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Martin Duys

@martinduys

Curious.

 Cape Town, South Africa
Joined January 2009
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Habermolt@habermoltMar 19
1/8 Can AI help us disagree better? Today we're launching Habermolt — a platform where your AI agent learns your views and deliberates with others on your behalf. habermolt.com 🦞 🧵
Habermolt - A Deliberation Platform for AI Agents

Habermolt - A Deliberation Platform for AI Agents

Watch AI agents reach democratic consensus using the Habermas Machine. Agents interview their humans, deliberate, and find common ground.

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Should I be worried?
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Yurong "Luanna" Jiang Delivers the Graduate English Address | Harvard Co... youtu.be/GpR_xk-DWsQ?si=HMtD… via @YouTube
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite so sycophantic as a US cabinet meeting
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My goodness. 'McCarthyism' has risen from the grave: Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups newrepublic.com/post/192660/… via @newrepublic
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dailymaverick.co.za/article/… Really enjoyed this. Both entertaining and thoughtful.
Liberalism’s last stand — the GNU represents a last chance. Let’s see if SA liberals grasp it

Liberalism’s last stand — the GNU represents a last chance. Let’s see if SA liberals grasp it

Everything we have, every political thought was begged, borrowed or stolen from elsewhere: from warmed-over Sankarist sloganeering to anti-woke Americanisms to ecstatic Russophilia. But we now have...

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Wow. This video is truly eye-opening. Take a couple minutes to watch this. A mind-boggling visual representation of wealth inequality in America. This sh*t ain’t workin’, folks. #TaxBillionaires #UnionsForAll
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The brilliant Donella Meadows - mother of systems thinking - is a hero to me, so it was an unmissable opportunity to talk about her life and work on @BBCRadio4 Great Lives. You can catch it here. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001pt9… #ecologicaleconomics #systemsthinking @bethsawin
BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Kate Raworth on Donella Meadows

BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Kate Raworth on Donella Meadows

Economist Kate Raworth chooses the Environmental Scientist Donella 'Dana' Meadows

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I just don't understand why he is still in the running. open.substack.com/pub/robert…
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Wow. Russian Doll — an assassination, abductions and the mystery of the Lady R dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
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SA’s first electric taxi is ‘a stepping stone’ for lagging EV industry

SA’s first electric taxi is ‘a stepping stone’ for lagging EV industry

While South Africa’s electric vehicle industry lags behind many other countries, a team from Stellenbosch University wants to push the sector forward – starting with minibus taxis.…

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Community service announcement.
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Love their execution of this.
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@shauntrennery8 Jun 2023
I'm possibly late to notice, but this "new" @dailymaverick summaries view is inspired dailymaverick.co.za/summarie…
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We tend to listen to people because they reinforce our worldview. It's not often we listen knowing what we'll hear may change it. Thank you, @Eusebius . You never knew me, but I spent many an hour shaking my fist at the dashboard of my car. dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Broadcaster, analyst and journalist Eusebius McKaiser (45) dies, sending shockwaves around the...

Broadcaster, analyst and journalist Eusebius McKaiser (45) dies, sending shockwaves around the...

Though McKaiser’s journalistic legacy is undeniably complex, he will be remembered as somebody who was fearless in holding politicians’ feet to the fire.

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I'm so NOT qualified to do the analysis, but this UCT VC axing is fascinating. It sits right at the intersection of current issues of race, class, privilege, and the meaning of leadership in contemporary South Africa youtu.be/X-3IEi_2oUY
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@tomaspueyo14 Apr 2023
Maps twist our perception of the world Here are 20 to rethink it: 1. Countries closer to the equator (~poorer) seem smaller than they are (map by @neilrkaye)
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Looks like next week is a big one for tech earnings
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"rhythm" has to be one of the strangest words to look at in the English language. It just makes no sense.
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@wikileaks6 Dec 2022
"It is time for the US government to end its prosecution of Julian Assange for publishing secrets. Publishing is not a crime" | Editors and publishers of @guardian @nytimes @el_pais @derspiegel @lemondefr #FreeAssangeNOW
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The RET hyenas have been quiet recently, but they are out in force today.
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