You say that A machine with only primary consciousness will probably have to come first. That’s the way evolution proceeded:…
Conceptual artist Little Shiva who helped me design Santa Crisis last year informs me she went to Copenhaguen in her capacity of a polar bear.
Cityislander’s imaginative translation of “La nuit du 4 août” at the French end of this blog. Many thanks to him!
Exactly 220 years ago (the French Revolution), on the night of August 4th, 1789, the question certainly was not about systemic risk. Yet, on that very night, an event of systemic magnitude occurred: […]
A reader of my French blog has taken the trouble of translating my most recent Friday video in English. Many thanks to him!
NEWS is conveyed by letter, word or mouth
and comes to us from North, East, West and South” (Witt’s Recreations). . . but mostly from the Paul Jorion blog […]
A blog gives you visibility, allowing people from all over with views akin to yours getting in touch. That’s what happened a couple of months ago with conceptual artist, Little Shiva asking: “What about a common project?” I told her of a possible allegory for the crisis, a symbol that you could copy here […]
Here is the communication I made on March 3rd to the Socialist members of the European Parliament in Brussels as my contribution to the one-day conference entitled “Closing the casino: building a fairer and stronger real economy”
Modern societies of European origin were historically built according to a tripartite structure composed of warriors-raiders, priests […]
Published in Le Monde – Economie, March 2nd 2009 (transl. Danielle Goodman)
Let’s assume that governments are actively concerned with the interests of the populace at this very moment – an ardent hope of mine. To succeed, their actions have to benefit from a certain surprise effect so as not to be thwarted in advance […]
Did you know that on February 17, 2007, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., introduced comprehensive legislation to stop offshore tax haven and tax shelter abuses, the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, targeting $100 billion in lost tax revenue each year from offshore tax dodges ?
One of […]
The SEC (Securities & Exchange Commission) along with the OCC (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency) have just released their report on the valuation of financial products (Fair Value).
The subject is what I discussed in « Juste prix » et « juste valeur » and in L’implosion. La finance […]
Original French version at rue89.com.
Does the name “Donald Crowhurst” ring a bell? He was one of the contenders in the Golden Globe Race a non-stop, single-handed, round-the-world yacht race held in 1968–1969. While he was ahead and therefore a potential victor, his radio signals stopped abruptly. His craft was later located but it […]
You say that A machine with only primary consciousness will probably have to come first. That’s the way evolution proceeded:…
It’s becoming clear that with all the brain and consciousness theories out there, the proof will be in the pudding.…
I fear your views of AI are pretty much outdated. They pre-date in any case neural networks. What you are…
Unfortunately IA is not The solution… We have to think outside the box… And IA just calculate fast but inside…
very well my brother
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Until we find aliens similar to us elsewhere in this universe who have solved the problems we humans have created…
It is a fact that the largest part of the planet’s media is controlled by right wing capitalists. Their intention…
Bonjour Monsieur Jorion, j’espère que vous allez recevoir mon mail parce-que la fonction “contact” du blog français ne fonctionne pas…
When I looked up this video, they’re were only 488 views. This is appallingly insufficient. Where are the old boys…
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