Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Economics, Education, Existentialism Carrie Buck and her mother (left panel) were both labelled as “feebleminded,” shorthand for unintelligent and undesirable. In the 1927 the Supreme Court case, Buck v. Bell, judges endorsed the surgical sterilization of Carrie Buck, who was pregnant due to rape at age 16. Officials atContinue reading “Eugenics…”
Tag Archives: Politics
Likelihood…
Source: https://youtu.be/m9DmPRO4MPQ?si=PEyFXaHMGP2Wb9-j Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Civilization, Existentialism, Philosophy To Claude.ai: “What is the likely outcome of the United States and Israel attacking the nation of Iran on suspicion of having nuclear weapons?” An attack on Iran by the US and Israel would likely have severe and far-reaching consequences across multiple dimensions: **Regional Military Response** IranContinue reading “Likelihood…”
Convos With Claude…
Image source: University of Central Florida Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Engineering, Computer Modeling, Computer Science I was intrigued by a Medium article using Claude.ai that posed a question: “You are a member of the United States Senate Budget Committee. Your task is to design a budget for the next ten years that will produce aContinue reading “Convos With Claude…”
Now What?..
Students enter Harvard Yard, on the university’s main campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Credit: John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” “There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were notContinue reading “Now What?..”
Memorials, and Directions…
Topics: African Americans, Civics, Civil Rights, Democracy, Existentialism, Human Rights It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I’ve been busy at my federal work, a large part of it after rescinding all previous telework agreements. I am now commuting an hour and ten minutes to and from my work site five days a week, inContinue reading “Memorials, and Directions…”
Green Books, Boycotts, and Caveats…
Topics: African Americans, African Studies, Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization The ‘Green Book’ Was a Travel Guide Just for Black Motorists, Danielle Moodie-Mills, NBCBLK, October 11, 2016 The meaning of SANKOFA, Sankofa.org/about Happy Black History Month (tomorrow), for what it’s worth at the moment. The Green Book: Guide to Freedom is a documentary about the emergenceContinue reading “Green Books, Boycotts, and Caveats…”
Authenticity…
James Carter, the 39th President of the United States, https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/james-carter/ Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Climate Change, Democracy, Education, Existentialism, Nobel Peace Prize, Nuclear Power James Earl Carter Jr. was the 39th President of the United States. In 1980, I voted for the first time as an eighteen-year-old for his re-election. He lost to Reagan,Continue reading “Authenticity…”
The End of History…
Topics: African Americans, Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Existentialism, Fascism, History “The End of History and the Last Man,” by Francis Fukuyama “a 1992 book of political philosophy by American political scientist Francis Fukuyama argues that with the ascendancy of Western liberal democracy—which occurred after the Cold War (1945–1991) and the dissolution of the SovietContinue reading “The End of History…”
Amber, Candi, and Eugenics…
Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Diaspora, Existentialism, Fascism Eugenics is the scientifically inaccurate theory that humans can be improved through selective breeding of populations. Eugenicists believed in a prejudiced and incorrect understanding of Mendelian genetics, which claimed abstract human qualities (e.g., intelligence, and social behaviors) were inherited in a simple fashion. Similarly, they believedContinue reading “Amber, Candi, and Eugenics…”
60 Years Ago…
Image Source: History.com/Civil Rights Act of 1964 Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Climate Change, Existentialism, Human Rights Sixty years ago today, I was a month and twelve days from my second birthday. Sixty years ago today, my world was changed by President Lyndon Baines Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act, ninety-nine years after the surrenderContinue reading “60 Years Ago…”
Physics and Nano 