In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 57 – Nations, the US, Putin, Inequality, and AI Valets Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner January 13, 2017 Scott: What about nationhood at various levels of sophistication? Rick: You’re talking about the idea of nations or the actuality of nations throughout history. Over the past 300 or 400 years, …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 56 – US, China, India, and Talent 2 Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner January 12, 2017 Scott: That leads to the third point, where Lee Kuan Yew had good relations with the United States and China. He had to balance between the two with a small city-state. He was …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 55 – US, China, India, and Talent 1 Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner January 11, 2017 Scott: ‘Hot button’ issues still in the United States. Acceptance of basic ideas in various fields. In climatology, global warming; in biology, evolution, for examples. Rick: There’s big science, then there’s everyday science. …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 54 – Trump, the Golden Rule, and the Last 16 Years Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner January 10, 2017 Scott: Back to the bigger picture, to zoom out, the Hollywood perspective is that there is the presentation of more power and influence than there is; whereas, in DC, it …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 53 – Social Media, Political Views, Hollywood, and Raptures Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner January 9, 2017 Scott: With social media and people having narrow political views, people can have more information than ever, which can help if people are active in finding the information of the day. However, …
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In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 52 – The American Election 3 Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner January 8, 2017 Scott: Social media is very custom as well, and this played a role. Rick: Social media wouldn’t be as delicious as it is if it weren't super targeted and individualized, which is made possible through …
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 51 – The American Election 2 Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner January 7, 2017 Scott: This recent election with President-elect Trump was different than previous ones. Rick: Looking back at WWII, WWII was America coming together to fight. The generation that fought WWII made sacrifices. Everybody made sacrifices. The …
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 50 – The American Election 1 Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner January 6, 2017 Scott: What was this election? We have talked about this being science fiction election. How is it a science fiction election? Rick: The presidential election in 2016 can be seen as the first science fiction …
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 49 – War 3 Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner January 5, 2017 Scott: That’s some background. What will be future wars Rick: Future wars will, obviously, be fought in a variety of ways including things that aren’t clearly combat along the WWII model. But I think when people talk …
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 48 – War 2 Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner January 4, 2017 Scott: That leads to thoughts about the drone campaign, ongoing, and cyberwarfare by Russia, as you noted. The future would seem to then presage more cyberwarfare and more drone, or at-a-distance, mechanized warfare. Rick: Let’s go back …
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