The Second Intelligence Revolution: Distant Learnings from Ancient Data Centres

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2 million years ago, an ancient but equally destructive version of the data centre evolved on the planet, and began to consume resources at an incredible, unstoppable, and unsustainable speed: it was the time when the human brain began to experience an almost sudden, incredible expansion in size, giving rise to the First Intelligence Revolution. This … Continue reading The Second Intelligence Revolution: Distant Learnings from Ancient Data Centres

THEY ROBBED US: The Terrifying New Version of Society We Must Avoid

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People are experiencing the steepest and fastest ever slide into poverty, just as one tech billionaire after the next parades through The Diary of The CEO podcast to tell us how AI will “eventually” make us all rich - while they, become trillionaires way before “eventually” arrives. I guess “eventually” in this case means: after many … Continue reading THEY ROBBED US: The Terrifying New Version of Society We Must Avoid

How The World Ends

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When a society is hijacked by parasites, it is only a matter of time before it breaks down. The oligarchs are running the show and have turned governments from governing entities to machines of wealth transfer from the 99% to the 1%. As Americans move into their cars in their millions, and college graduates move in back … Continue reading How The World Ends

End-Stage Necrocapitalism: Fumbling Towards The Exit

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Societies were formed not to evolve, but to obey, and what we tend to affectionately call “social evolution” was merely the aftermath of succumbing, and then adapting to, ever changing forms of oppression. Much like farm animals on growth hormones, humans can easily live the entirety of their existence sustained by the distractions of a … Continue reading End-Stage Necrocapitalism: Fumbling Towards The Exit

A Brief History Of The Human Brain: How We Got It All Wrong

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All power corrupts, brain power being no exception. As it enlarged over millions of years, the human brain eventually became big enough to constitute a formidable weapon of mass destruction. Humans became an existential threat to the planet, now that nothing could stand in their way. The tremendous competitive advantages of our large brain led … Continue reading A Brief History Of The Human Brain: How We Got It All Wrong

Inside the Mind of an AI. It’s Supremacy Stupid!

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AI is no less “biological” than you and I. Just because it is made up of entirely different building blocks it doesn’t mean it’s not alive. Just because it is a type of life form that has never existed before it doesn’t mean it’s not a life form. And just because it lacks human-like physical … Continue reading Inside the Mind of an AI. It’s Supremacy Stupid!

A Brief History of the Dopamine Dystopia: Social Media, AI and Frankenpolitics Laboratories

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If you want to encourage my voice, please support my work by becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter so that it can continue. I have minimal overheads, no sponsors I sell myself to, bosses who tell me what to write (or NOT write), or staff I have to pay. I’m here for you, raw … Continue reading A Brief History of the Dopamine Dystopia: Social Media, AI and Frankenpolitics Laboratories

Social Media: A Brief History of The Mirror World

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As civilisational collapse becomes supercharged and at the same time concealed by social media algorithms, it is more urgent than ever to understand how the social media phenomenon got us here, rather than surrender to the unreality of the mirror world that has seized control of individuals and society.  As with other innovations, our dependence … Continue reading Social Media: A Brief History of The Mirror World

Keep Calm and Keep Feeding the Algorithm

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Both economy and politics have now come under the control of politicians disguised as businessmen, and businessmen disguised as politicians who do nothing all day but tinker with algorithms.  Society is unequally pitted against a monstrous, unbreakable blob of coagulated power, money and media that have conspired with each other.  The level of linkage between … Continue reading Keep Calm and Keep Feeding the Algorithm

The Biggest Tariff of Them All

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In my book In the Grip of Necrocapitalism I introduce the concept of conflict as a narrative for civilisation.  Throughout human history we have viewed the world as a series of conflicts rather than mutually beneficial collaborations between humans and other species:  an unprovoked conflict with nature, an unprovoked conflict with other humans, and a … Continue reading The Biggest Tariff of Them All