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Philosophy

language

We do not simply use language. We participate in its continual reconstruction, and through that reconstruction language continually participates in ours.

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cybernetics

influence this: the probabilistic frequency structure of communication

Influence is the capacity of a communicative form to alter the probability distribution of future communication.

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Philosophy

corruption

Corruption is not what happens when a healthy system breaks; it is what emerges when enough incentives, privileges, dependencies, and concentrations of power quietly align, turning private advantage into public infrastructure.