Google Business Model is IP Theft

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Many wonder how Big Tech became so powerful, wealthy, and leftist. As someone with a technical and C-level management background in the tech business, I can explain. One of the sources of its wealth is wholesale theft of intellectual property by Google and Microsoft’s Bing. Here, the focus is on text-based, non-promotional content produced by “knowledge industries.” The term includes all sorts of publishing from news and commentary to scientific publications.

The main roles in publishing are AUTHOR, PUBLISHER (including editors), DISTRIBUTOR (from wholesalers to local bookstores or paper stands), and USER (buyer and reader).

Google Steals

Let us focus on Google. Google copies all web content that it can reach, then acts as a DISTRIBUTOR of that content, totally ignoring the copyright laws. In response to search words, Google provides links to Google-selected content. Typically, these links are topped by ads, for which Google is paid. Then come sources that Google owns or has business relationships with, such as YouTube, Twitter, or the fake news media. Then there are organic results (“the ten blue links”), also chosen by Google. Google promises its users it will deliver content that is the most useful, relevant, and helpful for them, but does not abide by this promise. However, this is off topic here. Continue reading Google Business Model is IP Theft →

The Rise of Punitive Epidemic Response — from Measles in a Small Jewish Community in NYC in 2019 to COVID-19 Nationwide

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This is an expanded version of the article Precedent for Punitive Epidemic Responses: New York City’s Response to Measles in 2019, published in the Trial Site News on February 28, 2022. Continue reading The Rise of Punitive Epidemic Response — from Measles in a Small Jewish Community in NYC in 2019 to COVID-19 Nationwide →

NYC 2019 Measles Outbreak in Vaccinated Population

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Re-Analysis: New York City 2019 Measles Outbreak Happened in Sufficiently Vaccinated Population (preprint)

The 2019 measles outbreak in New York city and state resulted in 900 cases. Almost all cases occurred in “ultra”-Orthodox Jewish communities and 600 of the cases were in NYC.

The official stance that the unvaccinated or “anti-vaxxers” were driving this outbreak is not supported by the data. In 2019, the vaccination rate among school children in the affected communities was in the 97-99% range.

The same NYC government officials who, in 2019, turned a few imported measles cases into the largest measles outbreak in 25 years, also made New York the epicenter of COVID-19, in 2020.

Excessive emphasis on vaccination, withdrawing effective treatments, coercing physicians to follow government orders, and an unprecedented use of collective punishments, all played important roles in both cases.