A technologically-mediated civilisation has built planetary systems of prediction and control around biological reflexes still calibrated for tribe, threat, status, and symbolic belonging.
Across many countries, the current wave of populism looks like a political shift. It is, but it is also something deeper: a change in how communication systems select and stabilise meaning. Large, networked media environments now operate at high speed, uneven timing, and massive scale. In those conditions, not every idea travels equally. Some forms—short, […]
Daedelus Kite 