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cybernetics

Technology is the Problem

The refrain once urged us to expand: “Turn on, tune in, drop out.” Its inversion is now the survival mechanism: Tune out, turn off, drop in. Digital platforms have mastered the art of capture. They are not designed to serve us but to extract attention, time, and revenue from us. The architecture is parasitic—every click […]

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Alien Anthropology

Extractive Architectures of Political Economy

Every political economy, no matter its self-image or stated goals, relies on the same underlying mechanics: extraction, distribution, control, legitimation, and feedback. These are not policy preferences or ideological signatures—they are structural invariants. Whether in early imperial systems or today’s data-driven economies, these components reappear in form after form. What differs is how they’re masked, […]