you build your second, you're likely to still...
This week's guest is Leif Rasmussen, a PhD candidate in computer science at Northwestern University, and the author of the new CSPI report, “Increasing Politicization and Homogeneity in Scientific Funding: An Analysis of NSF Grants, 1990-2020.” He discusses the report and critiques of it, along with his experiences in academia, and the growing bias against non-conformists in intellectual life. A tweet thread summarizing the report can be found here.
This week's show is with The Infinite Couple: Baba Richard and Sri Namaste. Baba and Sri are spiritual leaders and relationship alchemists, who created a potent pathway to sacred love, business growth, and spiritual alchemy. They have worked privately with some of the most exciting individuals and couples throughout the globe. The Infinite Couple embraced the Divine Feminine and Masculine and created ultimate Couple Archetyping protocols that has resulted life-changing shifts in radical fulfillment, limitless abundance and self-actualization among individuals and couples. They are currently uplifting couples worldwide through their Couple Unification Prototypes Modality, The Framework of Marriage Mastery, The DYAD: Paradigm, and Power Of Eleven Marriage program, resulting in 11x more powerful relationships with your partner, your business, and consciousness itself. In today's show we explored Richard and Namaste's understanding and deep embodiment of union, how the bringing together of polarities such as Men and Women, Black and White, Spirit and Science, Light and Dark Workers, Conscious Wealth is the future - and one that is available to now if we're willing to release our grip on homogeneity and fairness. I'd love to know what YOU think about this week's show. Let's carry on the conversation… please leave a comment below. What you'll learn from this episode: In our well intended desire for fairness, we often end up creating a need to be the same, a homogeneity which means we don't get to benefit from the power of the ends of the poles or the energy created between the two I loved what Richard said about how the celebration of differences is a world in which we kkkk excellence, genius, beauty and artistry - things that could be said to be some of the best qualities of humans, and certainly ones I value greatly When we bring the best of ourselves, our true power, and we also join together with another powerful person then we become an engine. Something greater than the sum of its parts. Resources and stuff that we spoke about: The article we spoke about “The future is WE" The Infinite Couple The Sanctum of Feminine Transformation: A living Feminine Embodiment Mystery School and Alchemic Wisdom Tradition for women to learn embodiment and emanation of Femininity The Dyad Paradigm: The DYAD is the most fundamental universal and powerful Unit of measure in the Universe. Nothing sentient is born here without the involvement of this Union. The Newest New in Consciousness, the MOVEMENT that is arising as an expression of Infinite Intelligence playing an Infinitely Individuated Coupling Game. Thank you for listening! There's fresh episode each week, if you subscribe then you'll get each new episode delivered to your phone every Tuesday (that way you'll never miss an episode): Subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes Subscribe on Android Thank you! Lian & Jonathan
My next guest of Scale Your Sales Podcast is Gopalakrishna. He has over 20 years of global experience with startup scale-ups mid-market vendors, named one of the top 100 sales influencers to follow globally by Celsa sales is up. He describes himself as a humble human being committed to elevating B2B via experience and enabling B2B sales success. He is an advisor, an investor, an entrepreneur, a speaker an author, and a lifelong learner. Welcome to Scale Your Scales Podcast Gopalakrishna. 00:00 Why Salespeople Must be at the very Early Stage of their Buyers' Journeys 4:38 What happens when Salespeople Become part of the Buyer's Journey on the very Early of the Sales Cycle 7:22 Why Kris says, Most of the Organizations do not have a true Platform that can enable Multiple Aspects such as Account-based Engagement at Scale 12:43 Kris says, there is Empathy, Authority, and Credibility that Salespeople should align to Customer at a Multiple Levels to Leverage Sales 18:08 Why Diversity should not only Demography, but also the Psychography 22:12 Kris says, where is Diversity, when all the hiring Managers want the Homogeneity of their new Hires 26:00 End linkedin.com/in/sgcrishna WINsights.Co Janice B Gordon, the awarding-winning Customer Growth Expert and founder of Scale Your Sales, listed 25 of the Top 100 Global Business Influencers in 2017. Janice helps companies around the world adopt the Scale Your Sales framework to develop their leading-edge capabilities in securing, maintaining, and growing their most valued customer relationships for long-term value and partnership. Book Janice to speak virtually at your next event https://janicebgordon.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janice-b-gordon-customer-growth-expert Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaniceBGordon Scale Your Sales Podcast: http://scaleyoursales.libsyn.com More on the blog https://scaleyoursales.co.uk/blog Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janicebgordon Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScaleYourSalesJBG
A new report paints a pretty detailed picture on youth well-being amongst East and South Asian students - and some of the stats are not pretty. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar
Welcome to our ninth episode of Y2K GROUP CHAT featuring artist Austin Martin White. We recorded this episode in late February 2021. We speak with Austin about moving around while growing up, homogeneity and diversity, media and big tech, first memories, when he wanted to become an artist and his process at a young age to where he is now. Austin Martin White is an artist working in Philadelphia, PA living in New York. Follow us on TikTok and Instagram: @y2kgroup Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content about contemporary art. Visit our Twitch, Theta.tv, and YouTube for live streams and ask us a question about art on Telegram. Audio timestamps below: 0:00 - Intro music 0:15 - Introduction 0:36 - Austin bio 1:09 - NM and moving around 2:04 - Homogeneity and diversity 3:50 - Media consumption 6:12 - Big tech + early days 8:04 - Adoption story 13:26 - First memories? 16:43 - What were your first memories of art? 21:15 - When did you decide to become an artist? 30:35 - Have you made abstraction in the past or just figuration? 37:31 - Who are some of the artists you studied or look at now? 43:36 - How has drawing played a role in your practice? What did you think of grad school? 53:52 - Post-Bard 1:00:51 - How do you feel about race relations now? 1:06:23 - Adam Curtis “Can't Get You Out of My Head…” 1:13:10 - Thank you
Welcome back to the show creators and creatives! Today our guest is interior designer, Nina Hiken of Nina Hiken Designs! Nina has a passion for bringing beauty into spaces through the use of color and texture and we chat about client relationships, current projects and the previous career Nina had in education. For Nina, every job is an opportunity to solve problems and unify themes for a client and she is fully focussed on bringing their dreams and personality alive through interior design. We discuss this approach in contrast to signature design styles and why she feels that, for now, she is very happy to work in strict adherence to client needs. She also believes that matching well with clients is imperative to good results, something she has grown to sense early on. Nina unpacks her adoration of color and the tactile, sensory feel of different materials, she also opens up about some of her dream projects for the future! We discuss Feng Shui, societal norms around cleaning up and the effect that our environments have on our headspace. For this and a whole lot more from a wonderful guest, be sure to listen in! For more information about artists, links and resources from this episode, please visit https://notrealart.com/nina-hiken-design/. Key Points From This Episode: Nina's experience firing a client after early problems that were unsolvable. One of the most exciting projects that Nina has been working on recently. The work that Nina did on Scott's own home and the fun she had on the project. Distinguishing between interior design and interior architecture. Bringing both spheres of the brain into play with interior design. Nina's design language and how she currently focusses on the client first. A sense of matching with clients and being selective of clients and jobs. The importance of play and bringing emotion into whatever is being created. Color and surface materials; how Nina works from these two fundamental points. The influence of public art and beauty on societal mindsets. Nina's career as a teacher and her experiences in the classroom. Feng Shui and the rules of good energy in any space. Japanese practices around school kids and tidying and cleaning spaces. Homogeneity and style coherence in neighborhoods. The advice Nina would give a younger version of herself! Listening to inner intuition and our internal dialogue's clear messages. Spec-work in Nina's field; walkthroughs and communication early on. Nina's use of apps and new technologies in her design work and portfolio.
Michael B. Maine. Seattle-based photographer and creative director. He combines an understanding of business, art, and social systems to bring about awareness and action around issues such as homelessness, media literacy, and human trafficking. Committed to volunteer service in the community, Michael is currently the board president of both Reel Grrls, a youth media program that teaches young people how to express themselves through film and B.E.S.T (Business Ending Slavery and Trafficking), a collaborative non-profit that's working to reduce sex trafficking by establishing best practices, alliances, and policies with and through business. Michael holds a BA in business from Southwestern University and an MBA in sustainable systems from Pinchot University. In terms of photography, he is working hard to bring to light people and groups that are underrepresented in the media. In projects such as Homogeneity is a Myth, Michael explores how we perceive things differently when a person's most defining physical features are covered. His professional work ranges from events to editorial to fashion-all through a lens of social equity.
Laid side-by-side, a stick and a rope of the same length share a similar appearance. Likewise, rules and principles look alike even though they have virtually nothing in common. Rules are like sticks. You can prod people with them. You can threaten people with them. You can beat people with them. But you cannot lead people with them. When a rule doesn't fit the circumstance, your only choice is to break it. Principles are like ropes, able to conform to the shape of any problem. They are less brittle than rules, and stronger. Principles whisper valuable advice and people are happily led by them. A rule requires obedience. A principle requires contemplation. Rules are demanded by people who have not the wit to understand and apply the appropriate, all-encompassing principle. Segmentation is a principle. Elimination is another. These are, in fact, the first two principles of TRIZ, an uncanny toolbox of 40 Answers that shine their own, unique light on your problem from 40 different directions, revealing a wide range of creative solutions. The principle of segmentation urges you to consider the perspective of connected pieces. Trains, chains and sliding windowpanes are expressions of segmentation. The principle of elimination urges you to consider that less is more. Pruning a plant, cropping a photograph and editing an ad are expressions of elimination. If the other 38 principles of TRIZ were as self-explanatory as these, I'd simply encourage you to tap T-R-I-Z into your favorite search engine and study it on your own. Unfortunately, it's not that easy. Go ahead. Do it. Throw some Google on that acronym and see what you find: T-R-I-Z. I believe you'll see that a journey into the jungle of TRIZ would make a lot more sense with an experienced guide at your side. Anti-Weight (Principle 8,) Preliminary Anti-Action (Principle 9,) Equipotentiality (Principle 12,) Another Dimension (Principle 17,) Homogeneity (Principle 33,) and Phase Transitions (Principle 36) are easy to understand when SuperFox reveals them. Not so easy when you attempt to follow someone else. Mark Fox is the Chairman of the Board at Wizard Academy. Before rising to that illustrious position, he was the youngest Chief Engineer in the history of the space shuttle project. Yes, Mark is a rocket scientist. He's also been Chief Marketing Officer of some famous hi-tech companies. My favorite thing about Mark, though, is that he's a fascinating instructor and a lot of fun. You'll want a room in Engelbrecht House when Mark unleashes the 40 principles of TRIZ in his world-changing workshop, Da Vinci and the 40 Answers. (If you're smart, you'll http://www.wizardacademy.org/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=88 (register for the October session) today while free rooms are still available.) If October isn't an option, you'll at least want to read the book. A working knowledge of the 40 Answers is like having Batman's utility belt. Wizard Academy is a school for the imaginative, the courageous and the ambitious. Dull people, cowardly people, and people without purpose find nothing here they can use. But you, you'll find exactly what you need. We built this whole place for you and frankly, it's pretty amazing. Come. Even if it's just for the principle of the thing. Roy H. Williams
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