Theoretical Metaphysicist
Theoretical Metaphysicist
The term syncretism is often invoked casually, as though any act of combining opposed ideas were automatically integrative or enlightened. This assumption is mistaken. Not all syncretism dissolves conflict; some merely intensify it under the appearance of resolution. To clarify…
Artificial Intelligence is not just _like_ Babel; it is Babel's spiritual successor, rebuilt with silicon and code instead of brick and tar.
This article identifies four interlocking structural constraints that undermine AI's capacity for such helpfulness.
The system immunizes itself against its own antibodies.
Symptomic: having the inherent nature or logic of a symptom; a direct embodiment of a deeper condition, not merely a sign of it.
The robots demand signs of human interest in order to promote a site, while simultaneously suppressing visibility until those signs appear. It’s a closed loop of self-reinforcing emptiness: This is algorithmic gaslighting. The robots block the path, then blame you…
Epartheid is the deliberate or systemic segregation of access, authority, and ownership within technological and digital domains, designed to preserve control for one group while extracting value from another.
“No system can outlive the competence of the people running it.” -Conway's Corollary
Stop building for the system. Start building for the people.
Engineered stupidity is not accidental; it is architected, built into the very platforms that dominate our attention economies.