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Jaron Lanier on Poisoning

November 27, 2022 by sergneri 1 Comment

Trump, Musk and Kanye Are Twitter Poisoned The New York Times, Opinion Guest Essay, Jaron Lanier, Nov. 11, 2022 ‘Extinction is on the table’: Jaron Lanier warns of tech’s existential threat to humanity, The Guardian, Edward Helmore, Sun 27 Nov 2022. Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist who pioneered research in virtual reality and whose … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, IT Failures, Politics, Racism, Science, Slavery, the Anthropocene, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: addiction, antisemitism, behavior-modification, cancel culture, Elon Musk, engagement, fandom, Jaron Lanier, Kanye West, online bullying, operant conditioning, public behavior, slavery denialism, Twitter Poisoned

A program tried to cut opioid addiction among veterans. Did it cause suicides?

September 1, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Behind the paywall on the Washington Post is this article from August 24,2021:A program tried to cut opioid addiction among veterans. Did it cause suicides? By Benjamin Cowan and Joshua Tibbitts Benjamin Cowan is associate professor of economics at Washington State University and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Joshua Tibbitts … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: addiction, Opioid Safety Initiative, opioids, suicides, VA, veterans

HOW TO CURE DRUG FIEND – 1916

March 14, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

HOW TO CURE DRUG FIEND OF THAT PERNICIOUS HABIT By DR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG A. B., M. A., M. D. (Johns Hopkins University)   Los Angeles Herald, 18 February 1916 WHEN mortal man was endowed with free will, that was the beginning of human creation. Much was left to him, such as the cultivation, discipline, … [Read more…]

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, History, Politics Tagged: 1916, addict, addiction, anti-narcotic, Belladonna, Christlike, citrate of magnesia, Cocaine, Cures, dispensaries, drugs, Fiend Incarnate, habit-forming, Heroin, hospitals, narcotic, Purgatives

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