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Somebody please base a movie or a TV series on this ranch

I just updated The Greatest Western I’ve Ever Read: a post that often gets visited, eleven years after I posted it.

What a national leader should sound like. And mean it.

“Principled and pragmatic: Canada’s path” Prime Minister Carney addresses the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.

And we need to grow more of those flowers

A great Masters of Privacy interview of Alan Chapell by Sergio Maldonado. While the focus is on universal opt-out of tracking (e.g. with Global Privacy Control), the dialog provides a great overview of developments in regulation, business, and practice. MyTerms also gets some flowers from Sergio.

Because depending on Big AI for privacy won’t work

In Consumer AI Is Outpacing Enterprise, the VC firm Mayfield quotes Vanessa Parli, Managing Director of Programs and External Engagement at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI): “‘If we can build AI and…protect our privacy,’ she said, ‘there’s a big market for that, and I would prefer that it’s about educating the public.’” For me, this points to the need for truly personal AI and MyTerms.