Technology

Turkey has announced plans to ban Google search and other related services in the country, citing “privacy concerns”. According to human rights organisation Turkey Blocks, Turkish Communication Minister Ahmet Arslan announced plans to replace Google with a State-run search engine and email service that would be more compatible with Turkish culture and values. Turkishminute.com reports: Turkey’s Communication Minister Ahmet Arslan on Friday said a local search engine and email service that compatible with national culture and values would soon replace Google and Gmail.

Denial is not just a river in Egypt...

Source: ComicallyIncorrect.com

Submitted by Aaron Bailey via The Mises Institute,

Automation has become a huge concern in recent years. With computer algorithms getting more and more sophisticated, machines are becoming increasingly able to do jobs that are many people’s bread and butter.

By EconMatters

We discuss the value of Money in this video, digging deeper into the philosophical and psychological aspects of wealth. Most people are not mentally equipped to handle large sums of money.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p69zAU_jkM

Back in November we noted that the Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) had announced plans to move their servers to Canada out of fear of censorship under the new Trump administration, saying "on November 9th in America, we woke up to a new administration promising radical change."  The decision struck us as somewhat odd at the time given the website's seemingly innocuous content.