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Livelihoods in a Degrowth Economy
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Let’s consider livelihood options in an unsustainable economy of extremes that are unraveling, an economy that is being forced to transition to Degrowth. Nassim Taleb’s book Antifragile explains the differences between fragile systems (systems that cannot … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, education, Financial Crisis, Labor, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Technology, Work
Tagged Antifragile, automation, Degrowth, Economic Collapse, Economics, Education, financial crisis, frugality, hybrid work, Labor, Nassim Taleb, Resilience, self-reliance, simplicity, Sustainability
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The Psychology of the COVID-19 Coup: The Elite, their Victims and those who Resist
By Robert J. Burrowes As the elite coup against humanity continues to gather pace – see ‘The Elite’s COVID-19 Coup Against a Terrified Humanity: Resisting Powerfully’ – it is invaluable to observe the way in which the dysfunctional and violent … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, consciousness, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, news, Oligarchy, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged 5G, AI, automation, Bill Gates, c, coronavirus, Covid-19, culture, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, elites, Famine, fear, financial crisis, Global Economy, lockdown, Nonviolence, Oligarchy, Pandemic, Philosophy, Poverty, psychology, Socialization, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Violence, World Food Programme, World Health Organization
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Stick to the Plan
Reclaiming central planning from the clutches of corporations By Brendan James Source: The Baffler What do you think the Russians talk about in their councils of state—Karl Marx? They get out their linear programming charts, statistical decision theories, minimax solutions, … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, elites, Energy, Environment, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged Amazon, automation, big data, capitalism, central planning, Cybernetics, Economics, elites, Jeff Bezos, Joseph Stalin, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Socialism, surveillance state, Technocracy
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Neoliberal Defenestration and the Overton Window
By Stephen Martin Source: CounterPunch ‘It is difficult to get Artificial Intelligence to understand something, when the Research and Development funding it depends upon its not understanding it’– Paraphrase of Upton Sinclair. defenestration (diːˌfɛnɪˈstreɪʃən) n the act of throwing a person or thing out … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, imperialism, Inequality, Labor, Militarization, Neoliberalism, Philosophy, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technology, Work
Tagged AI, artificial intelligence, automation, Biodiversity, Corporatism, Economics, empire, Free Market, Hegemony, imperialism, Neoliberalism, Overton Window, panopticon, Philosophy, politics, Robotics, Utilitarianism
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Philip K. Dick and the Fake Humans
(Editor’s note: on this 36th anniversary of the passing of Philip K. Dick, it seems an appropriate time to note the relevance of his work to our current dystopia as Henry Farrell does in the following essay. Unfortunately the author … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Authoritarianism, consciousness, Conspiracy, culture, Dirty Politics, Dystopia, Empire, Hackers, media, news, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, society, Sociology, Technology
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Algorithms, automation, big data, Consciousness, Dystopia, Fake News, George Orwell, Philip K. Dick, PKD, politics, propaganda, Reality, sci-fi, Science fiction, Social Media, Sociology, technology
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Something is wrong on the internet
By James Bridle Source: Medium As someone who grew up on the internet, I credit it as one of the most important influences on who I am today. I had a computer with internet access in my bedroom from the … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technology, Video
Tagged Algorithms, automation, Bounce Patrol, capitalism, Child Abuse, Childhood Development, culture, Dystopia, Finger Family, Internet, Little Baby Bum, media, Peppa Pig, Play Go Toys, psychology, society, technology, Toy Freaks, Transhumanism, Trauma, youtube
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Manufacturing Panic: Social Engineering, Domination and Control
By S.C. Hickman Source: Techno Occulture In the 21st century, the social engineering of dread and longing have evolved into a bio-political arena of terror and a psycho-political culture of internalized domination. The globally deployed technology of the spectacle transforms … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, education, media, Neoliberalism, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged automation, Consciousness, Cybernetics, Deep State, Dystopia, JPL, media, Philosophy, propaganda, social control, Social Engineering, Spectacle, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology
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Luddism and Economic Ideology
Source: the HipCrime Vocab Smithsonian Magazine has a very good feature on the Luddites, well worth a read. There are many elements you just don’t read in many economic histories; for example, the 40-hour work week was not brought down … Continue reading
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Tagged 40 Hour Work Week, 5 Day Workweek, Adam Smith, automation, capitalism, Chris Dillow, economic inequality, Economics, Economism, James Kwak, Kirkpatrick Sale, Labor, London, Luddism, Luddites, Neoclassical Economics, Rebels Against the Future, Revolution, Robots, technology, Wealth Gap, Wealth of Nations, Work
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Desultory Heroics 