“I think it is astounding that people could argue for "you just must trust someone else to fix it" instead of "you could fix it yourself, or hire someone to fix it." There is a contractor base out there that can solve these problems as well as or better than the major vendors could. But I think the major vendors are still having more luck at getting the ear of the press.” PeopleThinkingWellsStillsProblemMajorsEarsLuckPressesSolveArguingContractorVendors Author:Theo de Raadt
“We simply argue that climate change consequences was one of the impacts, but interestingly enough, even though a major effort was made in 2008 to try and resurrect the problem over food, now the consequences of the civil war are making the situation even worse.” TryingMadeWarEnoughProblemEffortSituationMajorsConsequenceImpactClimateClimate ChangeArguingCivil War Author:Chris Barrie
“You could argue that [the decline of public schools] is one of the major disasters in our lifetimes. We took one of the greatest successes in the history of the earth and turned it into one of the greatest disasters in the history of the earth.” SchoolEarthMajorsLifetimeArguingDisasterDeclinePublic SchoolGreatest Success Author:Charlie Munger
“The intelligence community, in particular the FBI, have been sounding alarms about this for more than a year. So to argue that suddenly we have to do this because of the San Bernardino case doesn't really pass the straight-face test. I mean, they've been talking about this. And to say, well, it will only apply to this case, that just - that doesn't wash. This is a major piece of public policy.” YearsWellsMeanHas BeensFacesCommunityTalkingCasesPiecesPolicyParticularMajorsTestsArguingAlarmsFbiPublic PolicyIntelligence CommunityStraight Face Author:Angus King
“I would argue that one of the major problems with our blind trust in algorithms is that we can propagate discriminatory patterns without acknowledging any kind of intent.” KindProblemMajorsBlindPatternsArguingAlgorithmsMajor ProblemsBlind Trust Author:Cathy O'Neil
“You should protest about the views of people you disagree with over major moral issues, and argue them down, but you should not try to silence them, however repugnant you find them. That is the bitter pill free speech requires us to swallow.” PeopleShouldTryingViewsSilenceMoralIssuesSpeechMajorsArguingBitterProtestDisagreeFree SpeechPillsMoral Issues Author:Julian Baggini