In the DeepSeek AI saga, some technologists but not Republicans are relearning the lessons of the previous Chinese tech booms. China’s government not only spends much money on R&D, but the education of its people at world-class universities that is like nothing like what we currently have in the US, and, unlike here in the …
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Bigger and More Expensive is Not Necessarily Better -DeepSeek Takes Over the “Frontier”
The US now lives in the era of short-term monetization research led by billionaires, instead of the long-term innovation paradigm led by our non-profit academic research institutions. VC-backed AI startups reflect this shift as the US loses its lead in almost all aspects of science and engineering to China. Typical in empires that have reached …
The Politics of Natural Disasters in the USA – Texas is #1 in More Ways Than One
Considering the three largest states in the USA, California, Texas, and Florida, it is California that has the least number of disasters with the lowest cost burden, by far, of the three. Texas, of course, is the number one disaster state. Yet, when the state of California faces a disaster, Republican politicians, especially those from …
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The Era of Renewable Energy: If Only the USA Had Embraced the Visionary Jimmy Carter Instead of the Regressive Ronald Reagan
We now live in the age of renewable energy, although big oil and their political shills will argue otherwise through their lies. President Jimmy Carter’s lead in renewable energy, especially solar energy, was quashed by the regressive policies of Ronald Reagan, a puppet of the wealthy. The USS Nautilus, created by Admiral Rickover, BS., M.S., …
Stem Cells, Health, Technology 