Big Tech and Social Media

 

Settlement Project Speech at UPF Seminar: Toxic Polarization in America: What’s To Be Done?

On November 28th, 2023 Settlement Project president, Frank Kaufmann spoke at an online seminar taking up the topic “Toxic Polarization in America: What’s to be done? Thanks to the organizers, fellow speakers and panelists, and participants.  I have been asked ...

On Addiction by Frank Kaufmann

On Addiction The problem with addictions is that they eventually erase the adequate functioning of conscience in the host bodies they inhabit and ultimately control. A clear marker in this descent to becoming subhuman is the juncture at which the ...

Phil Bell from FreedomWorks Speaks on Effective Remedies for ESG

On May 20, 2023, The Settlement Project hosted a conference with Heritage Action, Turning Point USA and FreedomWorks, entitled, “Tradition and Family: Values for a Healthy, Stable, and Strong America.” The conference advanced the work of The Settlement Project. Participants ...

Sovereignty in Times of Radical Uncertainty

Podcast Transcript We are living through a time of extreme uncertainty, instability, and insecurity. There are two forces driving this. One is the blinding speed of technology. In itself, this should be positive. It is progress. But as pointed out ...

Masked Attacks on Free Speech

Podcast Transcript On July 15, attorney Abbe Lowell, the lawyer representing President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, sent a cease and desist letter to former President Donald Trump’s attorney. Lowell claimed that Mr. Trump’s rhetoric on social media may inspire injury ...

Totalitarianism by Labeling Information

By Frank Kaufmann Podcast Transcript There are two terms that have become commonplace, which to me are as dangerous as any that now infect our language. These are the terms misinformation and disinformation. They are pervasive. They flood our lives ...

Southern California Conference on Tradition and Family Values in America, April 29, 2023

On April 29, 2023, The Settlement Project, together with Turning Point USA, Heritage Action, and Californians for Equal Rights Foundation (CFER) hosted the  conference “Tradition and Family: Values for a Healthy, Stable, and Strong America” at the Downey Community Center ...

Mid-Atlantic Conference on Tradition and Family Values in America, May 20, 2023

On May 20, 2023, The Settlement Project together with Heritage Action and Turning Point USA hosted the conference “Tradition and Family: Values for a Healthy, Stable, and Strong America” for a diverse group of area leaders dedicated to protecting tradition ...
Ai vs human

AI and the Singularity by Frank Kaufmann

Podcast Transcript AI seemed to burst into our lives suddenly. One day it seemed not to exist at all, and the following day it seemed to exist everywhere, in countless inscrutable forms, brands and promises. It instantly seemed to erupt ...

Hopes and Dangers: The Future of Technology

By Frank Kaufmann For Pew Research and Elon University WHEN IS TECH GOOD, WHEN IS TECH BAD The punchline is always this: To the extent that humans are impulsively driven by compassion and concern for others and for the good ...