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In Defense of Filming Crime

In Defense of Filming Crime

Guy Ginton
Controversial, Dating & Preferences, Technology, World, USA

So I say we should be ashamed of the crime rates and apartheid of St. Louis, where this man managed to murder and walk the streets for hours. We should be more ashamed of the media that pushes this content on us. And we should be even more ashamed of the social media that prioritizes clicks over mental health, wanting us to see content we explicitly do not want to see, just because it gets a reaction. We should never shame the bystandards of horror for their natural reactions. After all, most of us would do the same.

REPOST: Eric Schmidt, "Why Technology Will Define the Future of Geopolitics"

REPOST: Eric Schmidt, "Why Technology Will Define the Future of Geopolitics"

Guy Ginton
REPOST, Technology, World, USA, Controversial

If necessity is the mother of invention, war is the midwife of innovation. Speaking to Ukrainians on a visit to Kyiv in the fall of 2022, I heard from many that the first months of the war were the most productive of their lives. The United States’ last truly global war—World War II—led to the widespread adoption of penicillin, a revolution in nuclear technology, and a breakthrough in computer science. Now, the United States must innovate in peacetime, faster than ever before. By failing to do so, it is eroding its ability to deter—and, if necessary, to fight and win—the next war.

Ukraine & USA's Massive Cyber Failures

Ukraine & USA's Massive Cyber Failures

Guy Ginton
Technology, World, USA, Controversial

Russian authoritarians are already acting to remove social media and similar tools from Russian states. They know the damage that will come if US simply had Facebook add a banner demanding protest in Saint Petersburg and Moscow. Massive corporations like Meta and Twitter are not Nato or US. Rather, they are an amazing tool we will soon lose. The US needs to be creative to act without the reprecussions of shooting missiles on Russian or Ukranian soil. Time is of the essence.

Tour Guidance 1: New York City

Guy Ginton
Dating & Preferences, USA

The first guidance began as a list of NYC-area winter adventures our CEO wrote for his sister in 2016. Adventures: 1. East Queens - The most ethnically diverse place on Earth. 2. Astoria - Where the hip people are. 3. Upper East Side  - Mostly housing + museum area, near central park. 4. Midtown - Touristy Stuff. 5. East Village - Hipsters + history. 6. Lower East Side and Soho and Noho - Shopping
7. Lower West Side and Chelsea. 8. More Touristy stuff. 9. Jersey. 10. Williamsburg Day (Hipster). 11. Berg'n Day