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A spy with a license to stop requiring licenses. ------------------ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ReasonTV?sub_... Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reason.Magaz... Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reason Reason is the planet's leading source of news, politics, and culture from a libertarian perspective. Go to reason.com for a point of view you won't get from legacy media and old left-right opinion magazines. ---------------- You loved him in "Live and Let Die with Dignity," "Bitcoins are Forever," and "The Man with the Gold n' Gun." Now Bond is back with an explosive new film filled with action, intrigue, and a lengthy discussion on Federal Reserve monetary policy. Starring Andrew Heaton, Austin Bragg, and Remy Munafisi; written by Andrew Heaton, Austin Bragg, & Meredith Brag; produced by Meredith & Austin Bragg; theme music by Scott McRae and Ryan Rapsys.

We couldn't find any negative review of physicist Steven Koonin's 'Unsettled' that disputed its claims directly or even described them accurately. https://reason.com/video/2023/02/13/t... In 2021, the physicist and NYU Professor Steven E. Koonin, who served as Undersecretary for Science in the Obama administration's Energy Department, published the bestselling 'Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters.' The book attracted extremely negative reviews filled with ad hominem attacks, such as a short statement appearing in Scientific American signed by 12 academics, that instead of substantively rebutting Koonin's arguments, calls him "a crank who's only taken seriously by far-right disinformation peddlers hungry for anything they can use to score political points" and "just another denier trying to sell a book." When dissenting scientists are implicitly compared to Holocaust deniers, or their ideas are considered too dangerous to be carefully considered, it undermines public respect for the field and can lead to catastrophic policy mistakes. It's human nature to favor evidence that confirms our biases and leads to simple conclusions. But for science to advance it's essential that moral certainty not override objective discussion, and that personal attacks not replace rational consideration of empirical evidence. In a review of 'Unsettled' in Scientific American, Gary Yohe, an emeritus professor at Wesleyan University, gives the impression that he didn't read past the first few pages. The book has nine chapters filled with examples of exaggerations and outright falsehoods in both scientific and popular accounts. Yohe mentions just four claims taken from the first two pages, plus one from a chapter subtitle, and manages to refute none of them. Yohee attacks Koonin's assertion that "[h]eat waves in the U.S. are now no more common than they were in 1900," claiming that "[t]his is a questionable statement depending on the definition of 'heat wave,' and so it is really uninformative. Heat waves are poor indicators of heat stress." "If Yohe had read the book carefully, he would have found the official heat wave index used and why it matters. He offers no evidence that "heat stress"—something even less well-defined and hence less informative than "heat wave"—is greater than in 1900. Koonin has been attacked by others for not being a climate scientist by trade. In most dogmatic religions, only the anointed are granted the authority to speak. But science is supposed to be a discipline that's open to anyone who can interpret relevant material. After Koonin wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed entitled "Greenland's Melting Ice Is No Cause for Climate-Change Panic" in February 2022, an organization called Climate Feedback, which calls itself "a worldwide network of scientists sorting fact from fiction in climate change media coverage," published a response. It labeled Koonin's article: "Cherry-picking, Flawed reasoning, Lack of context, Misleading." While Greenland is losing ice, the main driver cannot be anthropogenic climate change because there is no steady increase in line with either human CO2 emissions or atmospheric concentrations of CO2. Carbon dioxide emissions and warming may be important but other factors were clearly more important in the past. How is it "cherry-picking" to show all the data? The graph published in the op-ed clearly shows the data since 1900 and addresses all of it. Ironically, the Climate Feedback review is guilty of cherry-picking. It claims to rebut Koonin by stating that a 2015 article in Nature "found that ice loss between 2003 and 2010 'not only more than doubled relative to the 1983–2003 period, but also relative to the net mass loss rate throughout the twentieth century'." In other words, Climate Feedback picked the fastest eight-year increase over the 121 years span shown on the chart and compared it to the lowest 21 years. That's the definition of cherry-picking. Why does it matter that Koonin's critics don't want to bother responding to his arguments? Substantive debate is how science advances. If climate science is just an echo chamber, we may make perverse short-term overreactions to the data that have large costs and possibly even negative environmental effects. Many historical policy disasters have been caused by people claiming they shouldn't have to engage with informed critics. 'Unsettled' is about more than just climate policy—it seeks to free science from the shackles of organized dogma, the sole domain of an anointed elite, who feel justified calling their critics "cranks," "deniers," and "disinformation peddlers." Why engage with a heretic when he can be banished from the church altogether? Edited by John Osterhoudt; camera by Luis Gutierrez; art by Nathalie Walker; additional editing by Danielle Thompson. Music SONG Icelandic Arpeggios ARTIST DivKid LICENSES Get YouTube Premium Music

As democracy comes under increasing pressure, what can leaders do today to strengthen democratic systems? Speakers: Adam Tooze, Oleksandra Matviichuk, Tobias Billström, Rodrigo Chaves Robles, Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, Samantha Power, Egils Levits 00:00 Introduction 02:54 Discussion begins The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. We believe that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to make positive change. World Economic Forum Website ► http://www.weforum.org/ Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/worldeconomi... YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/wef Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/worldeconom... Twitter ► https://twitter.com/wef LinkedIn ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/worl... TikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@worldeconomic... Flipboard ► https://flipboard.com/@WEF #Davos #WEF23 #WorldEconomicForum

With inflation soaring and real wages falling, the global cost of living crisis is hitting hardest the most vulnerable in societies. Are orthodox responses sufficient or do policy-makers need a new toolkit? This session was developed in collaboration with Bloomberg Television. Speakers: Francine Lacqua, Gita Gopinath, Alan Jope, Laura D'Andrea Tyson, Christian Lindner 00:00 Introduction 00:57 Discussion begins The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. We believe that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to make positive change. World Economic Forum Website ► http://www.weforum.org/ Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/worldeconomi... YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/wef Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/worldeconom... Twitter ► https://twitter.com/wef LinkedIn ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/worl... TikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@worldeconomic... Flipboard ► https://flipboard.com/@WEF #Davos #WEF23 #WorldEconomicForum

Last week the House Judiciary Committee questioned the top executives at Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Apple, accusing them of censorship, bullying, anti-competitive behavior, and other practices the federal government excels in. ---- Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ReasonTV?sub_... Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reason.Magazine Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reason Reason is the planet's leading source of news, politics, and culture from a libertarian perspective. Go to reason.com for a point of view you won't get from legacy media and old left-right opinion magazines. ----- In the latest Reason video, we explore what we would have liked to see during the big tech antitrust hearing. Featuring Austin Bragg and Andrew Heaton; written by Austin Bragg, Meredith Bragg, and Andrew Heaton; edited by Austin Bragg.

This month, Congress held multiple hearings on cryptocurrency, in which lawmakers called for new regulations and expressed concern about the threat that this new technology poses to the U.S. banking industry and traditional financial system. In the latest Reason video, we explore what we would have liked to see happen during the crypto hearings. Featuring Austin Bragg and Andrew Heaton; written by Austin Bragg, Meredith Bragg, and Andrew Heaton; produced by Meredith and Austin Bragg.

Last week, the House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing to discuss online brokerage firm Robinhood's decision to freeze trading of GameStop after the stock's price was driven up by amateur investors on Reddit's WallStreetBets forum. Committee Chair Rep. Maxine Waters (D–Calif.) moderated the hearing, which included testimony from Robinhood CEO Vladimir Tenev, and representatives from Reddit, Melvin Capital, and Citadel Securities. Retail investor Keith Gill, who made millions investing against Wall Street short sellers, also appeared at the hearing. It didn't go very well. ------------------ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ReasonTV... Like us on Facebook: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?even... Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reason​​ Reason is the planet's leading source of news, politics, and culture from a libertarian perspective. Go to reason.com for a point of view you won't get from legacy media and old left-right opinion magazines. ---------------- Starring Austin Bragg and Andrew Heaton; written by Austin Bragg, Meredith Bragg, and Andrew Heaton; edited by Austin Bragg

"This is probably not about persuading each other unless something really dramatic happens," said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.). Here's what we would like to have seen during the hearings. ---- Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ReasonTV?sub_... Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reason.Magazine Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reason Reason is the planet's leading source of news, politics, and culture from a libertarian perspective. Go to reason.com for a point of view you won't get from legacy media and old left-right opinion magazines. ----- On October 16, the Senate Judiciary Committee wrapped up its confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee and current federal judge Amy Coney Barrett. The questioning, which lasted for nearly 20 hours, probably had no impact on the outcome of the committee vote, which is set for this Thursday. "This is probably not about persuading each other unless something really dramatic happens," said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.), who chairs the committee. "All Republicans will vote 'yes' and all Democrats will vote 'no.'" Starring Andrew Heaton and Austin Bragg; Written by Andrew Heaton, Austin Bragg, and Meredith Bragg; Edited by Austin Bragg.

Can you define "partisan circus?" ------------------ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ReasonTV?sub_... Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reason.Magaz... Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reason Reason is the planet's leading source of news, politics, and culture from a libertarian perspective. Go to reason.com for a point of view you won't get from legacy media and old left-right opinion magazines. ---------------- On March 24, 2022, the Senate Judiciary Committee wrapped up its confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. The questioning, which lasted more than 20 hours, whipsawed from Democrats praising Jackson's record to Republicans attacking her handling of child pornography cases and defending a Guantanamo Bay detainee. They didn't play Dungeons & Dragons. Here's what we would like to have seen. Starring Andrew Heaton and Austin Bragg; written and shot by Heaton, Bragg, and Meredith Bragg; edited by Austin Bragg.

"As EPP regional and local politicians, we are responsible and committed to ensure all levels of government work together on the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). This is the only possible way for citizens not to miss out on EU opportunities." Olgierd Geblewicz, President of West Pomerania Region and President of the EPP-CoR Group made these remarks when addressing the conference 'Road to Recovery' organized by the EPP Group in the European Committee of the Regions (EPP-CoR) and the EPP Group in the European Parliament (EPP-EP) in Lisbon. Speaking on the positive impact this will have, Geblewicz explained how his region had made use of NextGenerationUE funds under ReactEU to strengthen the resilience of the regional health system, by building an infectious diseases ward in the largest regional hospital as well as to invest further in the energy sector to reduce dependence on fossils fuels. Siegfried Mureșan MEP, Vice-Chair of the EPP-EP Group and Chairman of the Working Group for Budget and Structural Policies said "The voice of mayors and regions must be heard. We are talking about the RRF and our mayors are the ones who know best where this money is needed and how to be used in the best possible way." Speaking on the importance of engaging Local and Regional Authorities (LRAs) in the implementation process, Carlos Moedas, Mayor of Lisbon and former EU Commissioner said "Making politics in a different way means listening to the people. In Lisbon we created the citizens’ assembly in order for people to be able to work with the city in finding solutions and make it happen. Cities are the translators of EU policies for citizens. We are the ones who transform EU policies into tangible actions on the ground."

Resolution: "Replacing the Federal Reserve with free-market institutions would significantly improve the economy's money, banking, and financial systems." For the affirmative: Lawrence H. White is Professor of Economics at George Mason University. His forthcoming book Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin? (Cambridge University Press, 2023) compares and contrasts alternative monetary standards. Best known for his work on market-based monetary systems, White is also author of Free Banking in Britain (1984; 2nd ed. 1995), Competition and Currency (1989), and The Theory of Monetary Institutions (1999), and co-editor of Renewing the Search for a Monetary Constitution (2015). His research has appeared in the American Economic Review, the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, the Economic History Review, and other leading economics journals. He is a Senior Fellow of the Cato Institute and a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Mercatus Center. For the negative: Frederic Mishkin is the Alfred Lerner Professor of Banking and Financial Institutions at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and from September 2006 to August 2008 was a member (governor) of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. He has also been a Senior Fellow at the FDIC Center for Banking Research, and past President of the Eastern Economic Association. From 1994 to 1997 he was Executive Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and an associate economist of the Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve System. Professor Mishkin's research focuses on monetary policy and its impact on financial markets and the aggregate economy.

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A conversation with Pfizer Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla at Davos. The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. We believe that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to make positive change. World Economic Forum Website ► http://www.weforum.org/ Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/worldeconomi... YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/wef Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/worldeconom... Twitter ► https://twitter.com/wef LinkedIn ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/worl... TikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@worldeconomic... Flipboard ► https://flipboard.com/@WEF #Davos #WorldEconomicForum

Creating safe and effective vaccines in 100 days is estimated to give economies and societies a chance of containing the next outbreak before it spreads. What will it take to get there? Join this session to learn how the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is accelerating the development of vaccines and enabling equitable access during outbreaks. Speakers: Richard Hatchett, Albert Bourla, Helen E. Clark, Tony Blair, Silvino Augusto José Moreno, Shyam Bishen 00:00 Introduction 07:10 Helen E. Clark 10:15 Tony Blair 13:58 Silvino Augusto José Moreno 18:19 Albert Bourla 27:00 Silvino Augusto José Moreno 31:00 Helen E. Clark 33:40 Tony Blair 40:00 Final thoughts The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. We believe that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to make positive change. World Economic Forum Website ► http://www.weforum.org/ Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/worldeconomi... YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/wef Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/worldeconom... Twitter ► https://twitter.com/wef LinkedIn ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/worl... TikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@worldeconomic... Flipboard ► https://flipboard.com/@WEF #Davos #WEF23 #WorldEconomicForum

With inflation soaring and real wages falling, the global cost of living crisis is hitting hardest the most vulnerable in societies. Are orthodox responses sufficient or do policy-makers need a new toolkit? This session was developed in collaboration with Bloomberg Television. 00:00 Introduction 05:50 Discussion begins The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. We believe that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to make positive change. World Economic Forum Website ► http://www.weforum.org/ Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/worldeconomi... YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/wef Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/worldeconom... Twitter ► https://twitter.com/wef LinkedIn ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/worl... TikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@worldeconomic... Flipboard ► https://flipboard.com/@WEF #Davos #WEF23 #WorldEconomicForum

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The airline will either clean up its act or go out of business. Meanwhile, the government plods along. https://reason.com/video/2023/02/01/s... ________ When Southwest Airlines underwent a historic meltdown during the Christmas travel season, canceling nearly 17,000 flights and stranding 2 million passengers, politicians pounced like passengers on a second bag of free peanuts. If the federal government only had more control over air travel, they shouted, we could have avoided such a terrible situation. Yet just a few days later, when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which oversees air traffic control, caused a system-wide travel stoppage affecting all airlines, the same pols denouncing Southwest mostly went missing, like Amelia Earhart. There's an important lesson in all this: Companies fail, but those responsible usually pay a high price for screwing up. When government agencies fail, not so much. As the Southwest debacle unfolded, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg hit cable news and talked about jawboning the airline's CEO, telling CNN, "I made clear that our department will be holding them accountable for their responsibilities to customers, both to get them through this situation and to make sure that this can't happen again." No fewer than 15 senators, including Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.), sent a letter to Southwest demanding answers as to why the airline once best known for low fares and leading passengers in song had ruined the holidays for millions of travelers. Warren went further still, insisting that Southwest's failure meant that a planned merger between low-cost carrier Spirit and JetBlue needed to be put on ice faster than the champagne in first class. There's no question that Southwest screwed up royally, mostly because it relies on antiquated, low-tech crew-scheduling software and because its leadership has lost focus on customer satisfaction since its late, legendary founder Herb Kelleher retired more than a decade ago. It is already being punished by customers and investors—losing more than a projected billion dollars. It has squandered an incalculable amount of customer goodwill that it built up since first taking flight in 1971. CEO Bob Jordan will be stuck in the equivalent of a middle seat surrounded by screaming babies for the foreseeable future: But what about the FAA? When its Notice to Air Mission (NOTAM) system, which gives pilots information about flights, crashed due to a corrupted file, the agency halted all domestic air travel, triggering 1,700 cancellations and 9,000 delays that screwed up air travel for days. Secretary Buttigieg has pledged to get to the bottom of it all and update the system with the enthusiasm and single-mindedness of a Transportation Security Administration agent confiscating your toenail clippers. Looking forward to the next FAA reauthorization bill, he says that he's going to make sure the FAA "has everything they need in terms of systems, resources, and staff." Don't expect much to happen anytime soon. Rep. Pete Stauber (R–Minn.) introduced legislation to modernize the NOTAM system in 2019 and 2021, but it ultimately went nowhere. And when it comes to the air traffic control system that actually governs all takeoffs and landings, the FAA has been de-icing its wings for decades. As Reason Foundation analyst Marc Scribner points out, the FAA is "about two decades behind" other countries when it comes to directing air traffic. Produced by Nick Gillespie; edited by Danielle Thompson; audio by Ian Keyser. Photos: Ana Ramirez/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom; E. Jason Wambsgans/TNS/Newscom; Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call/Newscom; Michael Ho Wai Lee/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom; Ana Ramirez/ZUMA Press/Newscom Music: "Oh Christmas Tree" by Falconer via Artlist; "Happy Hour" by Evert Z via Artlist; "Echoes of the Past (Instrumental Version)" by Max Hixon via Artlist

The president-elect promised record levels of spending and taxes on the campaign trail. Will he succeed? ---- Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ReasonTV?sub_... Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reason.Magazine Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reason Reason is the planet's leading source of news, politics, and culture from a libertarian perspective. Go to reason.com for a point of view you won't get from legacy media and old left-right opinion magazines. ----- "John Kerry ran on [spending] $2 trillion [extra] over 10 years. Barack Obama ran on $1 trillion, Hillary on $2 trillion. Biden? $11 trillion," says Brian Riedl, a budget expert at the Manhattan Institute. Riedl notes that the president-elect also stumped for $3.6 trillion in new taxes over the coming decade, which would be the single-largest increase since World War II. "This is the Bolsheviks vs. the Mensheviks," he continues. "The Mensheviks are the moderates, but we're all so far to the left right now. It used to be a trillion-dollar policy would shock people, and now a trillion-dollar policy gets laughed at for being insufficient." Joe Biden's ambitious fiscal policy and his promises to beef up labor and environmental regulations are the reasons why The Washington Post called his platform "more liberal than that of every past Democratic nominee." Given that the former vice president and senator will almost certainly face a Republican Senate and inherit a weakened Democratic majority in the House of Representatives, it remains to be seen what sort fiscal policy he will try to enact, much less be able to pass. In fiscal 2020, the federal government spent $6.6 trillion and posted a $3.1 trillion deficit, potentially setting staggeringly high new baselines for both. But even with a divided government hitting the "snooze bar" on Biden's most-ambitious programs, Riedl says, there will still be plenty of new spending over the next four years. "In the short term, you're going to get more pandemic aid, more recession aid," he predicts. "Not nearly the $3 trillion the Democrats want, but maybe another $1 trillion. There might be a bipartisan infrastructure deal at some point….The Overton window has shifted. Bernie Sanders ran on $97 trillion, Elizabeth Warren ran on $45 trillion. All of a sudden, Biden's a moderate." Narrated by Nick Gillespie. Edited by Isaac Reese. Feature image by Lex Villena. Photos: MEGA / Newscom; SHANNON STAPLETON/REUTERS/Newscom; REUTERS/Carlos Barria; CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS/Newscom; REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton; Brad Barket/Everett Collection; LEAH MILLIS/REUTERS/Newscom; CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS/Newscom; CNP / Polaris/Newscom; Andrew Lichtenstein/Polaris/Newscom; Bastiaan Slabbers/ZUMA Press/Newscom; Andrew Lichtenstein/Polaris/Newscom; John Nacion/ZUMA Press/Newscom; Xinhua News Agency/Newscom; Xinhua News Agency/Newscom; SHANNON STAPLETON/REUTERS/Newscom; Christopher Brown/ZUMA Press/Newscom; Hans Gutknecht/ZUMA Press/Newscom; Michael Nagle Xinhua News Agency/Newscom; Andrew Lichtenstein/Polaris/Newscom; Chris Maddaloni/Roll Call/Newscom; Thomas Wiewandt/Wild Horizons/Education Images/Universal Images Group/Newscom; Everett Collection/Newscom; AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0 Music: "Youth" by ANBR, "Free Radicals" by Stanley Gurvich Full Text and Links: https://reason.com/video/2020/11/09/j...

For the vast majority of us, the workplace is rapidly changing. But what does that mean for the future of work? Will jobs be displaced by technological advancements? Read more ► https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/0... For the full report ► https://www.weforum.org/reports/jobs-... The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. We believe that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to make positive change. World Economic Forum Website ► http://www.weforum.org/ Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/worldeconomi... YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/wef Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/worldeconom... Twitter ► https://twitter.com/wef LinkedIn ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/worl... TikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@worldeconomic... Flipboard ► https://flipboard.com/@WEF #AI #Tech #WorldEconomicForum

Welcoming Remarks and Special Address from Klaus Schwab at Davos 2023. The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. We believe that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to make positive change. World Economic Forum Website ► http://www.weforum.org/ Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/worldeconomi... YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/wef Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/worldeconom... Twitter ► https://twitter.com/wef LinkedIn ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/worl... TikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@worldeconomic... Flipboard ► https://flipboard.com/@WEF #Davos #WEF23 #WorldEconomicForum

Live With Robert Pondiscio, Nick Gillespie, and Zach Weissmueller. An "unbearable bleakness" has overtaken childhood education as a "pedagogy of the depressed" pushes a simplistic vision of "America the Problematic" on impressionable young students, wrote Robert Pondiscio in Commentary last year. A former teacher, Pondiscio is currently a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of the 2019 book How the Other Half Learns: Equality, Excellence, and the Battle Over School Choice (Avery), a behind-the-scenes account of Success Academy, one of America's most accomplished (and controversial) charter school networks. (Watch Reason's interview with Pondiscio about that book.) Public schools have failed to teach kids to read and write because they use approaches that aren't based on proven techniques based on phonics. Many schools have been influenced by the work of Columbia University's Lucy Calkins, who is the subject of a new podcast series from American Public Media, Sold a Story, "an exposé of how educators came to believe in something that isn't true and are now reckoning with the consequences—children harmed, money wasted, an education system upended." "The South Bronx elementary school where I taught 5th grade for several years was a proponent of Calkins' approach," Pondiscio wrote in a 2022 New York Post op-ed. "We adopted her teaching methods and employed her literacy coaches for years, to very little effect. Her greatest sin against literacy comes after kids learn to 'decode' the written word, whether or not they are taught with phonics, which is just the starting line for reading." How did this happen? Is the solution school choice—a system in which parents can opt out of traditional public schools and their flawed approaches to teaching reading? As Pondiscio argues, is withdrawing "concern for traditional public schools" equivalent to withdrawing "concern for our republic"? Join Reason's Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller for a live discussion with Robert Pondiscio on all these questions and more this Thursday at 1 p.m. ET. Watch and leave questions for Pondiscio on the YouTube video above or on Reason's Facebook page.

What do the confidential emails obtained by Reason's Robby Soave reveal about the relationship between Facebook and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? The social media giant's moderators were "in constant contact with the CDC, and routinely asked government health officials to vet claims relating to the virus, mitigation efforts such as masks, and vaccines," writes Soave. Join Soave and Reason's Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller for a live discussion of the documents this Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern. Watch and leave questions and comments on the YouTube video above or on Reason's Facebook page. Show notes: State of Missouri ex rel. Schmitt, et al. v. Biden, et al. - New Civil Liberties Alliance - https://nclalegal.org/state-of-missou... Robby Soave’s publication of the CDC/Facebook emails at Reason.com - https://reason.com/2023/01/19/faceboo... Facebook’s ban of the lab leak theory - https://about.fb.com/news/2020/04/cov... The Media's Lab Leak Debacle Shows Why Banning 'Misinformation' Is a Terrible Idea - https://reason.com/2021/06/04/lab-lea... “Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act” https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-c... 00:00 Robby's Scoop: The Facebook Files 14:31 Emails obtained by Reason 23:17 Government jawboning private entities 35:36 Traditional vs. social media 46:57 Misinformation mission creep 53:13 Policy and tech remedies to censorship 1:04:32 SCOTUS considers Section 230 challenges 1:11:33 Longstanding paranoia over media 1:20:31 Takeaways from the Facebook Files

The internal company documents offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse at how the federal agencies distorted the public debate one of the world's largest social media platforms. ---- https://reason.com/video/2023/01/09/d... CORRECTION: This article originally described Nostr as a "blockchain-based social media site." Nostr is an open protocol that allows users to transmit a post over a decentralized network of relays using cryptographic keys. The so-called Twitter Files, written by a group of independent journalists given access to internal company documents, offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse at how the federal government shaped the flow of information on one of the world's largest social media platforms. Some tech pundits say that the Twitter Files contain no secrets: they knew about the thousands of takedown requests the company receives every month from law enforcement agencies and the courts, or they had already opined about the immense challenges of content moderation. However, the Twitter Files have brought important new information to light. They show that the company stifled debate over important policy issues by shadowbanning certain accounts for no good reason and then misleading the public. They show that Twitter was routinely strongarmed by the White House and the FBI into complying with frivolous takedown requests. And they provide evidence that the intelligence community likely influenced the decision to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story during Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. "Almost every conspiracy theory that people had about Twitter turned out to be true," Elon Musk said on the All-In Podcast in late December. "Is there a conspiracy theory about Twitter that didn't turn out to be true?" Conspiracy theorists are often sloppy with the facts and exaggerate what actually happened. But the information brought to light by the Twitter Files should be alarming to anyone who cares about free speech and a free society. Is the government meddling similarly with YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Google search? How can we prevent the internet from becoming a centralized apparatus through which state actors shape and censor public debate? Here are three major takeaways from the Twitter Files: #1 Twitter distorted the conversation and misled the public Twitter had a system of "whitelists" that allowed its algorithms and human moderators to turn engagement dials up and down based on what a user said. It used this power to limit the ability of certain groups and individuals to reach an audience, including conservative commentator Dan Bongino, Stanford economist and medical school professor Jay Bhattacharya, mRNA vaccine critic Alex Berenson, and the Libs of TikTok account. #2 The government is secretly policing speech. The most troubling thing about the Berenson de-platforming isn't Twitter's decision per se, but whether it made that decision freely. Was it done at the behest of the federal government? The Twitter files provide circumstantial evidence that the White House played a role. #3 Twitter permitted covert state propaganda on its platform. The U.S. ran sock-puppet accounts on Twitter and then may have tried to shut them down secretly when it looked like it was caught in the act. Produced by Zach Weissmueller; edited by Regan Taylor; sound editing by John Osterhoudt. Photo credits: PIERRE VILLARD/SIPA/Newscom; Adrien Fillon/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom; Al Drago - Pool via CNP/SIPA/Newscom; Alisdare Hickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; CelebrityHomePhotos/Newscom; Daniel Oberhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Dominick Sokotoff/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom; Dylan Stewart/Image of Sport/Newscom; Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; I, Aude, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Image of Sport/Newscom; imageBROKER/Markus Mainka/Newscom; Jarek Tuszyński / CC-BY-SA-3.0 & GDFL, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Kyodo/Newscom; Kris Tripplaar/Sipa USA/Newscom; Lordalpha1, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons; LiPo Ching/TNS/Newscom; Michael Ho Wai Lee/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom ;Ministério Das Comunicações, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; New Media Daysderivative work: -- Cirt, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Oliver Contreras - Pool via CNP/picture alliance / Consolidated News Photos/Newscom; Paul E Boucher/ZUMA Press/Newscom; picture alliance / Frank Duenzl/Newscom; Ron Sachs/picture alliance / Consolidated News Photos/Newscom; Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Tesla Owners Club Belgium, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom; Whoisjohngalt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Yichuan Cao/Sipa USA/Newscom; ZUMAPRESS/Newscom Music Credits: "Fleeting Wave," by Palm Blue via Artlist; "Quiet Pull," by Tamuz Dekel via Artlist; "Ripples," Tamuz Dekel via Artlist; "Particles," by Nobou via Artlist; "From Above," by Dan Mayo via Artlist

Decentralize. Full text, links, and credits: https://reason.com/video/2022/02/23/f... ------------------ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ReasonTV Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reason.Magazine Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reason​​​ Reason is the planet's leading source of news, politics, and culture from a libertarian perspective. Go to reason.com for a point of view you won't get from legacy media and old left-right opinion magazines. ---------------- "The coronavirus pandemic has no parallel in modern history. It is our defining moment." Those are the words of Klaus Schwab, head of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in COVID-19: The Great Reset, the 2020 book he co-authored with Thierry Malleret. "Many of us are pondering when things will return to normal," they write in the book's introduction. "The short response is: never." At the latest WEF meeting in Davos, Switzerland, this January, Schwab set the tone for the conference with his glowing introduction of the opening speaker: Xi Jinping, China's president and chairman of the Chinese Communist Party "Major economies should see the world as one community… and should coordinate the objectives, intensity, and pace of fiscal and monetary policies," said Xi in his address to the WEF. This vision of a united globe with a coordinated economy managed by experts captures Schwab's vision of the post-COVID world. "We have to redefine the social contract," said Schwab at a 2020 WEF book launch event for The Great Reset. These grand proclamations, the ominous book title, and Schwab's odd personal style have led many people to speculate that the "great reset" is part of a conspiracy of global financial elites and politicians to depopulate the planet so that they can more easily institute one-world government, or even that COVID was engineered to that end. I don't buy it. Far-reaching, global conspiracies require levels of coordination and shared purpose likely to be quickly exposed and fall apart, especially in the networked age. Instead of spinning our wheels searching for a secret agenda, take a look at the one right out in the open. "I think we are moving from short-term to long-term, from shareholder capitalism to stakeholder capitalism," said Schwab at his 2020 book event. What Xi, the WEF, and people like Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) have in common is that they favor so-called stakeholder capitalism, which is a euphemism for making companies answer first to special interests. They want to reorganize corporate boards to include representatives from labor, environmental, and social justice groups. Warren proposed a bill to require 40 percent of large corporate board seats be elected by workers. In China, the state simply owns or controls a majority stake in most of the country's largest firms. Written and produced by Zach Weissmueller, animation by Tomasz Kaye, additional graphics by Nodehaus Photos: CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Newscom; CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Newscom; Li Tao / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom; Ken Cedeno / Pool via CNP / SplashNews; Ahmad Abdo/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom; Ed Lefkowicz / VWPics/Newscom; Albin Lohr-Jones/Sipa USA/Newscom; Li Xiang / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom; Kyodo/Newscom; CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Newscom; Li Tao / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom; Lan Hongguang / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom Stock footage: Timo Volz from Pexels; Alexander Bobrov from Pexels Music: "Thunder" by straget licensed under Creative Commons Attribution; "Aqueous Pulse" by thatjeffcarter licensed under Creative Commons Attribution.

A leading proponent of the invasion of Iraq vs. the editorial director of Antiwar.com. ------------------ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ReasonTV?sub_... Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reason.Magaz... Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reason Reason is the planet's leading source of news, politics, and culture from a libertarian perspective. Go to reason.com for a point of view you won't get from legacy media and old left-right opinion magazines. ---------------- On October 4, 2021, Bill Kristol, an editor at large of The Bulwark, went up against Scott Horton of the Libertarian Institute in an Oxford-style debate on U.S. foreign policy at Symphony Space in New York City. Kristol was a leading proponent of the invasion of Iraq, the founding editor of The Weekly Standard, a foreign policy adviser to John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, and chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle. Scott Horton is the author of Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism and Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan. He's the editorial director of Antiwar.com and the host of Antiwar Radio and the Scott Horton Show. The debate was hosted by The Soho Forum, with Director Gene Epstein moderating. Narrated by Nick Gillespie; production by Four Corners Media; intro edited by John Osterhoudt Photos: Brett Raney; Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons