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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
Welcome to Philip K. Dick’s dystopia
Nothing is private and no one is free By David Samuels Source: UnHerd Philip K. Dick, whose novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? inspired the film Blade Runner, did not live to enjoy his Hollywood success. He died on March 2, 1982, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Authoritarianism, consciousness, culture, Dystopia, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged A Scanner Darkly, culture, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Dystopia, Jeremy Bentham, Philip K. Dick, PKD, psychology, Science fiction, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology
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The Fourth Turn, Turn, Turn
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The cycles of The Fourth Turning, Fischer and Turchin are all in alignment at this point in history.. The 1997 book The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy proposed a cyclical pattern of four 20-year … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Energy, Environment, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Ages of Discord, Consumerism, David Hackett Fischer, Degrowth, Economic Collapse, Economics, Energy, environment, financial crisis, Income Inequality, Industry, Neil Howe, Oligarchy, Peter Turchin, technology, The Fourth Turnind, The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History, transition economy, Wealth Gap, William Strauss
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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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Digital Authoritarianism: AI Surveillance Signals the Death of Privacy
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “There are no private lives. This a most important aspect of modern life. One of the biggest transformations we have seen in our society is the diminution of the … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, freedom of speech, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged 1984, 9/11, AI, Authoritarianism, Center for Strategic and International Studies, China, civil liberties, Covid-19, digital authoritarianism, digital surveillance, Dystopia, George Orwell, Philip K. Dick, PKD, police state, Privacy, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology, Technotyranny, though police, Totalitarianism
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Saturday Matinee: Lo and Behold
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World A bold and multidimensional documentary about the glories and the drawbacks of the Internet. By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Source: Spirituality & Practice Werner Herzog is an inimitable documentary filmmaker whose … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Technocracy, Technology, Video
Tagged Documentary, Lo and Behold, Technocracy, technology, Werner Herzog
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The Power of Presence, How “Living In The Now” Can Change Your Life
By Allie Stark Source: Collective Evolution Presence is the powerful practice of being in the moment. It is created through an acute awareness of one’s thoughts, feelings, and emotions, and in our modern day society, being present doesn’t always come … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality, Technology
Tagged Anxiety, Consciousness, culture, Health, Meditation, Mental Health, Mental Illness, minfulness, Philosophy, psychology, society, Stress, technology
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Desultory Heroics 