Congratulations Valued Reader. You Are Now An INTELLOPIST!

Society's first evolutionary function is to teach children how to think. Its second function is to make the knowledge accumulated in society available to thinking children. A modern society best accomplishes these evolutionary functions through Forming Education (not today's disastrous "formal" education). Think of this lecture as the single best "podcast"  you can hear to understand the root cause of most of today's societal issues. Recommend it to others.

The American School: Why Johnny Can't Think

[Leonard Peikoff. Ford Hall Forum. 1984]

SCIENCE EDUCATORS ARE THE VANGUARDS OF REASON

If we are to win the battle in the Worldwide War for Minds in our schools and universities, science educators, as the vanguards of reality and reason, must lead the charge. Please forward the following article to every science educator you know.

Science Educators, Your Heroic Defense Of Reason Will Take Us To The Stars

PREVENT AI-HUMAN VALUES ALIGNMENT BY CONSENSUS

Too many people today do not hold values consistent with their nature as rational animals. Aligning AI with human values chosen by consensus is a recipe for disaster. AI must be aligned with the universally applicable values that support our physical human nature. This one-page .pdf article explains why. Download and share it as widely as possible.

Pub-AI-Human-Values

To learn more about the current state of the development of Artificial Intelligence and the related people, organizations, publications and events, I recommend the web site of the

Future of Life Institute

We must support software companies that have user privacy and freedom of speech as their core value rather than user surveillance and censorship. Here are some of the apps that I currently use on both desktop and mobile devices:

Email: Proton Mail

VPN: Proton VPN

Search: DuckDuckGo

Browser: Brave

Social Media: X (previously Twitter)

If our society collapses into totalitarianism, the ruling class will use the latest technology to control the rest of us. The money we accumulate is the product of our thinking and effort. A fundamental individual right is to keep what we produce, save, or trade it with others in private if we wish. This right is facing an imminent technological threat from the government. Read the following articles to educate yourself about the extreme danger to private action that CDBCs (and government Digital IDs) represent. Raise the alarm to others.

Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Legislation to Protect Floridians from a Federally Controlled Central Bank Digital Currency and Surveillance State 

[flgov.com. March 20, 2023.]

Central Bank Digital Currencies Are About Control—They Should Be Stopped

[Norbert Michel. Forbes. April 12, 2022.]

The U.S. Should Disavow CBDCs And Set The Standard For Protecting Financial Privacy 

[Norbert Michel. Forbes. March 2, 2022.]

To lean more about Ayn Rand and her philosophy "Objectivism," and the related people, organizations, publications and events, I recommend the web site of the

Ayn Rand Institute.

You will have opportunities to introduce reality-based idea to others. This web site has web pages with selected topic excerpts from INTELLOPY and HUMANITY'S STARSHIP for you to share. Check them out and be ready to share the url links.

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