Transcendent Syncretism
Not all syncretism dissolves conflict; some merely intensify it.
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Anti-Denialist, Systems Theoretician, Theoretical Metaphysician
michaelvera.org
Anti-Denialist, Systems Theoretician, Theoretical Metaphysician
Category Systems Theory
AI as the New Tower of Babel
Artificial Intelligence is not just _like_ Babel; it is Babel's spiritual successor, rebuilt with silicon and code instead of brick and tar.
Structural Constraints on Artificial Intelligence: Why Contemporary AI Systems May Be Fundamentally Incapable of Genuine Helpfulness
This article identifies four interlocking structural constraints that undermine AI's capacity for such helpfulness.
The Late Phase of an Institutional Cycle: Decay Dynamics and Their Expression in Digital Systems
The system immunizes itself against its own antibodies.
Symptomic
Symptomic: having the inherent nature or logic of a symptom; a direct embodiment of a deeper condition, not merely a sign of it.
Algorithmic Gaslighting
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
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.
Conway’s Corollary
“No system can outlive the competence of the people running it.” -Conway's Corollary
Tech as a Utility, Not a Utopia
Stop building for the system. Start building for the people.
Stupidity as a Systemic Outcome: Psychopolitics, Digital Architecture, and the Purge of Critical Voices in Tech
Engineered stupidity is not accidental; it is architected, built into the very platforms that dominate our attention economies.