COP27, Where Green Deals are Signed in Red Ink
The United Nation’s 27th Conference of the Parties is showcasing the two worst characteristics of ruling elites: environmental hypocrisy and a callous support for...
Rough Beasts Slouching: An Interview with David A. Hughes
David A. Hughes is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Lincoln (UK). He received his undergraduate and master’s degrees from Oxford...
OpenAI Closes Its Mind and Opens Yours
The last time I caught up with Edward Snowden online was at his Substack site, Continuing Ed. That was back on September 22, 2022,...
The Quest for Mind Control
Introduction
In March 2023, Elon Musk joined dozens of other tech wonks, becoming a signatory to an open letter put out by the Future of...
The Rise of Big Mind and Nano-Totalitarianism
Introduction
It might be the most taken for granted experience we have -- outside the dominion of our own presumed consciousness -- The Internet. And...
Philanthrocapitalism and Corporatocracy: The Great Global Coup d’état
Introduction
Last September 14th, a corporate news outlet, Politico.com, published an article regarding the extent of the control that two private foundations — the Wellcome Trust and...
Epistemic Gatekeepers: Media, Algorithms, and the Architecture of Perception
We live in a digital age where knowledge has become a contested space, increasingly shaped by hidden systems and algorithmic influence. As computer systems,...
Cryptoganda
INTRO: HELLO, MY NAME IS … SHADY
For the better part of the last century, particularly since the end of the second World War and...
Über die Dummheit: An Executed Nazi Resistance Hero Offers a Few Words to the...
The German theologian and Nazi resistance figure Dietrich Bonhoeffer defined stupidity, not as an individual intellectual deficit, but a power-borne disease spreading through the...
Proton Mail: Imperialist Stooge?
Proton, known for its privacy-centric email service Proton Mail, announced at the end of 2023 that it would help raise money for controversial group...