Posts tagged "anti-technocracy"
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Accelerationist Ambivalence
Listening to Steve Bannon coping with the increasing ineptitude of the Trump Regime is fun, but I actually like Steve Bannon. I like his approach. He’s a tactician. He knows his Sun Tzu. Moreso, I like that he’s an Accelerationist. It’s easy to shout ‘burn down the old temples’. As much as I cheer on people like Bannon, I also realize that there are problems with Accelerationism. It’s complicated. We’re damned if we do and damned if we don’t. Let me explain.
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How To Set Up OpenAlias DNS
Have you used my OpenAlias Record Maker, and copied your valid OpenAlias record? Skip ahead to Step 3. Otherwise, there's one crucial step first. You need a domain.
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More Anthropomorphizing!
I am in rare disagreement with one of my favorite authors, Caitlin Johnstone. Actually, it’s hardly a disagreement at all, but I think her argument is misguided in one crucial way. I want to write about it because it ties in with my recent posts here. Caitlin Johnstone is facepalming at the stupidity of people treating A.I. as conscious, whereas I would view it in a more encouraging light.
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The 1937 Watershed
Do you know anyone over 90 years of age?1 I have a 95 year old neighbor; she lives alone;2 up until a year ago, she drove a car to the nearby shops. How about that really old English war hero who died during the pandemic? They don’t make 'em like they used to. They do make 'em like they used to in 1941. That’s when Dick Cheney was born. Something struck me recently: “all these 80 year olds, like Cheney, Trump, Biden, and Pelosi, are not noble people… they make such a contrast with the 90 year olds.” So, I came up with a hypothesis. My hypothesis is based on the idea that there was some big generational shift which delimited the 90-somethings from everyone since.
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The Luds Are Alright
The Luddites… being called one nowadays has an inescapable insinuation: “Give up.” I’ve been called a ‘Luddite’, despite me knowing my TCP from my IP. I don’t mind. I’d rather be a Luddite than a Tech-Bro. Nowadays, there’s a Neo-Luddite movement cropping up. It might not be long before the yahoos are smashing server racks. I’m not sure whether that’s ever appropriate.1 Should they just give up before they start? I will argue ‘no’.
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Where Are The Amazonians?
Why did Second-Wave Feminism make bees and not wasps? Bras were supposed to be extinct by now, but, far from living a less-restrained life, many self-avowed Feminists happily affixed surgical masks to their children’s faces because the BBC said so. Where is the warrior spirit?
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Why The Slaughter Of The Ostriches Matters
You could argue that CBDCs, or Biometric IDs, or A.I. generated porn matter most in the stelling1 of the Technocracy. Dryly compared to those, the recent slaughter of ostriches pales. But does it? No. Trust your heart. There's one aspect of the case in particular to hone in on, should you wish to hit the technocrats where it hurts.
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