Boris Johnson's Speech on Anti-Vaxxers, Brexit, Digital Authoritarianism, AI Robots...

Boris Johnson's Speech on Anti-Vaxxers, Brexit, Digital Authoritarianism, AI Robots and Chicken at the UN

Sept. 25, 2019

The Sun

Digital Authoritarianism

On September 24, 2019, UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson delivered a bizarre speech on to the UN General Assembly in the aftermath of losing a key Brexit vote. He spoke to the crowd about 'Terrifying Limbless Chickens,' Artificial Intelligence, and Anti-Vaxxers.

Boris Johnson compared himself to the mythological Greek god who was cruelly punished for giving fire to mankind in a speech at the UN.

The PM suffered a setback yesterday in his mission to deliver Brexit when the Supreme Court ruled his UK Parliament shutdown was unlawful.

In another development the PM also had his first meeting with Iran's president Hassan Rouhani last night in a bid to broker an end to the Gulf crisis.

Boris Johnson: (07:54)

It is a deep human instinct to be wary of any kind of technical progress. In 1829 they thought that the human frame would not withstand the speed's attained by Stephenson's rocket, and there today people who are still actually anti-science, a whole movement called the anti-vaxxers who refused to acknowledge the evidence that vaccinations have eradicated smallpox and who by their prejudices are actually endangering the very children they want to protect.

Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/boris-johnson-speech-transcript-brexit-chickens-and-ai-september-24-2019

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