Be the generalist. See the system. The truth depends on it. The future won’t be saved by the most credentialed. It’ll be saved by those who can see clearly—and refuse to look away.
How Specialization Enables Systemic Evil Read Journal Article
This isn’t just the completion of digital enslavement—it’s the creation of a reality where human agency becomes impossible. The invisible leash becomes the very categories through which you understand choice, identity, thought, resistance, and survival itself.
We should not forget that one of the greatest risks of AI technology may be a degradation of the learning process itself, and thus a new intellectual dark age. It is up to teachers to avert such a catastrophic outcome.
Teachers Must Avert an AI-Facilitated Intellectual Dark Age Read Journal Article
Stripe is now rolling out a requirement that appears to target conservative or “anti-vax” Substack authors. Stripe already has information concerning this bank account, as we have been doing business with Stripe via this account for over two years.
Stripe and Substack Demand Authors’ Financial Details Read Journal Article
This was, in my opinion, a very important moment in the hearing, which could have easily been overlooked. It clarified that even the interactions which appear voluntary and cooperative may also be constitutionally problematic.
AI is not a future event. It’s a present force. It’s accelerating every system we built—including the one most capable of destroying us. We are choosing between slow, collective reformation and fast, concentrated implosion.
The basketball game ends, but the choice remains: continue consuming the spectacle or step into the authentic life that artificial systems were designed to replace. The exit has always been there—remember that reality exists beyond the dome.
The Bread, the Circus, and the Sugar Water Read Journal Article
Exponentially-growing communications bandwidth and data transparency empowered regular people and helped expose dysfunction among many existing “experts.” A tsunami of social media also generated confusion, not least among the experts themselves, leading to, in Gurri’s words, a “crisis of authority.”
The world as a whole is doing fine, in sum. To widen our smile, let us name and acknowledge five Great Accomplishments of the West that we are proud of, and feel honoured to cherish and defend in these times.
Smell the Roses: Positive Trends and Western Accomplishments Read Journal Article
If you’re an early- or mid-career faculty member and you’ve never tried teaching online—except perhaps for an unpleasant Zoom experience in 2020-21—I would encourage you to give real online teaching a try.
We still don’t know who colluded with China. But we can be confident that House of Commons staffers aren’t wanted for murder. Controlling the people and shielding the powerful are mandates of the modern managerial state.
The WHO, at nearly 80 years old, comes from a bygone era, and is increasingly estranged from its world. We can do better. Fundamental change in the way we manage international health cooperation will be painful but ultimately healthy.
