the highest paying technology degrees. That's what we're going to be talking about today but before we get into that if you could just gently tap the like button in order to defeat the evil YouTube algorithm. On this channel we talk about personal finance, college degrees, careers and opportunities that are going to lead you to success and we also go over how you can avoid some of the common financial traps that so many people fall for. Now if you're new here and that sounds like something that interests you and you haven't done it already go ahead hit the subscribe button and ring the notification bell so that you never miss an opportunity. Now with that out of the way let's jump right into it. I've already made several videos on technology degrees which ones I think are the best, which ones I think are the worst and in those videos I evaluated the technology degrees with the full picture in mind. I looked at all kinds of different things like job satisfaction, future growth, salary, etc. However in this video I'm just going to be looking at salary. I'm going to be looking at the technology related degrees that have the highest pay. So let's jump in with the first one on the list which is going to be computer information systems. So this one is going to be all about information and data but specifically we're going to be talking about the systems that are used to collect and analyze data and information. And if you didn't know yet data actually passed oil as being one of the most valuable commodities in the entire world. So with a computer information systems degree you can expect to make around $56,000 a year in your first five years after graduating and then your mid-career pay which is basically 10 years after graduating and on you're going to be making around $97,000 a year. Now one career you could go for and there are a lot out there but one of them is going to be a database administrator and according to BLS they make around $93,000 a year there's 132,000 jobs available and it's growing much faster than average at 10% which means in the next 10 years about 12,800 jobs are going to pop up. So when it comes to technology related degrees especially if you're not familiar with technology it can be hard to tell the difference. It's almost like they all seem to do the exact same thing and so I really like to try to explain the difference between the different degrees. So generally speaking when it comes to data and information a lot of the time this is going to be collected and it's going to be used by different companies to make very important decisions that are going to help them in the future. So an obvious example of data would be let's say you're somebody who's very interested in ferrets okay you're a huge fan of ferrets. Most people are not big fans of ferrets so an advertiser would be wasting their money if they bought up ad space to show that person like a ferret collar or a ferret outfit or something like that. However if you are the world's biggest fan of ferrets and an advertiser bought up ad space on your Facebook or your YouTube you would be very likely to buy it. Now I'm just making this up off the top of my head but you might be 100 times more likely to buy that product than the average person maybe even more than that you might be 300 times more likely and so let's say they spend $100 on just random people they would probably get like let's say $100 back versus spending $100 on people who really like ferrets they might get $30,000 back that is a huge difference and that is why data is so valuable. Now number nine on the list is going to be information technology management so this one is going to be all about managing the information technology within an organization so that they can carry out their day to day tasks. With this degree you can expect to make around $59,000 a year starting out and $103,000 in mid-career pay. There are a ton of different career paths you could go down but one thing you could do is you could become a computer systems analyst they make around $90,000 a year there's 632,000 jobs available it's growing at 7% which is faster than average meaning during the next 10 years there's going to be 46,000 jobs that open up so IT guys the way to think about them is they're taking care of the day to day needs within a company so they're going to be installing software on computers they're going to be making sure the computers get updated making sure that they have good computers that can actually handle all the software that's going to be installed they're going to make sure that the email server is not going to go down if anybody has any issues with anything they're probably going to be the ones who get called and they're going to fix any bugs or issues that people have they might not directly lead to a company making money in every case but without them there's no way that a company would exist in the first place next one on the list is going to be information security and assurance this one is going to be about the management storage and protection of data and information remember how I told you how valuable information can be before that's why there's tons of hackers out there that will try to get at a company's information so they can steal that data and then sell it to somebody else or maybe even use it themselves these are the people that are going to be stopping that from happening with this degree you can expect to make around $60,000 a year in your first five years and 103,000 in mid-career pay one career path you could go down is becoming an information security analyst they make around $99,000 a year there's 131,000 jobs available it's growing at an absolute ridiculous clip of 31% which means in the next 10 years there's going to be 40,900 new jobs created now this one is honestly very similar to cybersecurity and there's going to be a lot of overlap there and you've seen these degree programs and this career in general get extremely popular lately especially after we've seen all these scandals with different companies getting hacked so for instance we had Target getting hacked a few years ago Equifax got hacked a bunch of people's data got leaked and that resulted in those companies losing millions and millions of dollars if they would have just invested in some people that were you know cybersecurity experts information security experts that probably never would have happened it's not just in the public sector where people are getting jobs the US government is also hiring tons of people who have these skills as well now one thing i'll say about this one is that it is a pretty rare degree and so some of these numbers might be a little bit off just because the sample size isn't big enough on top of that it is a little bit too niche and specific which is a common problem that you see with some of these technology related degrees so you really want to make sure that you know exactly what career you're going for and you know exactly what you want to do before you decide to pursue one of these types of majors if you don't you might box yourself in too much and if you decide you want to go for another career it might not translate as well as you would want it to the next one on the list is going to be a management information systems degree now this one is kind of like a it degree mixed in with a little bit of a computer science degree mixed in with a business degree so technically management information systems is a business degree but it also has a whole lot of technology stuff that you learn as well and this is one of my favorite degrees it ranks very high on my list with this one you can expect to make around $61,000 a year in your early career and $107,000 a year in mid-career pay now there are a ton of different careers and a ton of different degrees that you can go for with this one that's the great thing about a lot of these technology related degrees especially the ones that are a little bit more general is there are a lot of different options there for you one career path you could go down is becoming a computer network architect they make around $112,000 a year there's 160,000 jobs available and it's growing at 5% which is faster than average and that means over the next 10 years there's going to be 8,000 new jobs that pop up so you could probably say that this one is like maybe 40% business 40% information technology and 20% computer science and if you know what you're going for you can make it more technology oriented so maybe it would be like 30 or 40% computer science or you could make it more business oriented it's very rare that you see someone who has technology skills as well as really good business fundamental skills as well and so if you can have both of those together this one is great it's also one of the best degrees you can possibly get if you want to become an entrepreneur especially in the technology industry because it teaches you basically everything you need to know it's almost like having training wheels for becoming an entrepreneur next one on the list is going to be software engineering and this one is technically kind of like an engineering slash technology related degree it's almost like a combination of both so you are going to be bringing an engineering approach to solving problems to the development and creation of software now with a software engineering degree you're going to be making around 71 000 a year in the first five years and 114 000 in mid-career pay now again there's a ton of different careers you can go into but let's say you want to become a quality assurance analyst you'd be making around 111 000 a year there's about 1.4 million jobs available if you combine that with software developer now software engineering technically speaking is more focused on building software so designing and building software whereas computer science is more focused on kind of like the theoretical and deeper understanding of the mathematics behind computers and software now from my research i've seen that some computer science engineers depending on what school you go to they're a little bit too theoretical and you don't get as much hands on experience with different types of languages and frameworks that are actually going to be used in the real world whereas software engineering tends to be a lot more practical they're going to teach you stuff that you're going to need to know in the real world and so you're probably going to be a little bit more prepared for a job right after graduating college with that being said computer science does seem to be a little bit more flexible than software engineering so for instance a lot of computer science majors actually end up going into information technology now when it comes to the difference between a software engineer and a software developer basically in theory a software engineer you can almost think of them as like an architect so they're the ones who actually design the building and then the software developer is the person who actually goes in and they're the foreman for the crew that actually builds the building itself so they're the ones who do most of the coding and the software engineer tells them what type of code that they need to write that's in theory though in reality in a lot of different companies they're basically the same exact position and they do a lot of the same stuff next one on the list is going to be a computer science degree this is a fantastic one i've talked about this quite a bit on the channel with this one you're going to expect to make around $70,000 a year right off the bat and 116,000 in mid-career pay one career path you could go down and there's ton of them is you could become a software developer they make around 107,000 a year there's 1.4 million jobs available and they're growing at 22% which is much faster than average meaning over the next 10 years there's going to be an extra 316,000 jobs that open up now this is one of my highest ranking degrees it's a fantastic one for you to get into however getting this degree and then doing absolutely nothing else and not sending out any applications or anything like that you're not going to just have somebody knocking on your door wanting to give you a job you still have to put some work into it especially depending on what program you go to there are more and more programs out there that are opening up that are kind of like scammy type schools where they don't really teach you anything but then they give you the degree at the end of the day and so companies hire you and they're like you literally don't know how to do anything you know this is a problem so you do need to make sure to work on your skills do projects try to get internships if you can get some real life real work experience never hurts to network and also especially for getting your very first job the area that you're in is going to matter quite a bit so you can definitely get a job anywhere just because of the fact that a lot of these jobs out there are going to be remote but it's preferable for you to get a job in a specific area where there's a ton of companies that are hiring for software developers get your first few years of experience and then after that you're going to be golden number four on the list is going to be computer or electrical engineering now computer engineering is a type of electrical engineering that's why I kind of decided to combine them for the purposes of this video so in computer engineering you are going to get some of the software side of things so there is going to be kind of you know some software engineering some computer science in there but you're also going to focus on the hardware side of things as well so computer engineering grads are going to make around seventy four thousand dollars a year in the first five years after graduating and mid career pay is a hundred and twenty three thousand one career path you could go down is becoming a computer hardware engineer and they're going to make a hundred and seventeen thousand dollars a year there's seventy one thousand jobs available it's growing at two percent which is pretty slow and over the next ten years there's going to be eleven hundred jobs that open up so if you love technology but your interest kind of lies with the hardware side of things then this might be a great choice for you so let's say you're really interested in motherboards processors you know creating phones or anything like that maybe working on different electrical systems that go into a car this one would be a great one to look into and with engineering degrees they're so good that a lot of the time it really doesn't matter what engineering degree you have it just matters that you have one because companies love to hire people that have an engineering degree but it's very likely that you would go for a technology related career just because there's so much opportunity in the tech industry a very similar degree to computer engineering is going to be computer systems engineering and that's the next one on the list so this one is similar but you're going to have a little bit more of a focus on the math side of things as well as the analysis and computer science side of things you're also going to be focusing on different systems of computers so maybe an entire system that's within an organization versus working on a single computer that might be mass produced now at this degree you can expect to make around $74,000 a year at first and mid career pay is going to be 124,000 one career path you could go down is becoming a computer and information research scientist they make around 122,000 a year there's 32,000 jobs available and it's growing at 15 percent which is great meaning over the next 10 years there's going to be 5,000 new jobs that pop up so if you were going to kind of compare computer systems engineering to computer science for instance this is the way that i would explain it with computer science you'd most likely go into either software development or information technology and you would learn skills that are going to be related to that so you might work at a company like google for instance whereas with computer systems engineering you would still learn some of the lower level programming stuff you wouldn't get as deeply into it though you'd focus more on the hardware so you might work for a company like intel for instance that creates processors that go into a computer overall it's still a really solid one and it's one that you should definitely look into especially if you're somebody who likes hardware next one on the list is going to be operations and information systems management so this one is actually pretty similar to management information systems where you're basically combining like a business degree and a little bit of management in there as well with a technology degree but you're probably going to be adding a little bit more statistics and math in there compared to management information systems now this is a relatively rare degree so i do think that the statistics might be a little bit off on this one but you can expect to make around 63 000 a year in your first five years and 125 000 in mid career pay now one career path you could go down is you could become a general and operations manager in the technology industry these are going to be the people who manage the daily operations of a business and basically make sure that it stays alive and it keeps going there's about 2.4 million jobs available in the united states and they make on average about 123 000 a year you would likely expect to make even more than that if you worked within the technology industry just because there's more opportunity there and they tend to pay a little bit higher the highest paying one on the list is going to be number one which is going to be a combination of information science and computer science also known as information and computer science so you're going to have a lot of the computer science skills which is going to help you with the software development side of things but you're going to have a focus on data and i told you before how valuable information and data is so with this combination you are going to expect to make around 70 000 a year starting out and 127 000 in mid career pay one career path you could go down is becoming a computer and information systems manager they make around 146 000 a year there's 461 000 jobs available and it's growing at 10 which is much faster than average meaning over the next 10 years there's going to be 48 000 new jobs created now again i'm going to bring you back to the focus on data here data is one of the most valuable things and if you have the technical skills of being able to write computer programs and be really proficient there and you also have the data skills that kind of like the mathematical and statistical approach to collecting and analyzing data that combination is just killer speaking of statistical approach i've been working on a huge project over the last few months where i made my own personal degree rancor i took all of the best resources that i found in doing hundreds if not thousands of hours of research on different college degrees and careers and i put them all in one spreadsheet and i put it down in the description below you can check it out in the description below it's going to be on my patreon it's still a work in progress it's only version one point one at this point but i'm very happy with what we've done so far i actually hired somebody to help me with it and i do believe that it is the best list in the entire world at this point and it's going to get even better with that being said if you haven't done it yet go ahead and gently tap the like button hit the subscribe button ring the notification bell and 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Johnny Duller Duller, this is Peter H. Fillmore at the Office of Surety Mutual Insurance Limited here in Denver Mr. Fillmore Duller, I want you out here. I've just uncovered a racket that has been costing our company a lot of money What kind of a racket? Robberies. Grocery store robberies. Whole series of them What's being taken? Cash or goods? Cash. On Saturday nights. With most discouraging regularity But, Duller, with all the facts I can give you Well, I see no reason why you shouldn't be able to round up the gang that's doing this in short order You think there's a gang involved? That's my conclusion, and I'm certain you'll agree with it when I give you the information I have I see Which means there may be some danger involved in this investigation No, that's the understatement of the week However, I understand your quietness to our company of putting a stop to these robberies of bringing the criminals to justice Now, Mr. Fillmore Well, we shouldn't quibble on any extraordinary expenses you may incur Now, look And, Duller, there will also be the customary fee The commission for any recovery of actual money you may be able to afford Listen, would you please?  Oh, sure, goodbye Maybe forever, huh? CBS Radio brings you Bob Bailey In the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator Yours truly, Johnny Duller Thirsty people everywhere prefer ice-cold Pepsi Cola And because it's light, it refreshes without grilling Charlie, be sociable I am, Kay Pepsi is a favorite of thirsty people from Maine to Hawaii, from Alaska to Florida Charlie It's perfect for parties or picnics So serve Pepsi to your guests That's helpful This is the sociable part Keep plenty of Pepsi ice-cold and ready Remember, it goes fast because everybody likes Pepsi Singing still sounds more inviting May I? Be sociable, long smart Keep up to date with Pepsi Drink light, refreshing Pepsi Stay young and fair But singing doesn't say Pick up an extra carton of Pepsi today Better yet, get a case You do that And now, Act 1 of yours truly, Johnny Duller Expense account submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Duller To Surety Mutual Insurance Limited Denver Office Following is an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the Saturday night matter After including an extra box of 38 shells in my luggage I spent Item 1, 77 dollars, plain fare, Hartford to Denver, Colorado Item 2 is a dollar 95 for a cab to the Office of Surety Mutual and Mr. Peter H. Fillmore Here in Denver, no dollar, all over the state In a regular pattern A pattern that is finally, today, enabled me to realize there's a connection between these robberies Well, you better tell me all about it, Mr. Fillmore Well, in the first place, you must understand that insurance against loss of actual cash Well, not many companies issue it Without limit, that is So I understand However, since virtually all of our accounts are the commercial type You understand what I mean by that Yeah, I think so Instead of individual life and home policies and down months, that sort of thing Exactly Manufacturing plants, merchandising organizations, that sort of thing Including a great many stores, both large and small Including 50 or more grocery stores, supermarket I see However, it was my own idea to ensure them against unlimited loss by robbery And I must say it's increased our number of clients considerably Yeah, I think so But don't the premiums for that kind of protection have to come pretty high? Oh, very high As a result, the company has shown a very nice profit over the past couple of years But of course, if these robberies continue Yeah, you say there's been a definite pattern to them Yes To begin with, darling, every one of them has occurred on a Saturday night When the markets are likely to have more cash on hand than usual, huh? Exactly How many robberies have there been? So far, eight Oh, it's about time you were catching up with them Exactly So, all of the pattern The robbers have forced their way in at gunpoint Just as the owner alone was about to lock up and leave In each case, there have been two of them Wearing nylon stockings over their faces by way of disguise One of them, tall and husky, the other one short and thin That's about as much description as we've been able to learn from the store owners And don't forget, darling There's been no real coordination of police effort in these robberies Because they've all occurred in different towns Exactly And that brings us to the important part of the pattern Which I only realized this morning Whereupon I called you immediately Well The first was right here in Denver The next in Pueblo Then Colorado Springs, Aurora, Lakewood, Englewood, Greeley Last Saturday, a week ago tonight The Casey Market over in Boulder was robbed True to pattern I'm afraid I don't quite see it Denver, the largest city in the state Then Pueblo, the next largest I'll take your word for it Then Colorado Springs, next in size to Pueblo Then Aurora And so on down the line Exactly, darling Exactly And the last robbery was in Boulder Just a week ago So there may be another one tonight All right If you know the population of the various towns in the state as well as you seem to You ought to be able to tell me where they'll go next Whether it's tonight or next Saturday or whenever Well, that's just the trouble What? Until I get the latest population figures Well, I don't know It'll be either in Wheatridge Barely northwest of Denver here Or in Grand Junction How far away is that? Some 260 miles Oh, great Now the last figures I have show 18,014 in Wheatridge 18,021 in Grand Junction But that may have changed by now And there's no way of checking? Not before tonight When there may be another robbery Yet somehow you must decide on one of those towns and be there to prevent it I must decide Of course And I'm certain you realize how important your decision is Oh, sure Very well, then, darling Which is it? Wheatridge or Grand Junction? Well, come on, man There isn't much time Well, let me see if I have a quarter in my pocket Yeah, here we are I'm afraid I don't understand Pretty important decision, huh? It certainly is Okay, then Heads I go to Wheatridge Tails I go to Grand Junction What? Can you think of a better way?  This is ridiculous I asked you, can you think of a better way? Well All right, Dollar Okay, then But don't you see if you go to Wheatridge, they strike in Grand Junction They kind of too bad, wouldn't it?  Yes Responsible for what, Mr. Fillmore? Huh? And I'd take it you're Johnny Dollar Now look here, Dollar, this is the most Easy, easy pH Oh, uh, Dollar, this is Albert Berry, my assistant How are you, Johnny? How? Albert is the one who really built up this plan of mine for ensuring the stores against loss of cash I see And if you want my opinion, pH, and I've said this before We'd better stop issuing any more such policies right away No Cancel those that are outstanding Give them a rebate and forget this whole thing No, Albert Admit that we're beaten by a bunch of crooks You know I wouldn't Yes, I know you wouldn't But I still think you should If we have to face any more of these losses Let me worry about the losses You just keep running up your nice big commissions on those policies And be glad you're getting them No, sir What do you mean by that? I mean that I won't let you pH No pH, I, uh, I'd rather leave the company Than have to continue feeling responsible as I do Responsible? For what? Don't you understand, sir I'm the one who sold the policies And if any more of these robberies occur Ah, don't worry, my boy, they won't Thanks to my perceptive mind, little ingenuity, my own deductions Dollar here is going to put a stop to them Well, I knew you were sending for Mr. Dollar But how do we know where the gang plans to operate next? Well, of course he will At least Well, very easy, Al Look here What? Tales Okay, that means that I'm about to head for, uh, uh-huh Yes? Where? Dollar, good heavens, ma'am Keep your shirt on, Mr. Formore What if these criminals If they hit the other town on the list They won't stand a chance of getting away with it there either How? How can you be sure? Just leave it to me, huh? Dollar Now, I'll see you later I gotta get busy The coin had come up tails That meant I was to head for Grand Junction Yeah, I know it's crazy, but that's the way it was Since it was afternoon I'd have to make good time to get there before dark So, expense account item 350 bucks to pass it on a rental car But first I drove to Wheatbridge To the police headquarters there I talked with the Sergeant Keesley Oh, sure, the supermarket's just a couple of blocks south of here You must have passed it Yeah, I did Don't worry, Dollar If they hit again tonight And that's their target, they won't stand a chance We'll have that place so well covered Good, good Well, I'll wait What if they pick Grand Junction? You want me to phone the boys in the department over there? No, that won't be necessary I'm heading on over there right now Good It's better than me trying to explain this complicated pattern You've stumbled on Yeah The man there in Grand Junction is Lieutenant Dick Spital You tell him you've talked to me and he'll do anything you want A nice, cooperative guy and he knows his way around First, we can't be sure they'll operate again tonight Maybe they'll skip a week We'll still be ready for them If they follow their pattern So will the boys in Grand Junction Okay, thanks, Sergeant I'll be in touch I picked up Route 6 and headed on west Fortunately, the traffic was light And I made good time over the broad winding highway And I'll say this It's a mighty beautiful drive through that country More than once I spotted clear, cold streams where I... Well, I knew darn well There were plenty of fighting trout to be taken during the season And maybe with luck I'll be able to go back some day and wet a line There in the shadow of one of the imposing mountain peaks I stopped at Glenwood Springs long enough to gas up and grab a sandwich That's item 4, 5 and a quarter Then drove on hoping an early sunset Wouldn't spoil the view of the scenery But you know something? Keeping at that scenery was my undoing Yeah Too much attention to it It caused me to disregard another car on the road following me And it finally caught up with me At the beginning of a short detour Only a few miles from Grand Junction About where Asbury Creek joins the Colorado River The highway was wet from the melted snow It slowed down to cross a narrow, temporary wooden bridge When the other car pulled up to me Then swung into my left rear And threw me into a skid Hey, what the devil? 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No trouble at all over there But I sure wish you hadn't skidded off the road Listen, there was another car It came up behind you So far, we haven't been able to get a lead on it What if they didn't hit the market over there? Yeah, Dollar It was the Bluebird supermarket right down the street from here Over 3,000 bucks This set of tire marks Same as from the car that ran you off the road But that's all Except for one thing What's that? Now, look, you're in no shape to worry about this thing now You said except for one thing You need a lot of rest What is it? But when you're up and around again What is it, Lieutenant? Well, when Barnaby Shultes came out here from the west And opened that market Well, always when somebody comes here with a lot of money I run a check on him Shultes has a record of stock manipulations Of phony bankruptcies across the country As long as you're armed Sure, sure So when his market gets robbed After he's made sure of collecting a lot of insurance for it Worth thinking about, isn't it?  Well, it just happens I have a man outside the door To see that you don't Not until the doc says you can't Lieutenant You take care of yourself Munch, munch, munch of Frito Corn chips It's not polite to smack your lips But you can't help it with Frito's corn chips Munch, munch, munch of, munch of Frito's corn chips Frito's are the perfect after-school or between-meal snack Golden chips of corn just made to munch A nutritious treat for children and grown-ups alike Frito's corn chips are full of such good, crisp flavor Such good for your nourishment There's contentment in every munch Munch, munch, munch of, munch of, munch of Frito's corn chips Whenever you want good munching Get Frito's corn chips Whenever you want to add zip to a lunchbox To salads, soup or sandwiches Serve Frito's corn chips Their America's favorite Golden chips of corn just made to munch F-R-I-T-O-S Frito's corn chips Munch, munch, munch of, munch of, munch of Frito's corn chips Now, act four of yours truly, Johnny Dollar The next morning, I was out of the hospital and back in Denver at the office of Peter Fillmore I was sure I had a lot of the answers to this case and told him so Yes, go on, Dollar Well, sure, it's an open invitation to robbery Well, don't you see, the market owners could arrange these robberies themselves Not only collect the insurance, but get a cut on whatever was taken Good help Yeah, sure And look, didn't you tell me the owners couldn't seem to come up with a very good description of the crooks? Couldn't? Or wouldn't They've done it themselves Every man has a price No, that isn't the answer Well, not all of it Each one of them arranging themselves wouldn't account for a whole string of them in various different towns So it means that somebody's been getting to them that somebody's been running a robbery ring But that means Why, don't you see, Dollar That means the ringleader must be someone who knows exactly which of the markets has bought this type of insurance from us To quote you, Mr. Fillmore Exactly So you'd better start thinking of somebody right here in your own office Exactly Sure No, I mean You mean exactly because he could clean up on this operation both ways By getting a nice fat commission on all the policies that he sold But the only way Then by arranging the robberies then taking a cut on them Good heavens, I simply can't believe that Al Berry Collecting both ways Real smart about it too He told you he wanted you to give up this silly insurance But he knew that you wouldn't Albert But even if you did, he wouldn't care because he's already cleaned up enough to walk out of here a rich man And you'd better not move either one of you Albert Well, hi Al I heard everything, Dollar Good for you You should have made it so obvious that you went through my files before I got here this morning Well now that's right, I did To see how your list of policies compared with the markets that have been held up it was a dead giveaway, Al Was it?   What are you talking about? The police, what else? Oh sure, standing right outside the door waiting That's right Don't try to be cute, Dollar It won't work Huh? That's right Listen, Sergeant Yes? 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yn wel accommodate'r cwysbeth o leyryn dangos ac sgwais eu bod wedyn ei fwyadwyr i dyddol iawn. Final yDyw… Mae'r First Minister hwnna i chi'w cyfeilio amser erioedd wide'r gweithiau. Mwys gehtd y gallwn cyfreith Joe Scott bron gilydd fathorol gyfahrig gyda'r cyfeilio. Mae Hedd изв Consortiaeth Ysgrifennidogaeth ydyn nhw hwnna ti'w nodio mawr, fish in gör detydleadwn, ond she has been a senior Government minister for more than eight years, including five in charge of the NHF. The First Minister wants is to judge the SAP Government on its record, and today, of all days, we should do exactly that.  Perhaps the most commonuest thing being the elderly people. pobl yn gwyfnneidd ar y maes. Mae'r drwyysig wedi ei ffordd sig yn cael ei gael. Rhaid i ni'n uch affects i ffasgfainteriaeth ac ar y sefydledig, rhai i mae hyn yn cael ei gael. Rhaid i ni'n rhaid i ffaith gwych oedd ymlaen ni'n wlad i'i'r yswun gan ymladeg? Rhaid i ni'n rhaid i ni'n rhaid i mi gael i chi fod yma yn rhaid i chi'n rhaid i chi fod a chansof. Yr y ffordd pan fyddai errig yn rhoi'r gael ymlog yn y gwaith mae'n gweithio ychydig oedd in our most deprived communities are more likely to die younger from illnesses like cancer, from stroke, from heart disease. That didn't start when the SNP came to government, Presiding Officer. That's been something that has been true for generations. What is equally true is that this government has been working hard, as I think it's fair to say previous governments did, to close that gap. To see rates of cancer decrease, to see survival rates from cancer increase. That's why we have policies not just about getting people access to the best cancer treatment. One of the things that we've done in the last year, since I've been First Minister, is double the fund for new cancer medicines a step in the right direction. It's also why we've put such a great priority on innovative, ambitious public health measures to improve people's diets, to cut the incidence of alcohol misuse, to reduce smoking. Those are the kind of policies that, frankly, it shouldn't involve party politics. Every single member of this chamber should get behind these things so that we see far, far fewer people in all parts of our country die from cancer. Nicola Sturgeon has been responsible for our NHS in one way or another for six out of the last eight years. The reality is that, in Scotland today, the likelihood of someone getting cancer too often depends on how much money they have. Those new statistics show that people living in the poorest areas are 32 per cent more likely to have cancer than those from the wealthier areas, and they are 68 per cent more likely to die from it. That's just not right. This is 21st century Scotland, not the Victorian times. I have never doubted the First Minister's sincerity, but this job needs a bit more than that. The Government's cancer strategy was due to be published at the start of this year, but it has been repeatedly delayed. Can the First Minister confirm when her Government's cancer strategy will be published? The cancer strategy will be published in the spring of next year. We're working with stakeholders across the NHS, including some of the best cancer clinicians in the world, that we are lucky to have here in Scotland to make sure that we get that strategy right, such as the importance of this particular issue. Kizia Dugdale said that the fact that people in our poorest communities are more likely to die from cancer is not right. I absolutely agree with that. It wasn't right when Labour were in office and it isn't right now. That is why we are working so hard to reduce deaths from cancer. We saw figures published this week that show that overall cancer death rates have dropped by 11 per cent in the past 10 years. Overall cancer mortality in 2014 is the lowest and rates for cancer from breast, long stomach and colorectal cancer are dropping as well. Those are things that all of us should take great optimism from, but the job is not done. That is why we are working to lower cancer waiting times. Interestingly, Labour set some of the current cancer waiting times. It never once was met when Labour was in government. We are working to reduce cancer waiting times. We are working to make sure that we get more people into screening programmes. That is why we are investing £30 million in detect cancer early programmes so that people come forward earlier when they have symptoms and get diagnosed earlier. The earlier people get diagnosed, the more chance they have of surviving. I would say to Kezia Dugdale in all seriousness that this is far too important for party political arguments. Let all of us unite to say that we want to see an end to the situation in which people in our most deprived communities are more likely to die of cancer. I think that that is something worth uniting around. Kezia Dugdale, Mr Dugdale. There is no doubt that we welcome that progress, but the reality is that that progress is largely happening in the richer parts of Scotland, and that is why we need a cancer strategy. The English NHS has a widely recognised and welcome plan to fight the disease. We need the same here. In Scotland, we have a system that is failing those most in need. 66 per cent of eligible people in the wealthiest areas are taking up bowel cancer screening, yet the figure was just 45 per cent for people in the poorest areas. The most recent figures show a decline in the number of women in poorer communities getting screened for breast cancer. That lower rate of screening is one key reason why people from the poorest backgrounds are more likely to die from cancer. Does the First Minister agree with me that, without dramatic Government action, we could be in danger of seeing cancer as a deprivation disease in Scotland? I agree that serious Government action is needed to improve early diagnosis of cancer. That is important for anybody who has cancer. Obviously, with the statistics that Kezia Dugdale has quoted, it is even more important that we get people from our most deprived communities into a diagnosis as quickly as possible. That is why this Government is investing £39 million in our detect cancer early programme. That programme has already resulted in a 4.7 per cent increase in early stage diagnosis of cancer, alongside a 50 per cent increase in women consulting their GP with breast symptoms and increased uptake of the national bowel screening programme. That is the kind of serious concerted action that we need to see from Government. Over the year that I have been First Minister, I have said on many different occasions that if anybody in this chamber has suggestions to make about things that they think this Government should be doing to further improve, I am happy to listen. In all of what I have just heard from Kezia Dugdale, I have heard not one specific suggestion of what it is that she thinks this Government should be doing. We will continue to do the work to get people diagnosed early, to encourage people to come forward, to make sure that we are giving people access to the best technologies and the best drugs, to make sure that we are lowering cancer waiting times and to make sure that we are doing all the things that we need to do to improve the public health of people in Scotland in every single part of our country. Kezia Dugdale. Presiding Officer, with respect, Dr Richard Simpson has come into this chamber for years and pushed this Government to be more ambitious when it comes to the cancer strategy. We need an NHS that is fit for the future. That means an NHS ready to tackle the challenges of the 2040s, not the 1940s. We need that bold action, but it is just not happening. Let's look at the First Minister's record. 16 years as an MSP, eight years as a minister, seven years as Deputy First Minister, five years in charge of her NHS and this morning she had the cheek to say that she's only just getting started. Week after week, no matter what the issue, no matter the feelings of her family, the First Minister always goes to tell me about her opinion poll ratings. Clearly, she thinks that that answers the question. I actually think that it poses a question. With her opinion poll ratings, with her majority, with all her power, what exactly is she waiting for? First Minister? I'm not sure opinion polls are the strongest suit for a party that is now in a scrap for second place in Scotland with the Conservative Party. Since Kezia Dugdale has raised the question of opinion polls, opinion polls show that people trust the SNP more with the national health service than they trust the Labour Party or any other party in Scotland with the national health service. We'll continue to get on with the job. We've seen cancer death rates fall by 11 per cent. We've seen, as I've just said, an increase in early stage diagnosis of cancer. We're seeing an increase in the number of people coming forward for diagnosis by their GP and coming forward for screening. We're working hard to make sure that we've got the best cancer centres. We've got five state-of-the-art cancer centres in Scotland. We're investing in state-of-the-art radiotherapy equipment in every single one of them. We'll continue, Presiding Officer, with the consent of the Scottish people to get on with the job and will leave Labour as it has been doing for so many years now, carping on the sidelines and slowly but surely getting beaten in Scotland, not by the SNP but by the Tories. Question 2, Ruth Davidson. Thank you, Presiding Officer. I'd like to thank the First Minister for her electoral endorsement there and ask her when she'll next meet the Secondary of State for Scotland. No plans in the near future, but I've got a thank you to Ruth Davidson as well. I'd like to thank her for making sure that I got a copy this morning of the internal Tory lines to take for the day. We've got nothing to say about David Cameron's new taxpayer-funded private jet, but nevertheless they were very helpful. I'll take it as a wee anniversary present. On Tuesday, a parents group called Fair Funding for Our Kids met the education secretary to ask for some basic details on how the SNP Government plans to meet its pledge to double nursery entitlement. They left that meeting so frustrated that they decided to speak out as Angela Constance was unable to provide even ballpark figures on how that pledge could possibly be met. They wanted to know that if this Government is to double child care by 2020, how many extra places that will take, how many extra staff need to be hired, how many apprenticeships to train new staff, how many more nurseries need to be built, how much money will this cost, and where is it going to come from? They say that Angela Constance could not answer a single one of those questions. It will cost £880 million where that will come from and will be set out in our budgets. It will take 20,000 additional staff. That will be a mixture of college places and apprenticeships. We're currently working with local authorities to determine the expansion of capacity that will be required. That will be a mixture of new build and extension of current local authority capacity. I noted with interest the pressure lease at fair funding for Our Kids put out yesterday a group of parents that I think are to be commended for their determination around this issue, but they say that there aren't enough places now to deliver our policy of doubling child care. That, I have to say, is the case. That's why it's a commitment that we've made to double child care over the next five years and to invest more than £800 million in delivering that. I think that that is a commitment parents in Scotland will want to get behind. We know where the SNP stands. We're going to double free child care over the next Parliament. The question is, what's the Tory policy? Ruth Davidson? More flexibility, and we'd love you to take it up now. I'd like to thank the First Minister. Arddur, Arddur, Arddur, Ms Davidson. I'd like to thank the First Minister for giving everyone the answers that her education secretary seemed unable to find yesterday. There's a reason that the mums were asking her these questions. It was this. It's because they've gone to potentially the biggest of the childcare providers, Glasgow City Council, and they've been told that the Scottish Government's plans are, and I quote, impossible. The First Minister knows this because the mums wrote to her on 23 September telling her, I have the letter here. We spoke to this parents group yesterday. They believed the Government a year ago when it said it wanted to help, but they now feel utterly disillusioned and have lost all trust. For the last year, the First Minister has enjoyed the headlines, but eventually she's going to have to start delivering. These parents no longer believe that she will, so what is the First Minister going to physically do to restore that trust? Physically do is invest £800 million to build the capacity in our system to double the provision of free childcare. Ruth Davidson is going to give more flexibility. She might have heard me a few weeks ago say that flexibility will be built into our policy so that parents can take their eligible hours, not just during term time but during school holidays as well. There can be more flexible ability to fit that in with the working patterns that parents have. That's the ambitious plans that this Government has. Let me tell Ruth Davidson what the chief executive—no, she might want to listen to this—the chief executive of early years Scotland has to say about it this very day. They welcome the Scottish Government's commitment. Yes, they say that there are challenges, but they say that they know that they are sure that with our exceptionally dedicated workforce and downright determination to give every child the best start in life, we will work together to ensure that this laudable ambition becomes an everyday reality. Double childcare provision, that's the everyday reality that this Government is going to deliver. To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet. Matters of importance to the people of Scotland. Willie Rennie The timetable for the Government's national testing for schools has slipped. The Government now expects MSPs to scrap the existing system before details for the new tests are even published. We have seen a cost estimate of £12.5 million. That could be used for 400 teachers instead. The First Minister told us that she was against crude league tables, but the EIS warned this week that if she carries on, league tables will be back. For a flagship policy, all that's a shambles, isn't it? The First Minister No, it's not. I think that there is a disagreement between myself and Willie Rennie, and there's disagreements between myself and Willie Rennie on many things. However, I want to make sure that we are raising standards in our schools. I want to make sure that we continue to close the attainment gap in our schools between children in our least deprived areas and those in our most deprived areas. I want to make sure that parents have the information that they want about their children's progress, and I want to make sure that I've got the information that I need, First Minister, to assure the country that we're making progress on those aims. I'm not interested in the return of league tables. I'm not interested in high stakes testing that has teachers teaching to the test, but I don't think that it is acceptable that we can't have that information in primary schools and in early secondary schools to know whether the action that we are taking, such as the £100 million attainment challenge, is working to deliver the objectives that we've set. Willie Rennie and I will continue, no doubt, to debate this, but I'm on the side of making sure not only that we're driving upstanders in our schools and closing the attainment gap, but that we're able to evidence the fact that we're doing so, and I make no apology for that. She repeatedly says that she's not interested in crude league tables, but she's not going to do a single thing to stop them happening. Information requests gathered by common space have shown that the Scottish Government only had four emails with advice on national testing from only two people, and they each had reservations. That's why I think that it's quite right to say that this is a shambles. Poorly informed, badly led, set to divert money from teaching, bringing back crude league tables. There's growing opposition from parents, teachers and unions. She says that she's consulting, but are there any circumstances that the First Minister would abandon those plans? No, I'm not going to abandon those plans, because I think that those plans are right. I want to see her raise standards, close the attainment gap and have the ability to evidence that we're doing that. Yes, we're talking to teachers and to parents as we develop the national improvement framework, and Willie Rennie, if he's taken the time to read it, will know that the proposal for assessments that are already carried out in 30 out of 32 local authorities are part of that national improvement framework. We're talking to teachers and others about the timing of the assessments to avoid the high stakes teach-to-the-test approach that many people, including me, are against. We're talking carefully about how we use the information so that we can avoid league tables that nobody wants to see a return to. I will not apologise for wanting to make sure that I'm able to stand up in the chamber and tell other members and tell the country at large what is happening in our schools and for giving parents access to the information about the progress of their children in schools. Those are assessments not to replace teacher judgment, which is at the core of curriculum for excellence. Those are assessments about informing teacher judgment. It's the right thing to do. We'll continue to talk to others about it, but we'll get on with the job of making sure that we are raising standards in our school, which is what people across the country expect us to do. To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking to promote early HIV testing. It's vitally important that those who are at risk of having contracted HIV are tested promptly. That's why we have reiterated our commitment to promote early HIV testing in the revised framework that was published in September. The Government is providing more than £28 million this year to support NHS boards and third sector organisations to deliver that framework across Scotland. Importantly, the framework includes funding to tackle the stigma associated with HIV infection, because that stigma is still one of the greatest barriers to people getting tested early. I thank the First Minister for that answer. She will be aware that Waverly Care, HIV Scotland and the Terence Higgins Trust have stated that the barriers to HIV testing do indeed include stigma, fear and lack of awareness. Looking ahead to European HIV hepatitis testing week, does the First Minister agree with me that having postal testing initiatives, like the fast test service from the Terence Higgins Trust, can help to overcome those barriers, raise awareness of early HIV testing, ensure those who have tested positive receive the treatment that they need as soon as possible and ultimately help to prevent needless deaths? Yes, I agree with that. I hope that people across the chamber will agree with that. HIV postal tests are available to any adult living in Scotland through the Terence Higgins Trust website. Confidential testing is also provided by Waverly Care in some parts of the country, and we have changed the law so that the sale of instant results and self-testing kits is now legal. Those arrangements complement NHS provision, but they can be particularly helpful for individuals who are nervous about approaching their GP or sexual health clinic for a test. It is absolutely vital, and Jim Eadie is right to raise that as an issue, that we do everything that we can to deal with and allay the stigma associated with HIV so that people are encouraged to come forward for prompt testing. To ask the First Minister what discussions the Scottish Government has had with the UK Government regarding using the new welfare top-up powers that are being devolved. Scottish Governments continue to have regular discussions with the UK Government about the devolution of social security. Those discussions happen through the joint ministerial working group on welfare and a key element of discussions at the joint exchequer committee. There are also regular discussions between officials. Deputy First Minister has also written to the UK Government to ask for confirmation that any additional or increased benefits provided by the Scottish Government will not result in the UK Government simply reducing reserve benefits and effectively clawing back the funds provided. I hope that the First Minister will eventually agree with Labour on restoring cuts to tax credits and that she will raise that in face-to-face meetings. In the meantime, there are other new powers coming to the Scottish Parliament. The cold weather payment is worth £25 a week and, of course, winter fuel payments are worth £100 to £300 for pensioner households, together with decisions about the implementation of the energy company obligation. I hope that she agrees with me that with fuel poverty at a staggering 940,000 households affecting some 2 million people in Scotland that this is a national scandal. Can I ask the First Minister, with all due respect, when will she get on with her job, fuel poverty increased on her watch and will the First Minister admit that she will not meet the pledge of ending fuel poverty by November 2016 and tell us what she will do with those new powers to help families and pensioners having to choose between heating and eating this winter? I will and we will bring forward plans to use all of our new powers in the interests of people in Scotland. Some of the powers that Jackie Baillie has listed there, for example, over the winter fuel payments, give us the opportunity to look at overall what we do to try to tackle fuel poverty. Jackie Baillie is standing there as the representative of the party that, two weeks ago, when they had the opportunity not just to vote for sticking plaster powers, but to vote for the devolution of tax credits and the devolution of the budget with tax credits, did they vote with the SNP for that? No. They trooped through the lobbies of the House of Commons with the Tories to keep those powers in the hands of Conservatives. That is the action of Labour politicians that people in Scotland are judging day in and day out. Let us also not forget that while others, to their credit, on her benches were voting for £167 billion to be spent on things that matter, not on nuclear weapons, Jackie Baillie was voting with the Tories to renew the Trident nuclear weapons programme. Jackie Baillie's credibility on the issues before today, I thought, was pretty ropey, but I think that yesterday she probably ended any credibility that she had absolutely completely. When she went to the finance committee and said, and I quote, my maths are shaky, I think that sums it up. I draw the First Minister's attention to comments made by the STUC General Secretary yesterday when he recognised the importance of the financial framework for any additional powers. To quote him, he said, it would be completely wrong for the Deputy First Minister to sign up to a mechanism for block grant adjustment, which would structurally disadvantage Scotland. Does the First Minister agree with me that Jackie Baillie and her group should heed the advice of the STUC, stop mouthing some of the UK Tory party's words and stand up for Scotland? I think that Jackie Baillie and Labour stopped listening to the STUC the day they decided to go into an alliance with the Tory party in Scotland in the referendum. Yes, I did see the comments of the STUC yesterday. Indeed, I saw the comments today of Professor Anton Muscatelli, the principal of Glasgow University, who is also warning about the dangers of an unfair fiscal framework. Those are credible, independent voices that should be listened to not just by Labour but right across this chamber. Indeed, Professor Muscatelli was a member of the Kalman commission. For our part, we have made clear that we will only support a legislative consent motion on the Scotland Bill if there is a satisfactory and fair fiscal framework agreed between the Scottish and UK Governments. Nobody, absolutely nobody, not even Labour could reasonably expect any Government to say anything else. Patrick Harvie. Thank you. If the new welfare powers are to be used successfully to tackle fuel poverty, as Jackie Baillie was asking for, they are going to have to work in concert with the money that the Government is spending on energy efficiency in the home. And yet, committee witnesses working in this sector do not appear to have had any opportunity to discuss ahead of the budget or ahead of the national infrastructure project with Government how that is going to work. Why haven't they, and when will we hear any of the details involved? First Minister. We will discuss these things as these powers are implemented now. I know that Patrick Harvie is a supporter of this, and we agree on many of those issues. Even Patrick Harvie must concede that those new powers over winter fuel payments, for example, are not going to be in place in the next financial year. We will work with stakeholders as we take over those powers to look at how we use them effectively. Patrick Harvie is absolutely right to say that it is vital, as all those powers come to Scotland, that we integrate them effectively with powers and resources that we already have. I look forward to Patrick Harvie being a key member of that discussion as we take forward those plans in the months and years to come. To ask the First Minister what discussions the Scottish Government has had with NHS 24 regarding the provision of winter resilience measures. NHS 24 published its winter plans last month. Those build on the excellent service provided to patients last winter, when more than 75,000 calls were received during the festive period, and more than 9 in 10 of those calls were answered within 30 seconds. To ensure the integrity of their winter plan, NHS 24 took the decision last week to pause the introduction of their new patient contact system. A full review is under way into the issues with the new system. I expect an initial report in December and a full detailed report in January. I thank the First Minister for that. Last month, in its update on the management of the IT contract for NHS 24, Audit Scotland said that the total cost of the future programme had risen by 55 per cent on the original cost predicted over two years ago. That increase was mainly due to the cost of delayed implementation. As the First Minister has just said, there is a further delay to the new IT system that was announced last Friday. Can the First Minister tell this Parliament what will now be the cost to the taxpayer of this mismanaged project? Can she give a categorical assurance that patient care will not be put in jeopardy this winter? Can I say to Liz Smith that she raises very important issues, and I think that it is right that they are raised in this Parliament. I think that it was very disappointing that this decision had to be taken last week, but it was taken in the interests of patient safety, which is the issue that Liz Smith is raising. Clearly, it was the right one to take in line with that. The new system has not been abandoned. I think that it is important to stress that. The implementation has been paused to allow issues to be resolved. The full review that I referred to in my earlier answer is under way, which will in itself answer many of the questions that Liz Smith has raised today. We will get the initial report of that review in December, and the full report in January. In addition to that, the health secretary has asked the chief nursing officer to provide reassurance about the plans for reintroduction. I think that it is important to say in terms of cost. The issues with the cost being higher than originally projected have already been discussed in detail in the public domain, but over time NHS 24 still considers that the new system will allow them to save costs every year. I think that it is important to bear that in mind, but I will be very happy and indeed it is incumbent on us to make sure that as this review takes place and as we get the findings of that, those findings are shared and filled with Parliament. I thank the First Minister for her detailed reply on that issue. I am slightly surprised that a large project of this sort was not—the problems were not solved at the beta testing level, but I welcome the fact that, in the interests of patient safety, it has been suspended. However, we have now had two reports from Audit Scotland, 2012 and 2015, highly critical of the Government's management of large ICT projects. The new structure is set up by the Government. I would ask the First Minister to look at very carefully, because they are the most shambolic system that I have ever seen. No business would run its IT systems on the system that the Government has set up in response to the Audit Scotland report. I ask her now to undertake to re-look at that structure. I think that Richard Simpson will have heard me say that a full review is under way. Those are serious issues, Presiding Officer. Detail plans were in place to manage the transition to the new system, including the contingency of reverting to the legacy system if that was required. Some issues impacting on performance were initially some of the issues impacting on performance. We are outwith the control of NHS 24, including issues with the wider telecommunications network. NHS 24 have apologised to patients who were affected by delays, and it is a priority to make sure that this new system is in place and working as quickly as possible. However, that must be done in a way that is consistent with patient safety, particularly given that we are going into the winter and the festive period. NHS 24 has taken the right decision here in the circumstances, but all the issues that have been raised, both by Liz Smith and by Richard Simpson, will be looked at in terms of this review. The findings, of course, as I have already said, share with Parliament. Thank you. That ends First Minister's questions. We are now going to move to members' business, so members who leave the chamber should do so quickly and quietly.


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People around the world are lining up to have their eyeballs scanned by a metallic orb. In exchange, they get free cryptocurrencies. I know it sounds crazy, but what I'm describing is actually the most controversial crypto project at the moment. Worldcoin is a cryptocurrency that aims at creating a global digital ID by collecting people's biometric data. The project was co-founded by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI and creator of ChatGBT. We see Worldcoin as a serious danger to privacy that could lead humanity into a technological dystopia. Since its launch, the project has been under fire from regulators and privacy advocates around the world. In this video, we'll tell you everything you need to know about the Worldcoin controversy and determine how dangerous it really is. I'm Giovanni and this is a Cointelegraph Report. Worldcoin offers a verified identity solution called Proof of Personal Wood, a system designed to distinguish humans from AI while preserving privacy. But why would you need an ID to prove that you are a human, you may be asking? It's simple. With the rise of artificial intelligence, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish robots from humans in online interactions. Proof of Personal Wood has multiple use cases. We ask Jake Brockman, a Worldcoins backer and the CEO of Coinfund to give us more details about them. This primitive enables a wide variety of applications for Worldcoin. It enables highly democratic one person, one vote voting systems in blockchain, which basically have not been possible before. It enables wide token distributions and fair airdrops. It could be applied toward bot protection on Twitter. But Worldcoin is not the first project that aims at solving the Proof of Personal Wood problem and creating a verified digital ID. An existing solution is Proof of Humanity. This protocol requires participants to perform human-specific tasks, such as video selfies or voice verification, to demonstrate they are genuine individuals rather than bots. The problem with this system is that as AI technology evolves, robots may become sophisticated enough to perform those tasks. Circles another blockchain network adopts a different approach. Its users need to be vouched for by existing members. Its goal is creating a decentralized web of trust. In this system however, power risks to be concentrated among early network users, which creates a centralization problem. So how is Worldcoin different from these solutions? Worldcoin tries to avoid these problems by using a piece of hardware called the Orb to scan people's irises and collect their unique biometric data. When it rewards them with a fixed amount of WLD, Worldcoin's native token.  At the moment, Worldcoin orbs can be found in 35 cities around the world. So what's wrong with the Worldcoin's approach? The main criticism around Worldcoin has to do with data privacy. It is not entirely clear how the organization behind Worldcoin is handling people's biometric data. A single entity collecting millions of people's data is an obvious reason for concerns. To many it reminds of Libra, Facebook's aborted cryptocurrency project. Like Libra, Worldcoin is being scrutinized by regulators around the world. A privacy watchdog in France recently questioned the legality of Worldcoin's methods for collecting and storing private data. The government of Kenya, where the project has been tested, recently suspended its operations in the country, citing data privacy concerns. To find out more about these privacy issues, we talked to Eileen Wu, an investigative reporter who extensively covered Worldcoin's operation on the ground. There was just a huge gap between what Worldcoin was saying publicly, which focused on protecting privacy in a very specific way, which is just the technology itself, and then what users actually experienced on the ground. And so that meant deceptive marketing practices collecting far more data than Worldcoin acknowledged and maybe even new, failing to obtain meaningful informed consent. But Worldcoin advocates point out that the privacy issue is overblown and the company is not actually collecting people's data. By using cryptographic technology, users' biometric information is transformed into strings of anonymous code, which will eventually be stored on a public blockchain. Biometric data never leaves the device. It's collected, it is used to create an iris code, which is a hash, essentially, of your iris information. That hash goes into a system. At no point is a user's world ID ever revealed to a third party. Still, the privacy problem has to do not so much with the protocol, but with the hardware used to collect the data, the orbs. Those can create a centralization problem. As Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, pointed out in a recent blog post, it is hard to verify whether the orbs contain a secret backdoor. Basically, users still need to trust the orb manufacturer. That is an issue that is for now without a clear solution. Hardware is probably kind of the hardest point of a system to decentralize. You probably first have to open source all of the hardware, and you need to find manufacturers that are willing and able to manufacture kind of alternative devices that still work with the protocol. There needs to be some governance and like auditing processes that determine, you know, that these devices are safe. Finally, another controversy surrounding Wordcoin has to do with the ethics of the methods used to onboard its first two million users. In order to incentivize people to sign up, Wordcoin has been giving out WLD, its native token. Each user can claim one WLD per week, which is about $2. WLD has no real use case at the moment, which makes it a highly speculative investment in the future success of Wordcoin. The problem is that Wordcoin has been focusing its airdrops on the global south, mainly Africa and Asia. Companies that require a lot of data to make their products and their algorithms work well. They often test in the global south, where it is easier to get the data where regulations may not be as strong, where it is cheaper, where, you know, $15 or $25 or worth of world coin will be a lot more of an incentive for someone to sign up than in the United States or in Europe. Now, these allegations are serious. Still, as Vitalik Buterin pointed out, these problems can be solved since they have to do with organizations' practice more than with the underlying technology itself. Overall, it is still early to say whether Wordcoin will be successful. As we saw, there are plenty of problems to address, both ethical and technical. The project will have to win the trust of privacy activists and regulators around the world. A certain amount of skepticism is definitely justified. The stakes are very high. If the company manages to achieve its goal of collecting millions of people's biometric data, that could pose a huge security risk if the data is not protected properly. At the same time, the concept of proof of personal good, a way of distinguishing humans from robots, is a valuable idea in the budding era of AI. A truly decentralized global ID, which allows users to interact online in a private and secure way, is a goal worth pursuing. Whether Wordcoin will be able to implement it successfully in practice remains to be seen. That's all for today's video. I'm Giovanni Rost. Thanks for watching and see you next time.


Live as if your father was dead. Now that's a concept from the book, The Way of the Superior Man by David Diether, which is a book I recommend every single man reads.  Boys, when we're growing up, if you were lucky enough, you would have had a father figure in your house. You had a father figure who was there for support, who was there to help you out. That means if you had a problem at school with the bully who maybe beat you up, took your lunch money, you can go to your dad and ask for advice and he'll tell you what to do. Or maybe you were unsure of yourself and you wanted to ask a girl out of school and you didn't know how to go about it. You can go to your dad and he'll tell you how he did it. If you're having issues, you could always count on your dad. He was always there to give you advice, to give you wisdom that he learned from his father and the wisdom that he learned from his father and so on. So we always had someone that we could rely on, someone that was there to have our backs. But there comes a time when every boy has to grow up, when every boy has to learn how to be his own man. And when you get to the stage, you have to start living as if your father were dead. This doesn't mean ignoring your father and pretending he's dead. That's not what it means. It means you have to now develop your own values, your own metrics, your own opinions, your own course in life and figure out how to become independent on your own. You're no longer going to rely on your father to solve all your problems.  If your car breaks down the side of the road, you're not going to call your dad and ask him what to do. You have to be able to figure out what to do yourself. Do you know how to fix up yourself or do you know how to get the resources that are going to get fixed up? If you have a problem with your insurance, you're not going to call your dad and say, hey dad, what should I do with this insurance? You're going to have to figure it out yourself. If you want to go into a new job, you have to weigh out the pros and cons yourself. You're not going to rely on your dad. That's becoming a man. Becoming a man is gaining a sense of independence. It's being able to create a map over the world so that you can walk through the world at ease. Knowing that you will be alright regardless of whatever circumstances come your way. Perhaps you have to move countries, learn a new language. You should have the assurance that you'll be able to do it.  It's going to his dad for help. It's going to his mom for help. You're going to be the man that knows how to solve his own issues. This is a huge part of masculinity and a huge part of growing up becoming a man. Being able to solve your own issues or being able to figure out where to get the right resources. Because no one's here to take care of you, especially as a man. Think about it.   If a man dies, it's expected. It's natural.  You're meant to go to war.  People do care about women and kids. But as a man, it's expected that you know how to navigate the world by yourself. So that's what this concept means. Live as if your father were dead.  Keep calling your dad. Keep doing that stuff. But learn to live your own life. I think this is incredibly important. Learn to live your own life. Your parents gave you the wisdom. They gave you the opinions, the expectancies. You can take it, but now it's up to you to decide what you're going to do with it.  So that's the concept. Hey, guys, what do you think of that? Leave a comment below. Are you your own man or are you still living in your father's shadows?  Peace.


Hey guys, welcome back to my YouTube channel. This is Daniel Rosal here I want to talk today about the scintillating topic of checksums in Ubuntu and Linux, but this actually goes way beyond Ubuntu This is I use throughout computing, but the reason that I'm interested in checksums is because For backups, which is certainly a big interest. I've been doing a lot of videos about backups Checksums are super super important. The reason for that is that but checksums are exactly let me just jump to Definition here checksum is a small-sized block of data i.e. It's just a little string little alphanumeric string, but it's derived from another block of digital data And this uses an algorithm and it's for the purpose of detecting errors that may be introduced during its transmission or Storage so two distinct use cases there by themselves checksums are often used to verify data Integrity but are not relied upon to verify data authenticity. That stuff is actually super super important Let me just try break it down a little bit. Those two use cases firstly data storage I've talked in all my backup videos about cold storage recently in mDisks about the The menace of bit rot and data rot that basically if you store a file cold in a lot of media The file will basically end up becoming corrupted and then unreadable because to take hard drives for example there'll be depolarization and So there is checksums are a great way what you can calculate a checksum on the running original file you store Let's call it just for the for the sake of simplicity file a dot text So you calculate a checksum using one of these algorithms and that checksum is a unique series of letters and numbers That verifies that this was the when we created this file. This was a checksum. This is when it was not corrupt Right, we know that this was a good state Then let's say we want to create two backups of a dot text so we can look at their checksums and that and if all is good They should be the same if there's problems the checksums will be different and that's one way of detecting data Data rot now it says here as well introduced by transmission, so this is kind of referring to stuff like, you know and people are putting a Copies of files on the internet and sometimes they get corrupted in that process. This is another way so when you're downloading Linux distros, right? You'll typically see The download link and then a checksum link and I'd say most people including me up to very recently Never went into the checksum link the checksum link as you can see has a alphanumeric string and then it's got the file name So I've downloaded this file. I chose Puppy Linux. So it would be a quick quick download Now if you're in a bunch of there's two Checksum programs that you should be that I think are good to be aware of one is called quick hash GUI And then we also have if I can still find it Yes, we have a chat to five six now in Linux. You'll typically find a Cli a command line tool and a graphic interface Everyone has their own philosophy after many many years of using Linux. I love the power of CLIs, but if there is a GUI a GUI for a solution, I will just go with the GUI, but this is the CLI the Slee, I don't know Slee. Maybe as called chat to five six some it's super easy Once you've installed it, you just type the program and then the file that you want to run the checksum against And then you'll get your checksum And the cross-platform tool is quick hash So quick hash is also available for windows and Macs. So let me show you how Quick hash will do its business. I'm just gonna pop it open here so here's quick hash and Let's say that I want to I Want to put in my file. So I'll click on file and I'm gonna select my download from amongst all my recent thumbnails and whatever I've been working on And it is the Foss here we go the ISO file So you can see it takes a few seconds to run and then what we've got here and I'm highlighting it That's the checksum, right? So you can do this for any file doesn't need to be a bunch to download It can be a word document. It can be a it can be a video in fact Etc. Okay, and you can even use this to compare two files file a and file B Let's just stick with this, right? So we got our checksum here and what you're supposed to do. Whoops that I'm gonna have to clear that. Ah, okay. It's just on my clipboard six a four five e seven eight three sixty five b Seven d thirty one seventy two ebd nine e eight five c a four sixty e four and I'm sure there's some clever way of doing this You know manually, but that looks fine to me if I just zoom in I'm gonna make that big and then I look here and you can see six a four five e seven a thirty five b seventy three one seventy two ebd ebd nine e a b five c a Four six zero e four. That's perfect. So those checksums are exactly aligned And that's basically how you can use checksums in a bunch to Verify not just the case of downloading, you know installation programs off the internet You can also use them to compare a original backup with a Subsequent backup copy and very very useful thing to know how to do


Good afternoon and welcome to the Private Property Show House edition. If you're looking for that perfect home, if you're looking to start your family in a new home, this indeed is the show for you where we travel around South Africa and you see more amazing homes, which are for sale. Of course, we have other shows coming to you every day this week. We have Samantum Guacamalo with the Private Property Podcast. That's every weeknight at 7 p.m. And of course, if you're interested in farming and agriculture, well, we've got Mbali on the ones and twos every Tuesday and Thursday night at 8 p.m. If you're still looking for that perfect home, join Chad Vaviros as he tours mansions, loft departments, townhouses, gorgeous, gorgeous homes around South Africa. And last but not least, we do have the first time home buyer show. Are you looking to build your property portfolio? Are you looking to make that first investment and purchase that first home? Well, this is the show for you. That's every Wednesday night at 8 p.m. The first time home buyer show. Good afternoon and welcome to the Sunday Show House Edition. We start off in Clarendon, Marine, still in Port Elizabeth this weekend. Absolutely amazing. We've got some land available over here. This is a bargain. Please check out our website. If this is for you, if you're ready to move away from the city, go to the castle in the castle and relax in this serene farm over here. Absolutely gorgeous. It is situated in the quiet suburb of Clarendon, Marine in Port Elizabeth. Still in Port Elizabeth Richmond Hill, another bargain over here. A one bedroom apartment. Absolutely perfect for those first time home buyers and smart shoppers. This is convenient, affordable and security of course is key. And this beautiful apartment does have an open plan kitchen to the living room area, to the bathroom. And they are saying that a huge bonus is that there is one garage in this complex and it comes with this unit. So come and make those money moves right now. This gorgeous apartment in Richmond Hill. And we move on over to Estate Living. As you know, Estate Living is the future over here. We've got a massive home on this estate just 15 minutes from the city centre. It is a vacant plot available over here. Of course, it is a country estate. So you can roam freely between the houses because as you know, living on the estate is safe and secure. The patio area absolutely gorgeous with the massive swimming pool and this home. If this is for you, make those moves. And here you have a four bedroom house, a three bathroom and four garages. They are calling this home the bargain of the year. I mean, look at that kitchen. Look at the spacious and beautiful rooms throughout this gorgeous home. I mean the bathroom. If you look outside, it has a little bit of a jungle feel but inside is absolutely gorgeous and the rooms have massive space throughout. If this is the one for you, you know what to do. And another estate home over here. This is a golf estate. I mean, look at that indoor bribe swimming pool right over there. Perfect for entertaining guests, space for a pool table and even a bar at the back over there. And of course, we move to the bedrooms. This is a four bedroom house, three bathrooms and eight garages. This home is absolutely spectacular. It is Wedgewood Golf Estate. And another estate, the two seven acres estate over here. If you are interested in a four bedroom house, four bathrooms and four garages, this is definitely the perfect investment for you. It is top class, high-end finishes throughout this beautiful home.  We move on over to a five bedroom house in Deer Park. Of course, this is a mansion. As you can see, it also comes with a flatlet in another gated estate. This, of course, is ideal for that extended family. Absolutely gorgeous home. Five bedrooms, three bathrooms and five garages. Of course, as we go through this home, one of the bedrooms do have an ensuite and its own entrance. So that is ideal for students or also the bathrooms in this house. Absolutely gorgeous, seamless, indoor to outdoor flow through the dining room all the way out to the lawn on the outside. And of course, last but not least, it does have those distant sea views. Absolutely gorgeous home over here. You can keep a four bedroom house, five bathroom and four garages. This home is magnificent. Also in a secure estate. As we roam through this home, obviously they are saying words cannot describe how beautiful this is. It is set in one of Port Elizabeth's most exclusive gated estates. And now we move to Blue Horizon Bay. Five bedrooms, five bathrooms and two garages. This home is absolutely magnificent. Of course, it does offer amazing views over the garden and the valley and the distant ocean. The two bathrooms are on suite and the master bedrooms have double showers. And one of the special features of this home is that all bathrooms are heated. Absolutely gorgeous. This is top of the range living over here. If this is the one for you, you know exactly what to do. This is a beautiful investment over here. Of course, as you go downstairs, you enter another lounge an open plan lounge, dining room, full kitchen. This is master shift quality over here. If this is the kitchen you want to cook in and make those amazing meals, this is definitely the home for you.  Three bedroom, two bathrooms over here. This is a spacious three bedroom apartment of course with two bathrooms and a large balcony that does look once again to those gorgeous sea views over here. That is all that we have for you from Nelson Mandela Bay, Port Elizabeth. And we'll see you guys again next week.