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Le Grand K - Our Need for a Moral Constant

Le Grand K - Our Need for a Moral Constant

Cooperation requires common standards, but how do we address this when it comes to morality and society?

WYSK: 04/21/2023

WYSK: 04/21/2023

This Week: OGT: Eagle dad!; 1. Fox Settlement; 2. Armed Terror; 3. Child Labor; 4. Bard Sources.

WYSK: 04/14/2023

WYSK: 04/14/2023

This Week: OGT: Snailfish!; 1. Clarence Thomas; 2. Classified Leak; 3. Mortgage Losses; 4. Tennessee Three.

WYSK: 03/31/2023

WYSK: 03/31/2023

This Week: OGT: NATO!; 1. Schultz Testimony; 2. Trump Indictment; 3. Gun Control; 4. Food Security.

WYSK: 03/17/2023

WYSK: 03/17/2023

This Week: OGT: Democracy; 1. SVB Response; 2. Putin's Warrant; 3. French Pensions; 4. Google Antitrust.

WYSK: 03/10/2023

WYSK: 03/10/2023

This Week: OGT: Ocean Treaty; 1. Norfolk Southern; 2. Ring Warrants; 3. Bar Breach; 4. DoD Pushback.

WYSK: 03/03/23

This Week: OGT: Drought Reduction; 1. BetterHealth Settlement; 2. Cyber Strategy; 3. SNAP Benefits; 4. Brain Images.

WYSK: 08/12/22

This Week: OGT: Beagle Release; 1. Trump Warrant; 2. Salman Rushdie; 3. Inflation Reduction; 4. EdTech Spying.

WYSK: 07/22/22

This Week: OGT: Tiger Populations; 1. Amazon Medical; 2. January 6; 3. Cyberspace Reality; 4. Zuck/Sandberg Deposition

WYSK: 07/15/22

This Week: OGT: James Webb Telescope; 1. Uber Files; 2. Sentiment Analysis; 3. Ring Video; 4. Prison Labor

WYSK: 07/01/22

This Week: 0. One Good Thing; 1. Modern Babel; 2. EPA Ruling; 3. China Hack; 4. Squid Game

WYSK: 06/24/22

This Week: 0. One Good Thing; 1. Dead Voices; 2. Metaverse Standards; 3. Money and Speech; 4. Coercive Prediction

WYSK: 06/17/22

This Week: 0. One Good Thing; 1. Patient Data; 2. EdTech Collection; 3. Location Legislation; 4. Amazon TOT

WYSK: 05/06/22

This Week: 1. Dutch Algorithms; 2. Solomon Islands; 3. DSA Act; 4. Abortion Draft

WYSK: 04/08/22

This Week: 1. AirTag Stalking; 2. Law Inequality; 3. Organ Transplantation; 4. Facebook Sanctions

WYSK: 03/25/22

This Week: 1. Quitting Prime; 2. Gas Prices; 3. ICS Security; 4. Lapsus$

Open Source and Apple Pie

Open Source and Apple Pie

Software security can be achieved through liability; companies must be responsible for software they choose to adopt.

Critical Infrastructure Security

Critical Infrastructure Security

A quick US Critical Infrastructure Security primer, largely based on a report from the Congressional Research Service. What is Critical Infrastructure Security, what regulations govern it, and how has it been done so far?

Biodiversity Losses

Biodiversity Losses

The earth is losing biodiversity at a catastrophic rate during Earth's 6th mass extinction event. Urgent action is needed to slow and reverse the effects that we can.

Section 230: Challenges and Enforcement

Section 230: Challenges and Enforcement

While allowing companies to be recognized as Information Content Providers as defined in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act comes with challenges, the enforcement benefits exceed the risks.

Section 230: Reinterpret, don't Abolish

Section 230: Reinterpret, don't Abolish

When they provide a curated subset of the content they believe will be most relevant or meaningful, companies create new content and become Information Content Providers as defined in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

The Rubicon Theory of Social Media

The Rubicon Theory of Social Media

Social media's stated function as a vehicle for relationship and connection is generally inaccurate. Instead, social media's structure most often causes users' mindsets to become more aggressive, overconfident, and less rational.

Ransomware as Pain: heeding pain stimuli for survival

Ransomware as Pain: heeding pain stimuli for survival

Ransomware is currently providing a pain stimulus to our country; the US has an opportunity to take action to avoid larger impacts. If the US responds poorly to that stimulus, the outcome will be fatal.

Ransomware Get-well plan

Ransomware Get-well plan

The US Government should pursue five policies through legislation, investment, and action, to drive the right incentives for asset-owners to improve security.

Dances With Wolves Part 2: Bonus Issues

Dances With Wolves Part 2: Bonus Issues

There are more than just three critical issues with Clegg's analysis of Facebook that need to be considered.