On today’s BradCast, guest hosted by my own self, Angie Coiro, we have a whole passel of topics to cover.
First up, we deal as quickly as possible with the latest eye-rolling idiocy from Trump. Then – what a contrast! – the amazing, multi-faceted GEORGE LAKEY – long-time activist and educator who’s been arrested for righteous causes more times than he can remember. His latest book Viking Economics explores four Scandinavian countries, and how their democratic socialist economic models can transfer to the US. Maybe we should at least look at countries that have eliminated poverty – yes, he says: eliminated poverty.
There’s a lot that’s heartbreaking about Erica Garner suffering a heart attack reportedly brought on by asthma. Turns out there’s a racial component to that, with African American children twice as likely to suffer from asthma. Following that – a conversation with JAMES FORMAN, JR. He puts the ongoing battle for equal rights and respect in the context of drug laws passed and enforced by well-meaning minorities. Those very groups have suffered the most from those laws.
Finally – who got those holiday gifts out of those big-box warehouses so they could sparkle under your tree? With Amazon and other retailers reporting record sales, JESSICA BRUDER introduces a hidden subculture: white, formerly middle class Americans living on the roads, moving from job to job with the seasons. It’s a strange, symbiotic relationship between these mobile citizens and the companies that hire them: Amazon, Walmart, state and federal park concessionaires, food giants. The companies provide living accommodations but barely-living wages; some nomads work 24 hours a day while getting paid for eight. Jessica’s book Nomadland was selected by the New York Times as one of the 100 notable books of 2017.
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What do you think of quantum cryptography? I personally think that those involved in rigging elections would oppose it since electronic tabulations were apparently implemented from the get-go to rig elections. Hand-counted paper ballots is the way to go, in my opinion. http://www.nature.com/news/2007....2007.171.html
Adam @1:
Had never heard of “quantum cryptography” until reviewing the link you included. Even after that, I have no idea what it really means.
While I don’t necessarily agree with your assertion that “electronic tabulations were apparently implemented from the get-go to rig elections,” I appreciate that many may feel that way. And that’s the important thing.
Thus, presuming “quantum cryptography” is some kind of cryptography or another, it’s ultimately meaningless, because if people can’t BOTH understand it AND oversee it, it doesn’t actually matter.
The most “secure” elections in the world don’t mean anything unless I and you and my great grandmother can all oversee it to assure that it’s been tallied accurately. So, no, no kind of “cryptography” alleviates that concern.
Brad,
Quantum cryptology employs quantum entanglement. Yes, quantum physics is not directly overseeable and even quantum physicists don’t really understand it LOL, never mind most voters.
“I think i can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.”
Richard Feynman (Nobel Prize winner in physics)
Everybody keeps asking me to choose the plan that’s right for me.
Hand counted, paper ballots and clean, liquid water.