Dr. Anderson N. Maina, PhD

Kenya's protein crisis is silent but catastrophic. 26% of children under 5 are stunted. Malnutrition costs the country KES 273.9 billion/yr, 6.9% of GDP. The cognitive damage is irreversible. Here's what the evidence says, and how poultry, pigs & oily fish can fix it. A short🧵

Today, among the goods that are universally intended for everyone, we must also include new forms of property, such as patents, algorithms, digital platforms, technological infrastructure and data. In a context where the wealth of nations depends increasingly on knowledge and technology, when these goods remain concentrated in the hands of a few, without adequate forms of sharing and access, a new imbalance is created that contradicts the universal destination of goods. In turn, it widens the gap between the included and the excluded, between those who can participate in the digital revolution and those who remain on the margins. #MagnificaHumanitas

I would also add that, after reading Crime and Punishment, it is worth reading Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad.

One of the scariest thing adults experience is witnessing nice kids grow into monsters within a very short time. You understand why parents pray endlessly while others say their kids have been bewitched.

Pope Leo XIII 1878-1903 was known for his intellectualism and his interest in marrying philosophical and sociological thought with the position of the church. He critiqued both capitalism and communism. His encyclical 𝙍𝙚𝙧𝙪𝙢 𝙉𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙪𝙢 speaks on capital and labour.

The so called "progressives" and the LGBTQIA coalition are pissed off because the ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS by POPE LEO XIV has nothing about and on them. You can see all the rants on all social media platforms.

a major dating mistake is expecting a perfect match for all needs. chemistry, intellect, stability, loyalty, humor. but that isn't how human compatibility actually works. the reality is much more restrictive. you essentially have a list of high-value traits and you get to pick...

Consequently, moderate to heavy rains fall in the next two weeks along the entire stretch of the #Kenyan coastal strip all the way from Shimoni to Mombasa to Malindi to Tana Delta to Boni forest in Lamu. The rains bands in North Coast may push further inland into the Southern parts of Garissa County. Parts of Lamu County may receive over 220mm of cumulative rainfall within the forecast period , per GFS

"We don't want Nuclear, we have a lot of solar on the Equator."

The Pope said AI needs to be disarmed He gets it, I mean he taught mathematics

[129]. Christian humanism does not reject science or technology, but embraces them with gratitude and realism, and grounds them within a higher vocation. The creative intelligence of humanity is a gift that can alleviate suffering and open new possibilities...

I think this assessment by the Pope isn't entirely sound. The conditions presided upon, and propagated by the state are the ones that decide how technological powers emerge and the extent of their powers. We have successfully seen Europe reign in the extent of foreign technological actors through regulation. In the same breath, we have seen China prevent the proliferation of technological cults of personalities we see in Silicon Valley. Techno-capital has power but the state can effectively crush it.

@ed_kemboi Especially considering it's a border province, I wonder what the folks have done to anger the amiable ones.

You gotta be 🚮 to piss off North West citizens 😂😂

In paragraph 98 of the Pope's encyclical Magnifica humanitas, he presents an interesting assertion. An actual glimpse into the problem of interpretability of models and the grasp designers have on said models. A "cultivation" is an accurate assessment of what designers(read coders) do because they rely on frameworks. But I dare say that it is possible to have a comprehensive understanding of the foundational math necessary to come up with this technology, because it is a cumulative effort of people who understood it. It is the more abstract numerical outcomes of this foundation that may surpass an individual's capacity to grasp.

Men, butt hair is a puberty-driven secondary sex trait: thicker terminal hair linked to apocrine glands that help manage moisture, reduce friction & aid scent dispersal for chemical communication, an evolutionary leftover from our ancestors. Usinyoe yote! doi.org/10.1210/endrev…

The Vatican has produced a video to accompany the publication of Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical Letter Magnifica humanitas, on safeguarding the human person in the age of Artificial Intelligence

me and the homies on the way to analyze Pope Leo's treatise

NOW - Anthropic co-founder says there is a "real possibility that AI will displace human labor at a very large scale," and that supporting those people "will be a moral imperative of historic proportions."

Weh! You often have some takes whose only response from a sensible human being is "Weh!"

As you come into the depth of Encyclical Letter Magnifica Humanitas, by Pope Leo XIV, please know that your parish priest typically has a BSc - Philosophy, an MDiv & an MA in Theology! They are actually among the more highly educated professionals by the time they're ordained!