So here’s what happens: You get raised under patriarchal imperialist late capitalism in a place of relative privilege; meaning you’re racialized as white. Initially the privilege part is invisible to you; you think the world feels more or less the same to everyone. You’re raised with a few implicit values that are so universal you... Continue Reading →
When we started using the term individualism around here, the usual zombies came out of the mainstream media closet to tell us nuh-uh, collectivism is the enemy, individualism is the salvation. Like almost anyone in a suicide loop, they have embraced the cause of their own doom because that is easier than trying to do […]
I introduce three “cults of digital aura” in Digital aura and the source of Truth — you can read this without having read it but it will give you more context. Tl;dr audiences judge the authenticity of digital art through distinct lenses of trust and uniqueness. In the Cult of Self, experience generates authenticity In our modern, […]
The last millennium was shaped by a steady movement from tradition, including reverence for nature, to a human-centered world of individuals acting out their desires. Religion aided in this by replacing national cultures with a universal internationalist morality. This world ended with the twenty-first century when it became clear that diversity did 9/11 and we […]
Most of what gets talked about on this site is not controversial: a mix of environmentalism, Darwinism, and Platonic monism. None of this stuff is that far out, but we lose the audience by talking about overpopulation and monarchism sometimes. However, the area where we differ — and not in the way internet pundits do, […]
On the bell curve, we can map how many people think they are exceptions to how things normally operate. As the IQ level drops, just about everyone thinks they are exceptions because they know little of the world but their own desires, impulses, and so on. This means that we have a worst-case scenario: lots […]
I’m trying to listen with an open mind to how people are finding use in agentic AI — maybe this agentic stuff is more than fancy IFTTT + better Dreamweaver (jk) — and especially to the idea of personalized computing. It doesn’t help that I am an instinctive skeptic. Generative, interactive programs go back a […]