ai
How does a deep learning neural network "conceive" of itself, from what it has been fed by humans? More importantly, what are these people doing and why are they doing it? What is going to be the result of some of the world's most biased and
los angeles
There are plenty of guides to British things in LA, but 99.9% of them are written by affected American transplants who are obsessed with Britishness despite never having visited the country. Or have visited London once. They are what these people think is British. Brit-ish you might say. If
politics
Sexual revolution, as Marcuse noted, always precedes political revolution, because sexuality is the fastest, surest way to derange people. As the basic instinct of life itself, its power is formidable, and its deracination underwrites social collapse. Disrupt it, and it has a catastrophic waterfall effect on almost everything else downstream.
blm
If lesbian feminist Marxists organising Maoist riots and embezzling millions of dollars from white liberal women into property wasn't weird enough for you already, it turns out the whole thing was Occult religious rite. According to public conversations, BLM's founders are priestesses of a nutty West
sociology
Whether we like it or not, humans think in stories; parables, even. They help us pass moral education down the generations. We are exceptionally vulnerable to their power, for good reason; they help us understand a world which overwhelms us. The stories we tell others, and ourselves, are our sense
politics
There is a historical term for "cancel culture" and the angry desecration of tradition by a subset of radicals with familiar beliefs: Maoism. Every abusive communist uprising has been suffixed with the rallying call of "justice" for a century. This time it's emerged from
technology
QR codes are designed to be like postcards on lampposts. They are not designed to contain private information. They are meant to be openly scannable by anyone at all in full public view. As such, they are the least appropriate medium to be placing any kind of personal medical information
video
There are a myriad of reasons to drop TV subscriptions and video apps, but it's hard to know where to start to create your own. It's much, much easier than you think and cheaper than you'd imagine. However, it does take a little work
politics
The coordinated attacks on Joe Rogan have ended up providing a fascinating look into how they are organised. Through a layered maze of obscure, opaque front organisations, political operatives launder curated material designed to spread calumny which will colour the public's opinion of someone and ensure it cannot
technology
In January 2022, Twitter removed a damning thread by a Silicon Valley insider which received such enormous blowback the shockwave lasted for days. Pseudonymous user Hazard Harrington, who claims to work within FAANG, narrated his view on the industry situation. It's a partisan account, but it's
covid
Does a government have any kind of authority to use psychological theory or military resources against its own citizens? Is it lawful to privatise a "social purpose" company of civil servants which can evade accountability to the public or its elected representatives? Since when did Western governments decide
politics
Nobody voted for it. Nobody even had the chance to cast a ballot or have a say. Its "designers" have never been elected and hardly anyone knows their names. Our "leaders" seem to think democracy is a bit of a drag to their plans for humanity&