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Thiel, Master Database of every US citizen, and the kiwi connection

Thiel, Master Database of every US citizen, and the kiwi connection

It's simple really. DOGE has already gained access to masses of data on US citizens and is being enabled by the administration to consolidate that data into a single database, it will run on software owned by Palantir, Thiel's company, Thiel who had only previously spent

The views and opinions, o pin onions, expressed by Alan Moore's Jerusalem do not necessarily reflect the light outside

The views and opinions, o pin onions, expressed by Alan Moore's Jerusalem do not necessarily reflect the light outside

I know I am a text. I know that you are reading me. This is the biggest difference between us: you do not know you are a text. You don't know that you're reading yourself. What you believe to be the self-determined life you are passing

Democracy, More And Less

Democracy, More And Less

David Autor, writing for Noēma Magazine (online here), 12 February 2024, quotes Marc Andreessen on the democratisation of knowledge and information brought about by the internet and the flattening of economic hierarchies that was supposed to follow it. Then, in a move recalling Adam Curtis's laying-out and swiftly

excerpt: Seeing Like a Platform, Petter Törnberg & Justus Uttermark

excerpt: Seeing Like a Platform, Petter Törnberg & Justus Uttermark

AI has in recent years seen growing use for governance also outside the realm of platforms, as states and public institutions are increasingly experimenting with AI as a method of governance. From welfare (Dencik, 2022; Jørgensen, 2023), to taxes (Reutter, 2023), to borders (Amoore, 2021), AI techniques and large-scale data

To Think Pure Quality and the stupid. A note

To Think Pure Quality and the stupid. A note

What does it mean to think pure quality? It would mean thinking outside quantity. Outside of any quantity and of all processes of quantification. It would not mean to think better. I don't want to puff up thought any more than it already is. And mine not at

Ryunosuke Koiko, sharpen your awareness by focusing on impermanence

Ryunosuke Koiko, sharpen your awareness by focusing on impermanence

Look out of the window and notice the wind. You probably haven't done that because you've been tuned in to the sounds around you. Once you focus on the subtle sound of the wind, you may be surprised to learn that it can stimulate your mind

What Is A Practice?

What Is A Practice?

My thoughts converge on this question because nobody seems to know, least of all those who engage with it professionally—academe has become a club where they congratulate each other on getting in and protest that they should stay. I can say this because I'm not in it.