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Money, dished out in quantities fitting the context, is a social lubricant here. It eases passage even as it maintains hierarchies. Fifty naira for the man who helps you back out from the parking spot, two hundred naira for the police officer who stops you for no good reason in the dead of night, ten thousand for the clearing agent who helps you bring your imported crate through customs. For each transaction, there is a suitable amount that helps things on their way. No one else seems to worry, as I do, that the money demanded by someone whose finger hovers over the trigger of a AK-47 is less a tip than a ransom. I feel that my worrying about it is a luxury that few can afford. For many Nigerians, the giving and receiving of bribes, tips, extortion money, or alms--the categories are fluid--is not thought of in moral terms. It is seen either as a mild irritant or as an opportunity. It is a way of getting things done, neither more nor less than what money is there for.
Teju Cole (Every Day Is for the Thief)
En septiembre de 2013, dos investigadores de Oxford, Carl Benedikt Frey y Michael A. Osborne, publicaron el informe The Future of Employment, en el que exploraban la probabilidad de que diferentes profesiones quedaran a cargo de algoritmos informáticos a lo largo de los veinte años siguientes. El algoritmo que desarrollaron Frey y Osborne para hacer los cálculos estimó que el 47 por ciento de los puestos de trabajo de Estados Unidos corren un riesgo elevado. Por ejemplo, hay un 99 por ciento de probabilidades de que en 2033 los televendedores y los agentes de seguros humanos pierdan su puesto de trabajo, que será ocupado por algoritmos. Hay un 98 por ciento de probabilidades de que lo mismo ocurra con los árbitros deportivos, un 97 por ciento de que les ocurra a los cajeros, y el 96 por ciento de que les ocurra a los chefs. Camareros: 94 por ciento. Procuradores: 94 por ciento. Guías de viajes organizados: 91 por ciento. Panaderos: 89 por ciento. Conductores de autobús: 89 por ciento. Obreros de la construcción: 88 por ciento. Ayudantes de veterinario: 86 por ciento. Guardias de seguridad: 84 por ciento. Marineros: 83 por ciento. Camareros: 77 por ciento. Archiveros: 76 por ciento. Carpinteros: 72 por ciento. Socorristas: 67 por ciento. Y así sucesivamente. Desde luego, hay algunos empleos seguros. La probabilidad de que en 2033 los algoritmos informáticos desplacen a los arqueólogos es de solo el 0,7 por ciento, porque su trabajo requiere tipos de reconocimiento de pautas muy refinados, y no produce grandes beneficios. De ahí que sea improbable que las empresas o el gobierno inviertan lo necesario para automatizar la arqueología en los próximos veinte años.[19] Naturalmente, para cuando llegue el año 2033, es probable que hayan aparecido muchas profesiones nuevas, por ejemplo, la de diseñador de mundos virtuales. Pero es también probable que dichas profesiones requieran mucha más creatividad y flexibilidad que nuestros empleos corrientes, y no está claro que las cajeras o los agentes de seguros de cuarenta años sean capaces de reinventarse como diseñadores de mundos virtuales (¡imagine el lector un mundo virtual creado por un agente de seguros!). E incluso si lo hacen, el ritmo del progreso es tal que en otra década podrían tener que reinventarse de nuevo. Después de todo, bien pudiera ser que los algoritmos también superen a los humanos en el diseño de mundos virtuales. El problema crucial no es crear nuevos empleos. El problema crucial es crear nuevos empleos en los que los humanos rindan mejor que los algoritmos.[20]
Yuval Noah Harari (Homo Deus: Breve historia del mañana)
El conflicto no tiene solución sino cuando Pío XI -este gran papa tan inflexible como conciliador según era menester- se avino a convenir con Mussolini, en 1929, los Acuerdos de Letrán, por los cuales, a cambio de la soberanía pontificia sobre un territorio minúsculo (44 hectáreas tiene en números redondos el Estado de la Ciudad del Vaticano) reconoce la Santa Sede la existencia del Reino de Italia con el territorio que le compete y con Roma como capital. (p. 15) Lo que no depende de la poca o mucha virtud del conquistador, sino de la naturaleza de lo conquistado. (p. 7) … Porque el vulgo se deja llevar siempre del éxito y de las apariencias, y en el mundo no hay sino vulgo (nel mondo non è se non vulgo). (p. 37) .. el dicho de Renan: Después de Atenas, ninguna ciudad ha contribuido tanto como Florencia en la promoción del espíritu humano. (p. 9) Con lo cual queda despachada la cuestión del fin y los medios, los cuales, si son malos, no pueden jamás ponerse por obra, así sea en la consecución del más santo de los fines. (p. 47) Nicolás Maquiavelo fue un escritor extraordinariamente fecundo, y en todos los muchos y variados géneros que cultivó -con la sola excepción de sus poesías, decididamente mediocres-, de suprema excelencia. (p. 11) Sin embargo, el que menos ha confiado en el azar es siempre el que más tiempo se ha conservado en su conquista. También facilita enormemente las cosas el que un príncipe, al no poseer otros Estados, se vea obligado a establecerse en el que ha adquirido. Pero quiero referirme a aquellos que no se convirtieron en príncipes por el azar, sino por sus virtudes. Y digo entonces que, entre ellos, los más ilustres han sido Moisés, Ciro, Rómulo, Teseo y otros no menos grandes. Y aunque Moisés sólo fue un simple agente de la voluntad de Dios, merece, sin embargo, nuestra admiración, siquiera sea por la gracia que lo hacía digno de hablar con Dios. Pero también son admirables Ciro, y todos los demás que han adquirido o fundado reinos; y si juzgamos sus hechos y su gobierno, hallaremos que no deslucen ante los de Moisés, que tuvo tan gran preceptor. Y si nos detenemos a estudiar su vida y sus obras, descubriremos que no deben a la fortuna sino el haberles proporcionado la ocasión propicia, que fue el material al que ellos dieron la forma conveniente. Verdad es que, sin esa ocasión, sus méritos de nada hubieran valido; pero también es cierto que, sin sus méritos, era inútil que la ocasión se presentará. (pp. 9-10) Pero volvamos a nuestro asunto. Cualquiera que meditase este discurso hallaría que la causa de la ruina de los emperadores citados ha sido el odio o el desprecio, y descubriría a qué se debe que, mientras parte de ellos procedieron de un modo y parte de otro, en ambos hubo dichosos y desgraciados. (p. 36) porque el que vence no quiere amigos sospechosos y que no lo ayuden en la adversidad, y el que pierde no puede ofrecer ayuda a quien no quiso empuñar las armas y arriesgarse en su favor. (p. 40)
Niccolò Machiavelli (The Prince)
The White House espionage group was responsible for killing 28 Black Panthers and other minority leaders. They also were determined to exterminate leaders inside the prison. Eldridge Cleaver, writer and Panther, fled to Algeria to avoid a prison sentence. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents were making a deal with Sonny Barger, Hell’s Angels leader, to “bring Cleaver home dead in a box.” Larry Shears, the agent who exposed this arrangement, also revealed the plans of ATF to kill Cesar Chavez.47 This was at a time when John Caulfield and G. Gordon Liddy worked for the Treasury Department’s ATF. Tackwood stated at his 1971 press conference that the LAPD Criminal Conspiracy Section, with links to the CIA and FBI, had foreknowledge of the Judge Haley murder, Marin Courthouse shootout and the San Quentin killing of George Jackson. In line with murdering political leaders, writers and Black Panthers, George Jackson had been marked for death several years in advance of the shootout. Many prisoners were offered parole to kill or frame him. Refusal to comply brought more charges and punishments. Ronald Reagan, Governor of California, had information on the San Quentin killings on his desk four months in advance. But like other staged riots and acts of violence, this was meant to take place.
Mae Brussell (The Essential Mae Brussell: Investigations of Fascism in America)
When the British ploy to pressure the Shah into fast action on the dismissal of Mossadeq did not work, officials from Whitehall consulted Ann Lambton, by then a professor of Persian Studies in London and a sage on British foreign policy in Iran. Her advice was clear, categorical, and drastic: find a way to remove Mossadeq from power forcefully. He is a demagogue, she said, and the only way Britain would retain its influence in Iran would be through his removal. She also believed that the British government must ultimately handle this matter alone, as in her mind the United States had “neither the experience, nor the psychological” depth to understand Iran—a sentiment much shared in those days by British officials.44 She introduced government officials to Robin Zaehner, a professor-spy, who could help plan and implement her proposed coup against Mossadeq. If Zaehner was one of the British masters of conspiracy against Mossadeq, then the three Rashidian brothers were Zaehner’s chief instruments of mischief. No sooner had Mossadeq come to power than the brothers began to receive large funds from the British to “maintain their agents.” 45 In June 1951, when British efforts to convince the Shah to fire Mossadeq failed, they threatened to attack Iran and take over the oil region of the country: in the words of the Foreign Secretary, “to cow the insolent natives.” 46 The operation, aptly called “Buccaneer,” entailed sending a number of British warships to the waters off the coast of the oil-rich region of Khuzestan and authorized “the use of force, if necessary.” 47 Encouraged by the Truman administration’s strong opposition to the idea of a military solution, the Shah told the British Ambassador that “I will personally lead my soldiers into battle against you if you attack Iran.
Abbas Milani (The Shah)
Recognizing a supreme divinity did not . . . translate immediately into conceiving one universal God. Israelites first took YHWH/El as their own while sometimes continuing to worship other people's deities as well. God could be described as heading an assembly of divine beings, but the Lord also sentences its members to death for "showing favor to the wicked" (Ps. 82:2). The prophets frequently express both themes: God is both virtuous and unique. This characterization of a single God who upholds moral standards ("ethical monotheism") surfaced strongly in light of the theological and military problems that Assyria posed. Did that empire's devastating triumph discredit God for having betrayed or failed Israel? "No," answered the prophets. God rules the nations, disposes their affairs justly, and deploys foreign powers as agents to rebuke Israel's iniquities. By the sixth century, this conclusion had become axiomatic. Consoling the exiles, the anonymous "Second Isaiah" reverenced "The Creator.... who alone is God" and who will reduce Babylon for having shown Israel "no mercy" (Is. 45:18, 47:5, 6).
Charles L Cohen (The Abrahamic Religions: A Very Short Introduction: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions))
Throughout my years inside the IRA, there was always a desperate shortage of good-quality, modern hand-guns.  The IRA had ample supplies of AK-47s, hundreds of which had been supplied virtually free of charge by the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) and Colonel Gaddafi of Libya. A
Martin McGartland (Fifty Dead Men Walking: A true story of a secret agent who infiltrated the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA))
Shireen Baraka Barghouti lives in a cauldron of hate that often boils over. She’s never been outside the Gaza Strip even though it’s only twenty-five miles long and three miles wide at the narrowest borders, seven miles at the widest. Qasem Soleimani, until his death in 2020, was the major general over Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who invested monstrous sums of Iranian money in the youth of Gaza. In fact, Hamas simply could not exist without the Iranian money he supplied. And to make sure he covered all the bases, Soleimani also funded the rival Islamic Jihad. Shireen doesn’t hold back when speaking about the climate of death and destruction that has helped create. “In Gaza, terrorism is our number-one export,” she said. “How sad that whenever the Gaza Strip is mentioned, people automatically think of radical Islamic terrorists. But how could they not? Our Gaza government is run by them. Iran gives Hamas thirty million dollars a month. “At different times we’ve had al-Qaeda, the Islamic State, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in charge, to name just a few. New groups form every year, and our young Gaza boys see these ‘freedom fighters’ as heroes to emulate. “In Europe, people idolize soccer players. But not in Gaza. Here, men dressed in green uniforms, toting AK-47s, and shouting ‘death to Israel’ are featured on billboards. “The explosions are enough to cause you a nervous breakdown. A few years ago Hamas fired over ten thousand rockets into Israel in one extended attack over several months. We knew it was just a matter of time before the Israelis responded, and once we heard the drones humming over Gaza, we took cover. “Hamas has done nothing for the people of Gaza. While they line their pockets with millions of dollars, the people go without eating. They are cruel and intentionally keep us in this senseless war with Israel. “You might think because I live in Gaza and grew up Muslim that I hate Israel. But I don’t. I do detest Hamas, however—and all the other terrorist groups that make life unbearable in the Strip.
Tom Doyle (Women Who Risk: Secret Agents for Jesus in the Muslim World)
Soleiman drank himself to death by the time he was 47 years old. But his successor was no better. Shah Sultan Hossein kept the old vices and added new ones. He sent agents around Iran to abduct attractive women for his huge (and very expensive) harem.
William R. Polk (Understanding Iran: Everything You Need to Know, from Persia to the Islamic Republic, from Cyrus to Khamenei)
En France, nombre de femmes sont non seulement à temps partiel (un tiers des femmes contre 8% des hommes) et n'ont donc pas d'indépendance financière, c'est à dire pas d'indépendance tout court, mais elles sont cantonnées dans des professions liées à l'éducation, au soin des enfants et des personnes âgées ou dans des fonctions d'assistance.Près de la moitié des femmes (47%) se concentre dans une dizaine de métiers comme infirmières (87% de femmes), aides à domicile ou assistantes maternelles (98%), agent d'entretien, secrétaire ou enseignante. Or, au Moyen-Âge, les femmes avaient accès à des nombreux métiers. Elles étaient forgeronnes, bouchères, boulangères, chandelières, brasseuses, cardeuses de laine ... Elles étaient parfois dominantes dans ces professions.
Mona Chollet (In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial)
Frasi inizio Bleach Volume 47 – END OF THE CHRYSALIS AGE – Gin Ichimaru Se tu un domani dovessi diventare un serpente e iniziassi a divorare le persone e poi, con quella stessa bocca che ha dilaniato qualcuno urlassi che mi ami mi chiedo se io riuscirei a dirti "ti amo" come oggi Volume 48 – GOD IS DEAD – Sōsuke Aizen Gli uomini sono tutti un'imitazione delle scimmie Gli dei sono tutti un'imitazione degli uomini Volume 49 – The Lost Agent – Ichigo Kurosaki Riuscirò a stare al passo di un mondo senza di te? Volume 50 – The Six Fullbringers – Kūgo Ginjō Il tempo sopraggiunge sempre da dietro le spalle e scorre via ruggendo davanti ai tuoi occhi Resta dove sei, per quanto esso ti mostri le zanne tentando di spingerti nel fiume dell'incantevole passato Non guardare avanti le tue speranze esistono solo tra le oscure acque limacciose che incombono dietro di te Volume 51 – Love me Bitterly Loth me sweetly – Riruka Dokugamine Non mettermi il dito nel cuore Volume 52 – End of Bond – Shūkurō Tsukishima Puoi contare insieme a me il numero dei segni dei miei denti impressi su di te? Volume 53 – The Deathberry Returns 2 – Yukio Hans Vorarlberna A quanto pare il fatto che io sia così giovane e inesperto per i signori adulti perfetti è imperdonabile. Volume 54 – Goodbye to Our Xcution – Rukia Kuchiki Se puoi affermare che ciò che non muta in te è il tuo cuore quella è la forza. Volume 55 – THE BLOOD WARFARE – Yhwach Fai un passo avanti, non puoi più tornare indietro verso il mare di sangue del mondo intero
Tite Kubo