Will a Post-COVID Public Trust the Same Officials a Second Time? The AI Scare Is the Test.

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For many Americans, it’s nearly automatic to now see social and political moves through the trained, clearly focused eyes courtesy of the trauma created by the failed pandemic. Greater-good narratives, highly funded and deeply curated to make authorities appear benevolent and acting in the interest of the public, are nothing new. Both in real time…Continue reading Will a Post-COVID Public Trust the Same Officials a Second Time? The AI Scare Is the Test.

Gates Promised to Halve Hunger in Africa. Twenty Years Later, It Climbed.

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Twenty years ago, Bill Gates decided to get heavily involved in how the continent of Africa feeds its inhabitants. Through the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), launched by the Rockefeller and Gates Foundations, AGRA promised to cut hunger in half and double crop yields and farmer incomes in some of the poorest…Continue reading Gates Promised to Halve Hunger in Africa. Twenty Years Later, It Climbed.