Posts by Downbeatdan
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Hard News: Protecting privilege in Epsom, in reply to
:-)
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Hard News: Budget 2017: How do we get…, in reply to
I agree John. I find myself think about how we shift to a world where stacks of the work is done by machines, and a UBI seems to be the only way that world can emerge.
A utopian future, may be one where humans are free to pursue the things which make them fulfilled, and the basic needs for existence are able to be supplied to all through the smart transition of energy and labour to a fully automated system. Ian Banks has it pretty right in his 'Culture' scifi novels. Energy technology and AI is getting close to delivering, so we'd better set about adjusting society to let it happen. -
Genius Mr Haywood!
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Hard News: Incoming: Summer, in reply to
No, it's the Tui beverage... its all its good for, dry it out, scrape up the resulting gloop and Bob's your uncle.
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'Detainee', their problem, our problem.... close to home.
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Heres some spacious goodness from an Aussie folkie recording in Berlin......
Jackson Dyer, Steal Away -
Hard News: Friday Music: New Zealand's…, in reply to
Definitely be streaming that one...
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Leroy’s solo EP as Taste NASA is here:
https://soundcloud.com/vitalic-noise/sets/taste-nasa-time-goes-by-ep-1Sounds like an 80's party on a yacht...
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This just in... Pirongia songwriter Leroy Clampitt has a songwriting credit (track 6) on the new Justin Bieber album.
http://hypetrak.com/2015/10/travi-scott-big-sean-nas-featured-on-justin-biebers-new-album/ -
June, thank you for sharing.
Sat on a jury for a trial like your last year, and I can at least report a guilty verdict.