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Fauda’s new season goes straight to October 7, devoting 90 minutes to a graphic recreation of the Hamas attack. It’s now the #1# show on Netflix in Lebanon.
@michaeljtotten looks at why the creators wanted the series to serve as testimony rather than propaganda — and whether they pulled it off.
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.@robinhanson argues that doomer fears rest on logical possibility rather than technical data: neither long-term trends nor fundamental theory give us reason to expect AIs capable of, or inclined towards, killing us all any time soon.
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"One of the largest and most repeatable differences between the sexes is the toy preferences of children. On average, young boys prefer male-typical toys like trucks, blocks, and toy soldiers, while young girls prefer dolls and kitchen equipment. This difference shows up very early in childhood and holds across societies worldwide."
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