There are 33,334 of you. Probably even more by the time you read this. I do not ask much of you. I do not ask often. But I need to ask something of you now. I need to ask you to buy my novel. But, …| Consent Factory, Inc.
And so the global-capitalist empire’s destabilization and restructuring of the Middle East continues. Yes, I’m referring to Israel’s “preemptive attack” on the Islamic Republic of Iran, or “World W…| Consent Factory, Inc.
I miss the old-school neo-Nazis. You know, the skinheads with the swastika tattoos and the big Nazi flags on the walls of their living rooms. The Aryan Brotherhood-type neo-Nazis. You don’t get neo-Nazis like that anymore. These days, it’s all about the crypto-fascism. Are you not familiar with crypto-fascism? All right, let me bring you… Read More Crypto-Fascism, Inc.| Consent Factory, Inc.
Has America been made great again enough for you yet? Personally, I don’t know how much more greatness I can handle. I mean, you got the Salvadoran gulag thing, the crackdown on free speech thing, …| Consent Factory, Inc.
There are a lot of theories going around about the global crackdown on dissent. Most of these theories are, essentially, bullshit. Some of them are innocent, well-intentioned bullshit, in that the …| Consent Factory, Inc.
The explosive rise in the power of AI presents humanity with an existential risk. To counter that risk, and potentially redirect our civilization’s trajectory, we need a more integrated understanding of the nature of human intelligence and the fundamental requirements for human flourishing. The recent explosion in the stunning power of artificial intelligence is likely … Continue reading To Counter AI Risk, We Must Develop an Integrated Intelligence| Patterns of Meaning
The neoliberal ideology of unrestrained markets has led to a global crisis. Humanity now faces an existential threat as the result of global dominance by corporations, whose ultimate goal is at odd…| Patterns of Meaning
It’s time to face the fact that resolving the climate crisis will require a fundamental shift away from our growth-based, corporate-dominated global system. Originally published October 9, 20…| Patterns of Meaning
Like all self-organized, adaptive systems, society moves in nonlinear ways. Even as our civilization unravels, a new ecological worldview is spreading globally. Will it become powerful enough to avert a cataclysm? None of us knows. Perhaps the Great Transition to an ecological civilization is already under way, but we can’t see it because we’re in … Continue reading The Future Is Not a Spectator Sport| Patterns of Meaning
The somber truth is that the vast bulk of nature’s staggering abundance has already disappeared. We live in a world characterized primarily by the relative silence and emptiness of its natural spaces. Underlying this devastation is the ideology of human supremacy—claiming intrinsic superiority over nonhuman forms of life. But is human supremacy innate to humanity, … Continue reading The Ideology of Human Supremacy| Patterns of Meaning