I got into an interesting discussion about capitalism on Mastodon where I ended saying: Things are in a constant state of change, and the only way to fix it permanently is to take the capitalists’ toys away. I was challenged on this, and how we would take their toys away
Let's cut through the hype I've been professionally writing software for nearly 40 years. Here's my thoughts: 1. Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are basically very large predictive text boxes. Instead of just guessing the next word, they can guess whole documents while
Recuperation redux I recently discovered John The Duncan's videos on Youtube, and I think it's really good, sincere stuff. I watched his one about degrowth, and I need to read the background material. I'd also recommend the one about Left Wing White Supremacy which
How do we build a better world? If you’ve been reading Green Plenty for a while you will definitely know that I advocate for restructuring society so it meets human needs first and puts the idiocy of profit seeking in the bin where it belongs. See the articles on
Race is a knife that cuts us all. Race is used to obscure class divisions. For example: Home owning types tend to be white for historical reasons around poverty and relative incomes. Their views aren’t driven by whiteness as such but by their material conditions. The same holds for
I haven't posted here for quite a while, a dear one is being treated for a serious illness and my mind has been on other things. I also lost my job, which was quite careless I suppose, and then found another one. So my mind has been taken
I have moved Green Plenty to a system called ghost. The main thing that you will see is that the URL has changed to www.greenplenty.info, I have copied all of the subscription emails to the new system and it should just carry on working. I will delete them
Well, everyone else is
Please make sure you understand what sides there actually are.
A tale of two caps
Hold up there
If we always do what we always did, what do we get?