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cybernetics

Algorithmic Censorship

Across the major platforms, something subtle but consistent is happening. Posts rise, gather momentum, then stall at almost exactly the same threshold, regardless of topic, audience, or timing. The curve flattens not because interest disappears, but because propagation is capped. This pattern repeats on LinkedIn, WordPress, X, Instagram, and beyond. Visibility has become a controlled […]

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cybernetics

Technological Gullibility

We are repeatedly assured—quietly, implicitly—that technology is beneficial, inevitable, and continuous. Accepting this assurance has become a mark of sophistication, a moral alibi that aligns seamlessly—and not accidentally—with reverence for wealth and the wealthy. What enriches those at the top is treated as evidence of correctness. Profit becomes a proxy for proof. Wealth no longer […]

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Philosophy

Technology: The Dream is Over

The dream is over. Technology, technology companies, and integrated sociopolitical communication systems are not coming to save us. They were never neutral, and they failed at the first serious encounter with technically mediated political extremism. Not accidentally. Voluntarily. They did not merely look away. They amplified, rewarded, and normalised it, all while their balance sheets […]