Author: Vancouver Current
AI is Kind of a Big Deal!
By Ray Tellili We hear about it all the time; machine learning, deep learning, big data, neural networks — the nomenclature goes on, but exactly how in concrete terms will this change our lives? Artificial Intelligence (AI) imitates human intelligence to help us perform simple or complex tasks. Intelligence is broadly defined by the Oxford…
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Since its publication in 1936, ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’ by Dale Carnegie has sold over 30 million copies. Almost 100 years later, the book still sells 250,000 copies per year, and his teachings continue to live on through the Dale Carnegie Institute. Spoiler alert! In this episode Ray summarizes the main points…
Opining on Silly Covid Conspiracy Theories (Video 6 mins)
Impact on the US dollar of the storming of the Capitol
(February 2021) The storming of the Capitol caused shock and consternation around the world. Aside from being an affront to democracy and the rule of law, it’s significant because it impacts the confidence the world has in the United States. And anything that impacts confidence in the United States affects everyone and everything. As they…
Vaccine Nationalism. What’s Next – Food Nationalism?
By Ray Tellili (2021) Vaccine Nationalism is the practice of tackling the global pandemic with a nationalistic response when vaccines are in short supply. That is to say for example, that a vaccine producing country prioritizes its own citizens over those of other countries. Sounds reasonable, except where some countries had signed-production and delivery agreements…
Capitol Riots: Is this the last we’ve seen?
(February) Is this the last we’ve seen of Trump’s rioters and that type of demagoguery? It’s hard to tell, but it might not be unfortunately. It all depends. Major mainstream political parties and democracies across the Western world should pay particular attention. Simply brushing off the rioters as just extremists or lunatics without addressing or…
Impact on the US Dollar of the US Capitol Attack. (Video 5 mins)
Capitol Riots. Is this the last we’ve seen? (Video 8 mins)
