These 2 posts below are *_really_* funny The first is from someone in Russia.
**Is Vladimir Putin highly educated?** * Dima Vorobiev * , former Propaganda Executive at Russia Updated Jun 21, 2019 <https://www.quora.com/What-are-Russians-opinions-on-Vladimir-Putin/answers/60797864> · Upvoted by Shahjahan Ali , M.S.S International Relations, University of Dhaka (2017) Answer Follow · 7 Request I try not to throw up every time I see the man´s silicon-enhanced face and hear his feeble high-pitched voice on TV. He´s vindictive, vulgar and sexist. He´s a creep. But when it comes to business, he´s on top of it. The truth is, President Putin is the best leader Russia has ever had. * He´s the first since Stalin who knows how to run the country. And in comparison with Stalin, he does the job with immensely less blood and suffering, and to much better result. At last, we have a competent leader who doesn't kill and torment people at industrial scale. * He´s not a sadist, or power maniac, or a simple thief, or conqueror. With the power he has amassed, he could be Ivan the Terrible, or Caligula, or Lenin, - and he chooses not to. What a welcome, wonderful change. * He has little time for liberal niceties like rule of law, or civil rights, or human dignity. But he is very legalistic. "To my friends, everything; to my enemies, the law." He wants to win elections, not abolish them, tweak and change the law, not ignore it. That´s very fresh, very new, very empowering. * He has a sense of fairness, and he values loyalty. His enemies die or disappear, often in a horrible way, but not before they had declared themselves to be his enemies. He doesn’t betray. As long as he thinks you honestly hold your end of bargain, he does´t lie or cheat. Totally out of character for someone who spent formative years in the twilight world of Soviet secret services. * He´s not tormented by inner demons that he lets act out onto other people, like many in his entourage do. He´s pragmatic, calculating, rational. “Why kill when you can make a deal? Why steal when you can buy? Why make a scene when you can sit down and have a talk?” He´s a rock of reason in the neurotic sea of post-Soviet politics. * He realizes his power mandate comes from people, not from brute force, or God, or ideological sophistry. He´s obsessed by polls figures and popular acclaim. He says what people like to hear, and he knows how to cater to his power base. He shares. He and his friends stole billions from the oil-fueled bonanza, but down here, we got many fat morsels, too. We've never been that well off. That´s so new. We´re amazed. Simply amazed. Russia is a declining power. For many different reasons, it is impossible to reverse. But I believe Putin is the best to make it a rather smooth, long, uneventful decline. * Alex Ladov * , Born and raised in Crimea and worked abroad a lot. Answered Jun 12, 2018 <https://www.quora.com/Is-Vladimir-Putin-highly-educated/answer/Alex-Ladov-1> Any formal education is not so important if you have 4 presidencies in your resume (plus work as prime minister). No doubt that Putin is very talented when it comes to politics and economy. He also speaks fluent German and at least understands English. His speeches and interviews prove that he has outstanding memory and knowledge of details. However, he never demonstrated any significant interest or knowledge about science and technology. I think this is his weakness. He is not into computers and gadgets at all, in fact he has no cellphone and was never seen in front of any monitor. That actually alienates him from young online and connected generation. Looks like he is simply not interested in space, robotics, biotechnology and other areas of progress. So far all attempts to stimulate science and technology in Russia were not really successful, and his lack of interest is one of the main reasons. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tc47931b1ec84c849-M2e8ad182502ee4dd3688013b Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
