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Saturday Matinee: A Glitch in the Matrix
Sundance 2021 Review: Rodney Ascher’s Hybrid Doc A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX Simulates Belief By Martin Kudlac Source: Screen Anarchy “It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.” Philip K. Dick Sundance regular Rodney Ascher returns on … Continue reading
THE ELITES WHO ARE JUST SO OVER HUMANITY
The depth of anti-humanist sentiment related by Douglas Rushkoff in his latest book, Survival of the Richest, is harrowing and illuminating. By Chris Barsanti Source: PopMatters Some things can be horrifying even if unsurprising. One such moment is the opening anecdote … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Inequality, media, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged anti-humanism, capitalism, Douglas Rushkoff, Dystopia, elites, elitism, Elon Musk, Futurism, libertanianism, materialism, media studies, Oligarchy, Scientism, social sciences, sociopathy, technology
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Beware the Transhumanists: How ‘Being Human’ is being Re-engineered by the Elite’s Covid-19 Coup
By Robert J. Burrowes “If you tell a lie, tell a big one.” “If you tell a lie long enough, it becomes the truth.” “Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, Dystopia, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged 5G, Covid-19, DARPA, Dr. Carrie Madej, Elon Musk, GMOs, Jon Rappoport, Philosophy, psychology, Raul Diego, SARS-CoV-2, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology, Transhumanism, tyranny, Whitney Webb
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CEOs should have been the fall guys; why are they still heroes?
By Carl Rhodes Source: aeon On 15 September 2008, the giant financial services firm Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, starting a chain reaction that saw the global economy spiralling toward total collapse. The global financial crisis that ensued revealed just … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, Corporate Crime, culture, education, elites, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Psychology, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged Amazon, Apple, Authoritarian, capitalism, CEO Salary, Donald Trump, economic inequality, Elon Musk, Facebook, financial crisis, Harvey Weinstein, Jamie Dimon, Jeff Bezos, JPMorgan Chase, Mark Zuckerberg, Martin Shkreli, Miramax, Neoliberalism, recession, Stock Market Crash, Tim Cook, Turing Pharmaceuticals, wall street
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Breaking: Moguls Fear AI Apocalypse
By Jacob Silverman Source: The Baffler A funny thing happened on the way to the Singularity. In the past few months, some of the tech industry’s most prominent figures (Elon Musk, Bill Gates), as well as at least one associated … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Environment, Labor, Science, Social Control, society, Technology, Work
Tagged AI, artificial intelligence, Bill Gates, Dystopia, Elon Musk, Jacob Silverman, Rollo Carpenter, The Baffler
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