CIRCLE WITH A DOT

I think the next #hype / #bubble after #AI is going to be "#space / #moon".

There's already many ... dubious ... #startups, e.g. trying to build datacenters in earth orbit or on the surface of the moon.

The #German ministry for interior affairs is planning to cut down subsidies for courses designed to help #foreigners and #refugees #integrate into the German society:

Regierung will Geld sparen: Freiwillige Integrationskurse eingestellt

Das Bundesinnenministerium schränkt den Zugang zu Integrationskursen ein, um Kosten zu sparen. Kritik kommt auch aus der eigenen Regierung. 130.000 Menschen könnten nach Schätzung des Volkshochschulverbands betroffen sein. Von G. Intemann.

tagesschau.de (www.tagesschau.de)

For anyone who knows the situation in #Germany and can think straight for 1 minute, this is an obvious foot-gun on so many levels.

- Germany's society is aging, the financing of #socialsecurity is already on the verge of collapse. Every year, the workforce gets smaller. Every year, the number of pensioned people grows. Every year, the prices for social security increase. In order to keep the social security system alive at current quality levels, Germany needs to grow the workforce. Unless birthrates go up, the only way to achieve that is through #immigration. (And even if birthrates go up, the economic effect will only hit in 20-25 years.)
- Companies are already struggling to find (qualified) personnel. Reducing immigration is not going to help.
- Taking away help from immigrants to integrate into the German society *will* inevitably create problems for/by poor integration. This will benefit the populist extreme-right #fascist #Nazi-party #FckAfD in the mid-term future.

I'm really amazed at how "#conservatives" can aim so hard at their own foot without even realising.

#depol