Even if any of these claims were true (they aren’t) how exactly does that justify the US annexing an EU territory that clearly stated it does not want anything to do with the US?
Why should they not be like that? Absolutist non-intervention is not a realistic strategy in a universe where nation states border each other and their actions affect each other.
As a German, I can say I‘m very happy for the intervention some decades ago, but it’s of course just one example, potentially a bad one, and likely cannot be generalized — just wanted to throw this into the ring as a positive example.
> Germany waged war on just about the whole world, the response to that was one of defense, not offense.
I find it useful to distinguish legality from morality of the move of capturing Maduro and his wife.
One way I approach it is to ask myself: if one could have Maduro returned to Venezuela today, would one? Perhaps the answer that most people would give is yes (i.e. everyone would be better off), but I'm not so sure.
Is there anything pointing to Brin having anything to do with Google’s turnaround in AI? I hear a lot of people saying this, but no one explaining why they do
In organizations, everyone's existence and position is politically supported by their internal peers around their level. Even google's & microsoft's current CEOs are supported by their group of co-executives and other key players. The fact that both have agreeable personalities is not a mistake! They both need to keep that balance to stay in power, and that means not destroying or disrupting your peer's current positions. Everything is effectively decided by informal committee.
Founders are special, because they are not beholden to this social support network to stay in power and founders have a mythos that socially supports their actions beyond their pure power position. The only others they are beholden too are their co-founders, and in some cases major investor groups. This gives them the ability to disregard this social balance because they are not dependent on it to stay on power. Their power source is external to the organization, while everyone else is internal to it.
This gives them a very special "do something" ability that nobody else has. It can lead to failures (zuck & occulus, snapchat spectacles) or successes (steve jobs, gemini AI), but either way, it allows them to actually "do something".
> Founders are special, because they are not beholden to this social support network to stay in power
Of course they are. Founders get fired all the time. As often as non-founder CEOs purge competition from their peers.
> The only others they are beholden too are their co-founders, and in some cases major investor groups
This describes very few successful executives. You can have your co-founders and investors on board, if your talent and customers hate you, they’ll fuck off.
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