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JoeAmFast-tracking intelligence in the Philippines
Analysis and Opinion By Joe America The Philippines is structurally opposed to intelligence. Schools are strapped for classrooms, quality teachers, quality courses, computers, and motivated students. Parents are stressed and not very helpful. Reading is a dying skill. Math is arithmetic. And even young adults cannot look see vote for quality leaders. Intelligence in the … Continue reading
“One small step for Filipinos”
Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Recent discussions here at the blog cite the reality that the Philippine governmental process, and citizen reactions to it, range from dysfunctional to toxic. It is such a mess that it cannot be “cured” by simple masterstrokes. It is also true that things work better here than in the … Continue reading
New tourism slogan: “It’s the Philippines, deal with it!”
Analysis and Opinion By Joe America The Philippines is different. Dilapidated in a modern era, rustic in the jungles, special express lanes for carabao, an adventure in the making as soon as you exit the airplane into the sweltering heat and taste the grit between your teeth. I once rode in a taxi whose prior … Continue reading
AI is brilliant, people, not so much
Analysis and Opinion By Joe America I’ve moved past trusting, past skeptical, past cynical, all the way to unbelieving in my engagements on social media. People deliver so much crap, most of it founded on beliefs that range from ill-informed to outrageously self-justifying, and far removed from facts. That’s the difference between people and AI. … Continue reading
May I speak directly? Pinks aren’t doing enough.
Analysis and Opinion By Joe America I recently did a post that said people are either lovers, haters, or teachers. Some thought that was too simplistic. Haha, as if anyone would read an elaborate parsing of the modern human condition, which seems to me, being once again simplistic, rather shallow, gullible, and uninvolved. During the … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 