Catalina A. Schwartz
@CattSchwartz
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On X to observe society, politics, culture, and AI. 🌏 Be wary of the fourth-order simulacrum.
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Education didn't keep up. It doesn't provide the tools to evaluate the world around us. The primary barrier to effective reasoning today is no longer access to information, but the absence of cognitive infrastructure: skills, mental models and interpretive frameworks required to
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Once upon a time, journalists exposed lies. Then the algorithm came along and said: "But how does it perform on engagement?" Then the oligarchs showed up and asked: "Sure, but what if we pay you to say something else?" Then the donors and lobbyists chimed in: "Cool story, but
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Let's suppose that you have two products, A and B. For over 100 years, product A has had 99% market share. We could presume that product A caters to consumer needs better than product B, correct? Now let us apply this principle of overt behavior to capitalism versus
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Adoption of AI is nowhere near where people pretend it is. Functional AI literacy means: • Knowing why a model gives an answer, not just accepting it • Understanding data, bias, privacy, limitations • Evaluating, adapting, and integrating AI output into real decisions •
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The BBC is institutionally biased. Anyone who says otherwise is a delusional liar.
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Where’s the education reform in 2025? Students with functional illiteracy at 30–40%. Governments keep adding “AI” and “innovation” to every plan, but how can you compete in a digital economy if you can’t interpret basic information?
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How can we talk about “AI skills” or the “future of work” when functional illiteracy in Europe is this high (up to 40% in some countries)? Millions of adults who can’t fully read, write, understand a text or an idea in 2025. That's where you start, not with “AI literacy”.
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People in 2025 want truth. We can handle it, we can build accordingly. People want peace. Not old men with egos sending everyone to their deaths. People want progress. Not a return to the old ways. Moving toward the future while keeping your identity is possible.
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They don’t need censorship when distraction works - and unfortunately you do it to yourself. Keep scrolling
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Some details: 🇬🇧🇫🇷 The Death of Stalin (2017): Political satire at its best. Shows the absurdity, fear, and chaos inside Stalin’s inner circle. 🇷🇴 The Mute Wedding (2008): A dark comedy about a village forced into silence after Stalin’s death. Symbolism, tragedy, and humor
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Here's a few films that show what life under communism really meant (since there's too many nostalgics around): 🩸The Death of Stalin (2017) 🩸The Mute Wedding (2008) 🩸The Lives of Others (2006) 🩸Katyn (2007) 🩸4Months,3Weeks and 2Days (2007) 🩸Come and See (1985) 🩸Burnt
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Dostoevsky wrote about revolutionaries who loved humanity but hated people. Scroll through X and you’ll see he wasn’t wrong. #Culturewars
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🇷🇴 Un pamflet al lui Daniel Defoe, care protesta împotriva anumitor legi discriminatorii, spunea: „Aceste legi sunt pânze de păianjen în care se prind doar muștele mici, căci cele mari reușesc să le destrame". Sună familiar și în 2025.
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As for history classes, one wonders whether entire chapters on extremist and criminal regimes were skipped altogether, as they seem to have left little trace on collective memory.
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Hearing so many of today’s so-called ‘informed’ opinions only underscores how poorly our education systems have served us over the past decades - universities most of all.
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Communism was turned into a Robin Hood fantasy (a man with Che Guevara’s face for sure), taking from the rich and giving to the poor. A romantic save-us-all, let-us-all-be-equal and live -careless-ever-after thought, all classes dissolved, property erased, everyone gets a share.
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In the real world, communism meant mass graves, secret police, hunger, betrayals, and control over everything you do and say. But here we are in 2025, with these naïve voices praising it like it’s the salvation
Young communist speak after attending the First World Congress of the Revolutionary Communist International in Italy. They speak about what part of the communist congress they enjoyed the most
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