# \#incompetence

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## [The Competency Crisis](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-competency-crisis/4583)

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**Author:** [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\
**Replies:** 163\
**Last updated:** [21 October 2026 18:38 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-competency-crisis/4583 "2026-10-21T18:38:16Z")

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This will be an ongoing topic for posting observations of a noteworthy aspect of societal collapse. As a start, I offer this tidbit from yesterday. At 5:30 PM I went into Lowe’s to get a wafer lock key duplicated. Alth…

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## [The Competence Singularity is Here](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-competence-singularity-is-here/5923)

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**Author:** [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [19 March 2026 12:39 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-competence-singularity-is-here/5923 "2026-03-19T12:39:10Z")

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For long over a decade, I have commented on how the quality of scams has improved while the quality of legitimate services has decayed and eventually they would meet. The main context was emails. There was a time when a…

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## [Meanwhile, in Catalonia ...](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/meanwhile-in-catalonia/4847)

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**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [26 August 2024 02:03 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/meanwhile-in-catalonia/4847 "2024-08-26T02:03:02Z")

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Something interesting happened in George Orwell’s old stomping ground a couple of weeks ago which I had not noticed reported in government-approved media. It seems that European rulers’ commitment to the self-determinat…