How does scaffolding work with these local models? Skills, commands, rules, etc. do they all work similarly? (It’s probably obvious but I haven’t delved into local LLMs yet.)
Well of course, and the book digs a little into the history as well, and what changed around the 1960s/70s. There is a long section on Robert Moses, for example. He draws a lot of parallels between modern China and the US in the 19th and early 20th centuries - totally different political systems, but similar “breakneck” ability to build.
Check out the book Maxims for Thinking Analytically. Then read Power vs. Force by David Hawkins to get the other side. Even better skip both and read Iain McGilchrist’s new 3000 page 2 volume work: The Matter With Things.
Is it? I can see how unexpectedly defending the capitol against a sea of protesters ostensibly trying to overthrow the results of an election would be traumatic. Soldiers get PTSD from their combat experiences, it's completely reasonable for a cop to have the same thing.
It is very odd. to the point where it looks staged (Epstein kind of staged)
I wouldn't wish a job of being an officer upon anyone these days. I can only imagine what law enforcement officers' family members and loved ones are going through on daily basis
Police officers have been a recent target of a nationwide smear campaign ("pigs in a blanket, fry 'em like bacon,") and now they are a target for the terrorist group that attacked capitol, the group that supposedly came out of a social circle that was suppose to support the system and traditional institutions. Cognitive dissonance is big with this one.
The reason for a CBDC are new features. Money that can be programmed to only be used in certain ways, with certain groups, or at certain times, e.g. expiring money. It’s more nudging power for our unelected technocrat dear leaders. Imagine the possibilities!
The only thing this has in common with Bitcoin is "digital". The rest is pretty much opposite of what Bitcoin was supposed to be. (And I say "was supposed to be" because everyone has a different idea about what Bitcoin is today. But that's not related to this discussion here.)
I don't think anyone could credibly claim that Bitcoin is what it set out to be. The original paper calls it "electronic cash" and in its introduction describes private people using it for small transactions, replacing trust with cryptography. I would hope that a CBDC shares that original goal of replacing cash, though to what extent cryptography will be involved I'm not sure. (I do doubt BoE are just going to fork the Bitcoin code and spin up their own blockchain.)
If the reason the government doesn't want to spend money on it's people is because they fear the money will be spent on the wrong things (outside the scope of what they are trying to fix) then making money less functional is actually more functional.
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