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Daily Archives: February 25, 2021
Quantum Computing Startup IonQ in Talks to Go Public Through Merger with DMY SPAC – Data Center Knowledge
Posted: February 25, 2021 at 2:11 am
Gillian Tan(Bloomberg) --IonQ is in advanced talks to merge with blank-check company DMY Technology Group Inc. III, according to people with knowledge of the matter, creating one of the first public quantum-computing firms.
The combined company is slated to be worth about $2 billion and a deal is set to be announced in coming weeks, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private. Silver Lake, MSD Partners, Bill Gatess Breakthrough Energy and an affiliate of Hyundai Motor Co. are in talks to participate in a so-called strategic private investment in public equity, or PIPE.
Related: Data Center Provider Cyxtera to Go Public Via $3.4B Starboard SPAC Deal
Shares of the SPAC surged 15% at 10:24 a.m. in New York.
DMY Technology is discussing raising additional equity from institutional investors, and new equity from strategic and institutional investors is set to total around $300 million, one of the people said. Existing IonQ investors are expected to roll their equity into the transaction, according to one of the people.
Related: Quantum Teleportation Makes Progress, But Toward What?
As with any deal that hasnt been finalized, its possible terms change or talks fall apart. Representatives for IonQ and DMY declined to comment, as did spokesmen for Silver Lake and MSD Partners. Representatives of Hyundai and Breakthrough Energy Ventures didnt immediately respond to requests for comment.
The SPAC, led by Chairman Harry You and Chief Executive Officer Niccolo De Masi, raised $300 million in November and said at the time it would pursue a target in consumer technology.
College Park, Maryland-based IonQ was founded in 2015 by Chris Monroe and Jungsang Kim and is led by CEO Peter Chapman. Its investors include AmazonWebServices, Samsung Catalyst Fund, GV (formerly known as Google Ventures), NEA, Lockheed Martin Corp., Airbus Ventures and Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH. IonQ in October unveiled what it describes as the worlds most powerful quantum computer.
Quantum has long been touted as the next frontier in technology. Such computers would be capable of simulating and understanding phenomena in the natural world instantly and providing the basis for systems that are unhackable. Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp., among other companies, are also working to advance quantum computing. The technology also has potential implications for producing new materials or creating new drugs.
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Quantum Computing Inc. Appoints Robert B. Fagenson, National Holdings Vice Chairman and Former NYSE Floor Governor and Vice Chairman, to its Board of…
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LEESBURG, Va., Feb. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quantum Computing Inc. (OTCQB: QUBT) (QCI), a leader in bridging the power of classical and quantum computing, has appointed finance and capital markets industry leader, Robert B. Fagenson, to serve on the companys board of directors and as chair of its audit committee.
Following his appointment, QCIs board now has five directors with three serving independently. The appointment advances the company toward satisfying the requirements of its application to list its shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
Fagenson brings to QCI over 50 years of executive leadership experience, with a deep understanding of public company governance gained from having served most of his career in senior positions at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and as head of other leading capital market organizations.
Since 2014, Fagenson has held various executive positions including chairman, executive vice chairman and CEO, and is presently the non-executive vice chairman of National Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: NHLD), a leading full-service investment banking and asset management firm with subsidiaries that include National Securities Corporation, founded in 1947.
Fagenson is also the chairman, president and CEO of Fagenson & Co., which for 50 years has been engaged in institutional brokerage, investment banking and money management.
Fagenson spent the early part of his career at the NYSE, where he was the managing partner of one of the largest specialist firms operating on the trading floor. As a member of the NYSE, he served as a floor governor. He was elected to the NYSE board of directors in 1993 and eventually served as vice chairman for several years.
The QCI team is fortunate to have Robert, a corporate leader of tremendous stature and experience, join the board of directors at this pivotal moment in the companys growth, stated QCI chairman, president and CEO, Robert Liscouski. His extraordinary executive and governance experience brings us invaluable knowledge, insights and relationships in the worlds of business, finance and the capital markets.
As our new board member and audit committee chair, he will help guide our financial and operational development as we focus on scaling our business and pursuing the many growth opportunities ahead in the rapidly evolving quantum space.
As an early investor in the company, I have come to admire QCIs exceptional leadership and technical teams, and appreciate the tremendous shareholder value they have created with their groundbreaking software for quantum computing, said Fagenson. Im excited to now become a greater part of its journey toward growth and success, and especially as businesses, including many in the capital markets, are now increasingly looking to quantum computing to solve many of their most challenging operational problems.
Fagenson is also on the boards of several non-profit organizations, including Sports & Arts in Schools Foundation, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association Foundation, National Organization of Investment Professionals, and the Conservation Committee of MOMA.
He received his B.S. degree in Transportation Sciences and Finance from Syracuse University, and serves on the alumni boards of the universitys Whitman School of Business and SU Athletics.
As the first and still only public pure-play quantum computing software company, QCI has introduced the first commercially available software that delivers superior performance by bridging the respective strengths of classical and quantum computing.
QCI recently announced the commercial availability of its proprietary Qatalyst, a first of its kind quantum application accelerator. Qatalyst eliminates the expensive and complex programming of new quantum workflows and allows businesses to reap the performance benefits of quantum techniques without the need to master quantum programming. To learn more about how Qatalyst can deliver results for your business, go to quantumcomputinginc.com.
About Quantum Computing Inc.Quantum Computing Inc. (QCI) is focused on accelerating the value of quantum computing for real-world business solutions. The company has developed the first software to bridge the power of classical and quantum computing, hiding complexity and empowering subject matter experts (SMEs) to solve complex computational problems. QCIs expert team in finance, computing, security, mathematics and physics with years of experience with complex technologies, from leading edge supercomputing innovations, to massively parallel programming and cyber security that protects nations. For more information about QCI, visit http://www.quantumcomputinginc.com.
Important Cautions Regarding Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release contains forward-looking statements as defined within Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. By their nature, forward-looking statements and forecasts involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the near future. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of Quantum Computing (Company), and members of its management as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements.
The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed conditions. Statements in this press release that are not descriptions of historical facts are forward-looking statements relating to future events, and as such all forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements may contain certain forward-looking statements pertaining to future anticipated or projected plans, performance and developments, as well as other statements relating to future operations and results. Any statements in this press release that are not statements of historical fact may be considered to be forward-looking statements. Words such as "may," "will," "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "intends," "goal," "objective," "seek," "attempt," aim to, or variations of these or similar words, identify forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those described in Item 1A in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is expressly incorporated herein by reference, and other factors as may periodically be described in the Companys filings with the SEC.
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Colorado makes a bid for quantum computing hardware plant that would bring more than 700 jobs – The Denver Post
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The Colorado Economic Development Commission normally doesnt throw its weight behind unproven startups, but it did so on Thursday, approving $2.9 million in state job growth incentive tax credits to try and land a manufacturing plant that will produce hardware for quantum computers.
Given the broad applications and catalytic benefits that this companys technology could bring, retaining this company would help position Colorado as an industry leader in next-generation and quantum computing, Michelle Hadwiger, the deputy director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade, told commissioners.
Project Quantum, the codename for the Denver-based startup, is looking to create up to 726 new full-time jobs in the state. Most of the positions would staff a new facility making components for quantum computers, an emerging technology expected to increase computing power and speed exponentially and transform the global economy as well as society as a whole.
The jobs would carry an average annual wage of $103,329, below the wages other technology employers seeking incentives from the state have provided, but above the average annual wage of any Colorado county. Hadwiger said the company is also considering Illinois, Ohio and New York for the new plant and headquarters.
Quantum computing is going to be as important to the next 30 years of technology as the internet was to the past 30 years, said the companys CEO, who only provided his first name Corban.
He added that he loves Colorado and doesnt want to see it surpassed by states like Washington, New York and Illinois in the transformative field.
If we are smart about it, and that means doing something above and beyond, we can win this race. It will require careful coordination at the state and local levels. We need to do something more and different, he said.
The EDC also approved $2.55 million in job growth incentive tax credits and $295,000 in Location Neutral Employment Incentives for Nextworld, a growing cloud-based enterprise software company based in Greenwood Village. The funds are linked to the creation of 306 additional jobs, including 59 located in more remote parts of the state.
But in a rare case of dissent, Nextworlds CEO Kylee McVaney asked the commission to go against staff recommendations and provide a larger incentive package.
McVaney, daughter of legendary Denver tech entrepreneur Ed McVaney, said the companys lease is about to expire in Greenwood Village and most employees would prefer to continue working remotely. The company could save substantial money by not renewing its lease and relocating its headquarters to Florida, which doesnt have an income tax.
We could go sign a seven-year lease and stay in Colorado or we can try this new grand experiment and save $11 million, she said.
Hadwiger insisted that the award, which averages out to $9,500 per job created, was in line with the amount offered to other technology firms since the Colorado legislature tightened the amount the office could provide companies.
But McVaney said the historical average award per employee was closer to $18,000 and the median is $16,000 and that Colorado was not competitive with Florida given that states more favorable tax structure.
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bp joins the IBM Quantum Network to advance use of quantum computing in energy – Green Car Congress
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IBM announced that bp has joined the IBM Quantum Network to advance the use of quantum computing in the energy industry. IBM Quantum is an industry-first initiative to build universal quantum systems for business and science applications.
By joining the IBM Quantum Network as an Industry Partner, bp will have access to IBMs quantum expertise and software and cloud-based access to the most advanced quantum computers available via the cloud. This includes access to a premium 65-qubit quantum computer, the largest universal quantum system available to industry today, and an important milestone on the IBM Quantum roadmap to a 1,000-plus qubit system (IBM Quantum Condor), targeted for the end of 2023.
ExxonMobil and Daimler are also IBM Quantum Network Industry Partners.
bp will work with IBM to explore using quantum computing to solve business and engineering challenges and explore the potential applications for driving efficiencies and reducing carbon emissions.
bps ambition is to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner and help the world get to net zero. Next-generation computing capabilities such as quantum computing will assist in solving the science and engineering challenges we will face, enabling us to reimagine energy and design new lower carbon products.
Morag Watson, senior vice president, digital science and engineering for bp
Quantum computing has the potential to be applied in areas such as: modeling the chemistry and build-up of various types of clay in hydrocarbon wellsa crucial factor in efficient hydrocarbon production; analyzing and managing the fluid dynamics of wind farms; optimizing autonomous robotic facility inspection; and helping create opportunities not yet imagined to deliver the clean energy the world wants and needs.
In 2020, bp announced its net zero ambition and its new strategy. By the end of this decade, it aims to have developed around 50 gigawatts of net renewable-generating capacity (a 20-fold increase), increased annual low carbon investment 10-fold to around $5 billion and cut its oil and gas production by 40%.
Joining the IBM Quantum Network will enhance bps ability to leverage quantum advances and applications as they emerge and then influence on how those breakthroughs can be applied to its industry and the energy transition.
bp joins a rapidly growing number of clients working with IBM to explore quantum computing to help accelerate the discovery of solutions to some of todays biggest challenges. The energy industry is ripe with opportunities to see value from the use of quantum computing through the discovery of new materials designed to improve the generation, transfer, and storage of energy.
Dario Gil, Senior Vice President and Director of IBM Research
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How researchers are mapping the future of quantum computing, using the tech of today – GeekWire
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory computer scientist Sriram Krishnamoorthy. (PNNL Photo)
Imagine a future where new therapeutic drugs are designed far faster and at a fraction of the cost they are today, enabled by the rapidly developing field of quantum computing.
The transformation on healthcare and personalized medicine would be tremendous, yet these are hardly the only fields this novel form of computing could revolutionize. From cryptography to supply-chain optimization to advances in solid-state physics, the coming era of quantum computers could bring about enormous changes, assuming its potential can be fully realized.
Yet many hurdles still need to be overcome before all of this can happen. This one of the reasons the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Microsoft have teamed up to advance this nascent field.
The developer of the Q# programming language, Microsoft Quantum recently announced the creation of an intermediate bridge that will allow Q# and other languages to be used to send instructions to different quantum hardware platforms. This includes the simulations being performed on PNNLs own powerful supercomputers, which are used to test the quantum algorithms that could one day run on those platforms. While scalable quantum computing is still years away, these simulations make it possible to design and test many of the approaches that will eventually be used.
We have extensive experience in terms of parallel programming for supercomputers, said PNNL computer scientist Sriram Krishnamoorthy. The question was, how do you use these classical supercomputers to understand how a quantum algorithm and quantum architectures would behave while we build these systems?
Thats an important question given that classical and quantum computing are so extremely different from each other. Quantum computing isnt Classical Computing 2.0. A quantum computer is no more an improved version of a classical computer than a lightbulb is a better version of a candle. While you might use one to simulate the other, that simulation will never be perfect because theyre such fundamentally different technologies.
Classical computing is based on bits, pieces of information that are either off or on to represent a zero or one. But a quantum bit, or qubit, can represent a zero or a one or any proportion of those two values at the same time. This makes it possible to perform computations in a very different way.
However, a qubit can only do this so long as it remains in a special state known as superposition. This, along with other features of quantum behavior such as entanglement, could potentially allow quantum computing to answer all kinds of complex problems, many of which are exponential in nature. These are exactly the kind of problems that classical computers cant readily solve if they can solve them at all.
For instance, much of the worlds electronic privacy is based on encryption methods that rely on prime numbers. While its easy to multiply two prime numbers, its extremely difficult to reverse the process by factoring the product of two primes. In some cases, a classical computer could run for 10,000 years and still not find the solution. A quantum computer, on the other hand, might be capable of performing the work in seconds.
That doesnt mean quantum computing will replace all tasks performed by classical computers. This includes programming the quantum computers themselves, which the very nature of quantum behaviors can make highly challenging. For instance, just the act of observing a qubit can make it decohere, causing it to lose its superposition and entangled states.
Such challenges drive some of the work being done by Microsoft Azures Quantum group. Expecting that both classical and quantum computing resources will be needed for large-scale quantum applications, Microsoft Quantum has developed a bridge they call QIR, which stands for quantum intermediate representation. The motivation behind QIR is to create a common interface at a point in the programming stack that avoids interfering with the qubits. Doing this makes the interface both language- and platform-agnostic, which allows different software and hardware to be used together.
To advance the field of quantum computing, we need to think beyond just how to build a particular end-to-end system, said Bettina Heim, senior software engineering manager with Microsoft Quantum, during a recent presentation. We need to think about how to grow a global ecosystem that facilitates developing and experimenting with different approaches.
Because these are still very early days think of where classical computing was 75 years ago many fundamental components still need to be developed and refined in this ecosystem, including quantum gates, algorithms and error correction. This is where PNNLs quantum simulator, DM-SIM comes in. By designing and testing different approaches and configurations of these elements, they can discover better ways of achieving their goals.
As Krishnamoorthy explains: What we currently lack and what we are trying to build with this simulation infrastructure is a turnkey solution that could allow, say a compiler writer or a noise model developer or a systems architect, to try different approaches in putting qubits together and ask the question: If they do this, what happens?
Of course, there will be many challenges and disappointments along the way, such as an upcoming retraction of a 2018 paper in the journal, Nature. The original study, partly funded by Microsoft, declared evidence of a theoretical particle called a Majorana fermion, which could have been a major quantum breakthrough. However, errors since found in the data contradict that claim.
But progress continues, and once reasonably robust and scalable quantum computers are available, all kinds of potential uses could become possible. Supply chain and logistics optimization might be ideal applications, generating new levels of efficiency and energy savings for business. Since quantum computing should also be able to perform very fast searches on unsorted data, applications that focus on financial data, climate data analysis and genomics are likely uses, as well.
Thats only the beginning. Quantum computers could be used to accurately simulate physical processes from chemistry and solid-state physics, ushering in a new era for these fields. Advances in material science could become possible because well be better able to simulate and identify molecular properties much faster and more accurately than we ever could before. Simulating proteins using quantum computers could lead to new knowledge about biology that would revolutionize healthcare.
In the future, quantum cryptography may also become common, due to its potential for truly secure encrypted storage and communications. Thats because its impossible to precisely copy quantum data without violating the laws of physics. Such encryption will be even more important once quantum computers are commonplace because their unique capabilities will also allow them to swiftly crack traditional methods of encryption as mentioned earlier, rendering many currently robust methods insecure and obsolete.
As with many new technologies, it can be challenging to envisage all of the potential uses and problems quantum computing might bring about, which is one reason why business and industry need to become involved in its development early on. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach could yield all kinds of new ideas and applications and hopefully help to build what is ultimately a trusted and ethical technology.
How do you all work together to make it happen? asks Krishnamoorthy. I think for at least the next couple of decades, for chemistry problems, for nuclear theory, etc., well need this hypothetical machine that everyone designs and programs for at the same time, and simulations are going to be crucial to that.
The future of quantum computing will bring enormous changes and challenges to our world. From how we secure our most critical data to unlocking the secrets of our genetic code, its technology that holds the keys to applications, fields and industries weve yet to even imagine.
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Quantum Science to Deliver Cutting-Edge Technology to Warfighters, Official Says – Department of Defense
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During Engineers Week, the Defense Department is highlighting its efforts to develop a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce and to increase understanding of and interest in engineering and technology.
Quantum science is important for the Defense Department because of the revolutionary technologies that it will bring to warfighters, the principal director for quantum science in the office of the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering said in an interview recently.
Among the technologies in development are advances in quantum computing and networks that are many times more effective at encrypting or decrypting today's communications, Paul Lopata said.
DOD scientists and civilian partners are working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop new cryptographic standards that ensure information stays private, he added.
Quantum sensors are another exciting future possibility that could be used for such things as missile and aircraft tracking, as well as more advanced gyros and accelerometers, he said.
"We're just starting to understand the possibilities," he said.
An application where quantum science is used today is in powering the atomic clocks used by GPS satellites, which must be precisely synchronized. Lopata said that's important because military systems such as aircraft and missiles need to have a great deal of precision, navigation and timing.
Lopata likened quantum science to the military's first use of electricity in the 1800s, which was used to power telegraphs the first information technology of its kind that greatly improved long distance command, control and communications.
Of course, the U.S. isn't the only nation pursuing quantum science for military use, he said. So-called great power competitors Russia and China are, as well.
Fortunately, so are our allies and partners, he said, meaning that these nations can and are collaborating on some of these quantum science projects.
In the U.S., the department is leveraging academia and the private sector to advance quantum science, Lopata said. DOD's efforts are concentrated in each of the service's research laboratories and engineering departments, as well as organizations that include the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
There's a wide range of basic scientists, applied scientists and engineers looking to understand how the department can take advantage of quantum science and apply it to current and new systems, he said.
"DOD is a top tier place to be a quantum scientist because of the broad possibilities for research, the opportunity to pioneer new technologies, and the ability to serve our country," he said.
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Global Cryogen Free Dilution Refrigerators Market Expected to Reach USD 211.4 Million by 2027 With A CAGR Of 9.1% | Growth Market Reports – PRNewswire
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PUNE, India, Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recent market study published by Growth Market Reports, titled, "Global Cryogen Free Dilution Refrigerators Marketby Types (Base Temperature Less Than 10 mK, Base Temperature Between 10 - 20 mK, Base Temperature between 21 - 80 mK, and Base Temperature Above 80 mK), Applications (Nano Research, Quantum Computing, Low Temperature Detection, and Others) and Regions: Size, Share, Trends, and Opportunity Analysis, 2020-2027", the market was valued at USD 112.1 Million in 2019 and is anticipated to expand at a CAGR of 9.1% between 2020 and 2027. On the basis of volume, global cryogen free dilution refrigerators market is anticipated to expand at a CAGR of 8.1% during the forecast period. Rise in the investment in R&D for developing quantum computing applications and quantum computer is expected to increases the demand for cryogen free dilution refrigerators.
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On the basis of types,the market has been divided into base temperature less than 10 mK, base temperature between 10 - 20 mK, base temperature between 21 - 80 mK, and base temperature above 80 mK.
In terms of applications,the global cryogen free dilution refrigerators market has classified as nano research, quantum computing, low temperature detection, and others.
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Look Ahead, Vermont: Crossover deadlines, child care proposal, and the legacy of eugenics – Brattleboro Reformer
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This past week, the Joint Rules Committee of the Vermont General Assembly set Friday, March 12 as the Legislatures crossover date.
What does that mean?
Every year, the House and Senate agree to set a deadline for policy bills that need to be voted out of committee to be sent to the other chamber. This is our internal deadline to set which bills move on to the next step or not, House Speaker Jill Krowinski said during the Joint Rules Committee meeting.
Why does it matter? If theres a bill that has your interest in the House or Senate, this is the moment where it may surge forward through the committee process, or land on the back burner.
Keep in mind the House and Senate rules committees can grant exceptions, and theres always the possibility of language being attached to an existing bill.
That said, this seemingly innocuous internal planning deadline actually says a lot about the legislative committee process and about the priorities set by leaders in deciding which bills will move forward, and which will not.
It also says we can expect a flurry of committee activity in the next few weeks as lawmakers rush to meet the deadline. Considering that the Legislature is not meeting during the week of Town Meeting Day, that ratchets up the deadline pressure.
Consider, for example, the House Human Services Committee. The panel plans to spend most of the week working on H. 171, which seeks child care financial aid and worker salaries. Work begins at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, and the agenda indicates a vote may be possible Thursday or Friday.
Money bills such as the budget, transportation and capital improvements are exceptions to the rule, Krowinski said. And if something important comes up, the House and Senates individual rules committees can offer flexibility.
That might be needed depending on if and when Congress passes another coronavirus relief bill, such as the $1.9 trillion proposal.
You can watch any House or Senate committee hearing by going to the relevant committees page on the Legislatures website and clicking on the agenda for the week. Hearings are streamed live and archived for later viewing. Agendas are subject to change.
TUESDAY
A busy week in House Commerce and Economic Development kicks off at 9 a.m. with testimony on H. 159, the Better Places program. Reps. Mollie Burke of Brattleboro, Sara Coffey of Guilford and Kathleen James of Manchester are among the sponsors. At 3 p.m., attention shifts to H. 84, the downtown and village center tax credit program.
Should police in Vermont be allowed to use facial recognition technology on seized media when investigating child sexual assault, kidnapping and homicide cases? H. 195 proposes just such an exception, and the House Judiciary Committee will hear testimony at 1:15 p.m.
In House Education, work continues on a community schools bill sponsored by James (1 p.m.) , and the committees work on reviving the states school construction assistance program (1:40 p.m.).
At 12:30 p.m., House Corrections and Institutions gets a first look at S. 18, a bill which passed the Senate last week and eliminates good time sentence reductions for persons convicted of certain serious crimes.
At 1:15 p.m., Victoria Capitani, chairperson of the Dover Select Board, is among the witnesses addressing the Senate Education Committee on the state pupil weighting formula.
Should the Legislature issue a joint resolution apologizing for the Vermont Eugenics Survey of the 1920s and 1930s? The House General, Housing and Military Affairs Committee hears witness testimony on this grim chapter in Vermont history at 1 p.m. Tuesday, and again on Thursday.
WEDNESDAY
Starting at 9 a.m., the House Health Care Committee hears testimony on H. 210, a bill dedicated to eliminate disparities in health status based on race, ethnicity, disability, and LGBTQ status.
Another health issue takes center stage at 9 a.m. in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, where S. 24, which would ban flavored tobacco products and e-liquids, will be heard.
Also at 9 a.m.: The Senate Judiciary Committee returns to S. 30, which would ban firearms from child care facilities, hospitals and government buildings.
At 2:45 p.m., the House Agriculture and Forestry Committee considers H. 65, which would reimburse up to 50 percent of crop losses caused by black bears.
At 3:15 p.m., the House Government Operations Committee continues work on a bill that would provide more staff to the Director of Racial Equity.
THURSDAY
The House Transportation Committee is proposing the Replace Your Ride Program, which would provide grants to lower-income motorists to ditch their older, less efficient vehicles for more environmentally friendly transportation, including electric vehicles, bikes and motorcycles. Testimony is set to begin at 9 a.m.
At 3:15 p.m., U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., briefs the House Ways & Means and Senate Appropriations committees.
The House convenes at 10 a.m. Tuesday, 1:15 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, and 9:30 a.m. Friday.
The Senate convenes at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, 1 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, and 11:30 a.m. Friday.
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And Then: Looking for Light in the Long Shadow of Caste – jewishboston.com
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The focus of Isabel Wilkersons new book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, is deceptively simple: Wilkerson rejects the notion that race and caste are synonymous. As she writes, the terms can and do coexist in the same culture and serve to reinforce each other. She continues: Race, in the United States, is the visible agent of the unseen force of caste.
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Sit with that as I tell you a bit about Wilkerson. She is a former New York Times reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize for her work covering the Midwest. In 2010, she published The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of Americas Great Migration, an award-winning book on the migration of African Americans from the South to the North during the 20th century.
The word epic stands out to me as I consider Wilkersons work on the history of race and caste in our country and beyond. While she synthesizes the work of previous historians and sociologists in Caste, she also offers fresh analysis on the subject. Make no mistake: Caste is a big book and comes in for a hard landing in the readers psyche. As I read through its 400 pages, I couldnt help defaulting to superlatives and predicting that it will become an American classic.
Wilkerson writes that caste is an artificial construction, a fixed and embedded ranking of human value that sets the presumed supremacy of one group against the presumed inferiority of other groups on the basis of ancestry and often immutable traits, traits that would be neutral in the abstract but are ascribed life-and-death meaning. Take in that excellent explanation of caste with this image: As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance.
In America, the implementation of caste has a solid start date going back 400 years to the time the first ship of the transatlantic slave trade set anchor in America in 1619. As Wilkerson points out, until that point, people of various nationalitiesincluding the Irish, Germans, Poles and, of course, the Britishnever thought of themselves as white. That construct came to life when they came together to create a new country and a new culture. The common denominator among them was their white skin, a prerequisite of belonging to the dominant caste. Black people, trapped in brutal enslavement, were on the bottom of this rigid, merciless construct.
Wilkerson elucidates the concept of caste as she examines two distinctive cultures. Indias centuries-old treatment of Dalitsa word that means downtrodden and has replaced the term untouchablesis an obvious comparison. Despite explicit protections in Indias constitution, to this day Dalits are regarded as subhuman; contact with the upper castes is tacitly forbidden. This ingrained expression of inferiority makes it nearly impossible for Dalits to move about in Indian society. One Dalit, a scholar who has studied in the United States, seemingly breaking out of the castes social strictures, told Wilkerson he wore shoes that didnt fit because he was too intimidated to ask a clerk for the right size.
Wilkerson shows that India is a natural template of a deeply rooted caste system when she writes about Martin Luther Kings visit to the country in 1959. The civil rights leader was visiting a school in Kerala for outcast children, where the principal introduced King as a fellow untouchable from the United States of America. Wilkerson observes that it was a moment of reckoning for King, who realized that the Land of the Free had imposed a caste system, not unlike the caste system of India. During Wilkersons research trip to India in 2018, as an African American woman she similarly discovered that caste in America was as entrenched as it was in India when Dalitsgravitated toward me like long-lost relatives.
The third braid of Wilkersons narrative brings in Nazi Germany and how its ideas of aryan superiority owed a debt to the American eugenics movement, which emerged in the late 19th century. German eugenicists consulted their American counterparts and widely read the movements literature in the years leading up to the Holocaust. German researchers also came to America to study Jim Crow laws. The American enforcement of racial disparities and the ongoing caste system influenced the drafting of the Nuremberg Laws.
In an interview with NPR, Wilkerson said that her intention in bringing Germany into her calculus of caste was to show how Germans have confronted their Nazi past through education and public memorials. For example, stolpersteines, or the Stumbling Stone Project, which a German artist began in 1996consists of brass plaques embedded in sidewalks in front of Nazi victims homes across Germany. The plaques form a decentralized, interactive monument. To qualify to place a plaque in front of their house, the occupants must research the history of the people who lived there before the war. People have to secure permission from the city and pay 120 euros to sponsor a stolpersteine.
Wilkerson also visits Germanys Holocaust Memorial, which sits at the seam of a reunified Berlin. The monuments location makes it impossible to ignore the countrys Nazi past. In New Orleans, Wilkerson reports on the 2017 demolition of a monument to the confederate general and slave owner Robert E. Lee. The mostly African American demolition crew was forced to complete the job under cover of night while fending off death threats.
In an interview published last year in The New Yorker, the philosopher Susan Neiman, an American Jew who has lived in Berlin since 1982, says that Americans have a lot to learn from Germany about confronting our painful history of slavery, racism and, I would add, caste. She notes that there are more Holocaust museums in the United States than in Germany, Israel and Poland combined. On the other hand, there are almost no museums dedicated to slavery in America. It took more than two decades to establish the National Museum of African American History and Culture after the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum opened in 1993 on the National Mall. Neiman says that the American preoccupation with the Holocaust is a form of displacement for what we dont want to know about our national crimes.
The Germans have a dedicated word for grappling with their national history, which loosely translates as working off the past. Americans have yet to begin the reflective and difficult process of addressing our racist past and continuing caste system. Imagine, says Neiman, a monument to the Middle Passage or the genocide of Native Americans at the center of the Washington Mall. Suppose you could walk down a New York street and step on a reminder that this building was constructed with slave labor. I have no doubt that Wilkerson would say those memorials represent the crucial first steps toward dismantling the American caste system.
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Atheists and believers have different moral compasses – Livescience.com
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The moral compasses of atheists and believers are different in a few key ways, a new study finds.
In some aspects, the moral compass was incredibly alike between the two groups; they both highly rated fairness and protecting the well-being of vulnerable people, for instance, and both highly endorsed liberty but not oppression. However, the groups diverged when it came to matters of group cohesion, such as valuing loyalty and respecting authority, the study found.
This research shows that, contrary to public perception, atheists do have a moral compass, but compared with believers, "their compass is differently calibrated," possibly due to factors such as how they were raised and whether they are highly analytical thinkers, the study's researcher Tomas Sthl, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, told Live Science.
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It's a common question, including among fellow atheists, whether disbelievers even have a moral compass. A 2019 Pew Research Center poll found that 44% of Americans (compared with 26% of Canadians) think that a belief in God is needed to be moral. A 2011 study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology even found "that the distrust of atheists was comparable to the distrust of rapists," he said.
To investigate whether atheists have a moral compass, and to see how it compares with the compass of believers, Sthl did four surveys: The first two included a total of 429 Americans on Amazon's online Mechanical Turk platform, while the second two surveys included a total of 4,193 people from the U.S. (a relatively religious country) and Sweden (a largely irreligious country).
The participants answered myriad questions about their personal histories, religious beliefs, political orientations and moral views. One part of the survey called the Moral Foundations Questionnaire was especially useful, as it asks about five central moral values. Questions on two of the values caring and fairness rated people's attitudes toward protecting vulnerable individuals and treating people fairly.
"Virtually everyone," atheists and believers alike, scored high on these two values, showing that they valued protecting the vulnerable and being fair toward others; and they saw these values as moral issues, Sthl said. However, he found differences between believers and disbelievers on the other three values: authority (respecting authority figures, such as police, parents and teachers), loyalty (being loyal to one's group, such as a country not burning a country's flag, for instance) and sanctity (not doing anything perceived as degrading, usually in a sexual sense, such as being promiscuous).
"Those three values are thought to be serving group cohesion, keeping the group together," Sthl explained. "When it comes to the binding values, there's a dramatic difference [between the groups]. Religious people score much higher on those they view [them] as much more relevant for being moral compared to the disbelievers."
In contrast, "atheists don't really think of [these three values] as relevant for morality to the same degree," he said.
The finding held even when Sthl controlled for political orientation, he noted.
These findings are consistent with prior research, said Kimberly Rios, an associate professor of psychology at Ohio University, who was not involved in the study. The new and earlier research, some of which was carried about by Rios, shows that the stereotypes that atheists don't have a moral compass are overgeneralizations; however, it also showed these stereotypes "are not substantiated by the actual differences between religious believers and non-believers," Rios told Live Science in an email. "Although non-believers place less importance on group-based moral values than do believers, there is no evidence based on the measures used in these studies that non-believers are more amoral than believers."
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For instance, the two groups scored low on amorality, disagreeing with statements such as "I am willing to be unethical if I believe it will help me succeed." (The survey didn't address whether these groups actually differed in their unethical behaviors.)
Believers' and disbelievers' moral compasses were alike and different in a few other ways, the new surveys showed. For example, both groups highly endorsed liberty over oppression, agreeing with statements such as "Society works best when it lets individuals take responsibility for their own lives without telling them what to do." Both groups said they saw rational thinking believing in evidence-based claims and being skeptical of claims lacking evidence as a moral issue, Sthl said.
This finding is "intriguing," Rios said. There's a notion in many Western societies that religious belief and rational, scientific thought are incompatible, she said. "Yet, the finding that religious believers don't see rational thinking as any less of a moral issue than do non-believers suggests this notion of conflict may be overstated," Rios said.
Of note, some religions encourage aspects of rational thinking. For example, the Catholic church has argued that logic and rationality can be useful, for instance when Saint Thomas Aquinas wrote proofs, known as The Five Ways, that argued for God's existence; in the Middle Ages, Jewish thinkers began embracing the rational thought process of Greek's classical philosophers, and they applied it when analyzing religious texts.
In a difference, Sthl found that atheists were more likely than believers to base their judgments about what is or isn't moral based on the consequences of their actions. For example, in the hypothetical trolley problem, a person has to decide whether to let a runaway trolley kill five people stuck on the track ahead of it, or whether to pull a switch to divert the train, but kill one person stuck on the alternate track.
"In that situation, the disbelievers are more inclined to say 'flip [the] switch and kill the one person rather than five,' because they are assessing the relative harm," Sthl told Live Science. "Whereas believers are more icky about that because they feel like they're actively killing someone, and they shouldn't kill. So, they are less comfortable with those calculations."
Studies have yet to sufficiently show why atheists and theists have differently calibrated moral compasses, but Sthl found a few correlations (although correlation does not equal causation). In the survey, he asked participants whether they were raised religiously and observed important people in their community engage in religious activities (meaning that it would be costly to their lives to think that their religious beliefs were false); whether they viewed the world as a dangerous place (and likely found God to be a protective force); and whether they were analytical thinkers, a trait found more often in atheists than believers.
"We find that, as expected, those things are related to whether you're a believer or not," Sthl said. "We also find that these variables predict your moral values." So, for instance, if you don't grow up surrounded by religious people and related activities, you're less likely to endorse matters of group cohesion. Similarly, perceiving the world to be less dangerous and being an analytical thinker also predict atheism.
The findings were replicated in all four surveys, both in the United States and Sweden. Going forward, both Sthl and Rios said future research should examine whether these patterns hold up in non-Western countries, for example in China, a largely irreligious but very group-oriented country, and in predominantly Muslim countries, such as the United Arab Emirates, where atheism is officially forbidden.
The study was published online Wednesday (Feb. 24) in the journal PLOS One.
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